PURCELL
Anthems and Services Vol 6 Nicholas Witcomb (solo treble) James Bowman (countertenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Paul Agnew (tenor) / Choir of New College, Oxford / King [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - 'No fewer than five first recordings in this ... Fans of Purcell will find this disc, Iike the others in the series, indispensable' (Fanfare, USA) |
RODERICK WILLIAMS
Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood, Jonathan Eyre [ Signum Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2017 ] On their premiere recording, the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, directed by celebrated choral conductor Ralph Allwood, perform the works of British Choral Award winner Roderick Williams. Based in Greenwich, East London the choir... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
An Evening Hymn: Music For Solo Treble Oliver Lepage-Dean (Treble) / The Choir Of St John'S College Cambridge / Christopher Whitton (Organ) / Christopher Robinson (Director & Piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "His [Oliver Lepage-Dean] voice is well recorded: firm and even, true in pitch, pure in quality. In two items he sings, as soloist, with the choir: Stanford's G Major Magnificat (the treble's violin concerto) and Mendelssohn's Geistliches Lied... |
Oxford New College Choir
Locke: Anthems, Motets [ Helios / CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] |
MAURICE DURUFLE
Durufle: Requiem / Messe Cum Jubilo / Quatre Motets Patricia Bardon (contralto), Ashley Riches (baritone) / The Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobur [ King' College Live / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] For this new recording the choir are reunited with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment to perform Maurice Duruflé's 1947 'Requiem', in the composer's own version for soprano, choir, organ and small orchestra. The album is completed with the... |
HANDEL
Organ Concertos [2 CDs] Paul Nicholson (organ) / Frances Kelly (harp) / Choir of Clare College, Cambridge with Timothy Brown, director / The Brandenburg Consort / Roy Goodman [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] 'The great coup of this new recording ... is to have secured the instrument on which the composer played. Nicholson's playing is unfailingly stylish' - The Times |
GORDON CROSSE
Purgatory (1966) Opera in One Act Peter Bodenham (tenor) Glenville Hargreaves (baritone) / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Northern College of Music / Michael Lankester, [ Lyrita / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] "This edgy, ruthless, creepy and dissonant little two-hander is presented to best advantage. One cannot imagine needing another recording after this despite its three decades' vintage." (MusicWeb March 2008) |
JOHN WARD
Fantasies & Verse Anthems Phantasm & Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Incisive performances that invite you into the music without fuss and without getting in the way." (MusicWeb Jan 2015) |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
Remembering Tippett - Recordings from the 1940s (Incls: Fantasy Sonata for piano) Phyllis Sellick (piano) / Zorian Quartet / Morley College Choir / Michael Tippett, conductor / etc [ NMC / CD - released 1/May/2007 ] "The anthology of premiere recordings ... is truly historic. Walter Goehr's 1943 recording of the Double Concerto - co-produced by Benjamin Britten while Tippett was in prison as a conscientious objector - seems to use only a small number of players,... |
WILLIAM BYRD
Playing Elizabeth's Tune The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips - Merton College Chapel, Oxford. [ BBC / Gimell / DVD - released 18/Apr/2005 ] G :- All Regions - Widescreen 16:9 Anamorphic - LPCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - PAL Peter Phillips directs The Tallis Scholars in sacred music by William Byrd, Queen Elizabeth 1st favourite composer, filmed by candelight in... |
POULENC / MILHAUD / BARTOK
Concertos for Two Pianos Quattro Mani (piano duo) / Colorado College Summer Music festival Orchestra / Scott Yoo [ Bridge / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] |
CHRISTOPHER TYE
Latin & English Church Music Richard Pinel (organ) / Byrde Recorder Consort / The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford / Bill Ives, director [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] “Flawless ensemble, crisp consonants and perfectly paced dynamics.” – BBC Music Magazine (Review of With a Merrie Noyse) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Messiah (1751 Version) Robert Brooks / Iestyn Davies / Eamonn Dougan / New College Choir / Academy of Ancient Music / Edward Higginbottom (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 7/Nov/2006 ] "This is a very special recording. Not only is it of quite outstanding quality both musically and dramatically, but, being sung entirely by male voices associated with a single institution, it probably comes as close as modern conditions permit to |
J. S. BACH
Organ Works Robert Quinney (Metzler Organ of Trinity College, Cambridge) [ Coro / CD - released 1/Jul/2013 ] "the most distinctive feature is the way Quinney's authoritative distillation of the music never results in dry, academic essays - while, also, never playing to the gallery with maverick rhetorical effects...Quinney's Bach gets to the heart of the mu |
Robert Quinney; Choir of New College Oxford
New College: Commissions & Premieres [ Linn Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] The Choir of New College Oxford is one of the world's foremost choral foundations. The music composed for it in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries thus provides a compelling historical tour of changing musical styles and liturgical practices.... |
J. S. BACH
Organ Works Vol III Robert Quinney (Metzler Organ of Trinity College, Cambridge) [ Coro / CD ] Following two highly acclaimed recordings, CORO is delighted to be releasing its third album with one of The Sixteen Orchestra's principal members - organist Robert Quinney. This new album will be recorded at Trinity College, Cambridge, on the... |
JOHN BLOW
Blow: Venus & Adonis Rosemary Joshua (sop), Gerald Finley (bar), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Clare College, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Renae Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "Rene Jacobs and his musicians present Blow's Venus and Adonis with persuasive style and dramatic clarity...Venus's lament and the closing plaintive chorus touch the heart deeply." (Daily Telegraph) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Experiments on a March Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell [ Chandos / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] This disc is sure to delight lovers of marching band music, and will be an ideal introduction for those keen to discover more about this delightful genre of music. |
HESKETH / SKALKOTTAS / CORIGLIANO / GORB
Dances With Winds Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] The four sets of dances for wind orchestra recorded here are from different times and places: the Mediterranean in the 1930s, the United States in the 1970s, contemporary Britain. But between them they show how readily dance idioms can be used to... |
HOLST / BACH / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
British Wind Band Classics Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Timothy Reynish [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Jul/2005 ] The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra is recognised as one of the leading conservatory ensembles in the world and performs internationally. It has already released several highly enjoyable discs on Chandos, all notable for their energy... |