BERLIOZ / SCHMITT / MILHAUD / SAINT-SAENS / BOZZA
French Wind Band Classics Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Timothy Reynish [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 'There are only a handful of conductors who know this repertoire really well and Tim Reynish rules supremely amongst them. His interpretations are authoritative, as are his programme notes, and I cannot recommend this CD too strongly to serious... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Top 100 Favourite Classical Melodies [5 CD set] Royal Philharmonic, London Baroque Ensemble, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Consort of London and others [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/2010 ] This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl Davis, London Baroque Ensemble, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge,... |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Sousa: Music for Wind Band Music Vol. 20 [Includes 'Oh, How I've Waited for You' & 'El Capitan Fantasy'] Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Wind Orchestra, Keith Brion [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] "This is a wonderful series and this latest release brings us a range of Sousa's own arrangements of popular music specifically for his own band. It draws on music hall songs as well as arrangements from El Capitan and Good-Bye." Lark Reviews |
EDWARD NESBIT
Nesbit: Sacred Choral Music Ruby Hughes (soprano), Joshua Simões the Choir of King's College, London, Joseph Fort [ Delphian / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] As a young composer, Edward Nesbit was drawn to the rich complexities of contemporary instrumental music; little more than a decade later, he has found himself returning to the inheritance of his early youth as a chorister: the texts of mass, psalms... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Sons of Light (with Parry-Ode on the Nativity / Holst-The Mystic Trumpeter) Sheila Armstrong (soprano) Teresa Cahill (soprano) / Bach Choir / Royal College of Music Chorus / London Philharmonic / Willocks [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] "Lyrita here put on the map three neglected scores from the British choral tradition and they do so in magnificent style." (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
DURUFLE / HOWELLS
Voices from heaven St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, George Guest [ Portrait Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Beautifully crafted choral sound' Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Eastertide Evensong St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), with James Anderson-Besant & Glen Dempsey (organ) [ Signum / CD - released 15/Apr/2022 ] St John's first live Evensong album, Ash Wednesday, marked the period of Lent and reflected the tradition of the organ remaining silent. Now with Eastertide Evensong, organists rejoin choir in a blaze of rejoicing. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Psalms St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge is considered to be one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world. It is part of the English cathedral tradition, having been founded to sing the daily liturgy in the College Chapel, though it is set apart... |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / STAINER / WEELKES / etc
Heavenly Voices The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest [ Heritage / CD - released 23/Jan/2012 ] Heavenly Voices celebrates the tradition of music making at St. John's College Cambridge. The varied repertoire featured on this Heritage disc not only showcases their versatility but confirms their reputation as one of the UK's finest cathedral choirs. |
St John's College Choir/Hill
Bairstow: Choral Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Jul/2007 ] |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Anthems And Services Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, with Christopher Whitton (organ) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "Even in the best-stocked collection this would prove a welcome addition, and for those who have as yet nothing of the master, it should provide a lively introduction." (Gramophone Classical Music Guide) |
JOHN TAVENER
The Essential John Tavener on Naxos [5 CD set] Stefan Berkieta (bar) Maria Kliegel (cello), Eileen Hulse (sop) Ralph van Raat (piano) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / St. John's College Choir [ Naxos / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2014 ] "Strongly recommended - but you may need to persevere. It's well removed from the cosy Christmas of renaissance art or of chestnuts roasting by the fire, though there's a place for those, too." (MusicWeb on the Clare College Recording) |
JOHN TAVENER
Ex Maria Virgine & other choral works Stefan Berkieta (baritone) / Clare College Choir, Cambridge / Timothy Brown (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "As with all the Naxos CDs of English choral music that I have heard, the recording is wholly worthy of the performances. Strongly recommended" (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Dec 2008) |
BYRD / BULL / TALLIS / TOMKINS / BLITHEMAN / GIBBONS
The Virtuoso Organist: Tudor & Jacobean Masterworks Stephen Farr (organ), Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, David Skinner (conductor) [ Resonus Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Acclaimed organist, Stephen Farr returns with an album of organ masterworks from the Tudor and Jacobean era performed on the new Taylor & Boody Organ (Opus 66) of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Installed in 2013, this single manual, mechanical... |
SAMUEL BARBER
Eternal Barber (Incls 'Adagio for Strings') Stephen Prutsman, Daniel Pollack (pianos) / Ormond College Choir / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] Samuel Barber is widely known for his famous Adagio for Strings, the slow movement of a string quartet he wrote in 1936. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1910, he was one of the first students at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, where he... |
ROBERT WHITE / ROBERT PARSONS / ORLANDO GIBBONS / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / etc
Music and Musicians at Westminster Abbey Stile Antico / Marcus Creed And Rias Kammerchor / Choir of Clare College, Cambridge / Mark Padmore / Fretwork / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Resonances / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] Famous places and monuments all have a musical history whose richness and variety we do not always realise. For centuries their beauties have nourished the imagination of composers and performers who, in return, have often dedicated to them some of... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem, Op. 48 / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone) / Choir of Kings College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2014 ] " Gerald Finley, another former King's Choral Scholar, I believe, represents luxury casting for the baritone solos and his contribution is distinguished: I relished his warm, firm tone and the way in which he articulates the text …Bravo!" MusicWeb |
HANDEL
Chandos Anthems Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "Stephen Layton directs the small forces of the Academy of Ancient Music with precision and tact." (MusicWeb May 2009). |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Mass In B Minor Katherine Watson, Iestyn Davies, Neal Davies, etc / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra Of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] 'Katherine Watson, already a busy soloist, has a delightful baroque soprano voice … but it is Iestyn Davies who serves up this recording's jewel in his Agnus Dei,...vocal beauty and moving musicality that it is hard to imagine surpassed." Gramophone |
PRAULINS / EINFELDE / SISASK / MISKINIS
Baltic Exchange Choral works by Praulins; Einfelde; Sisask; and Miskinis Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] "The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge manage to sound completely authentic with singing of the highest quality. The notes are informative and the sound is marvellously rich and detailed." John Button Dominion Post |