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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Sacred Music 4 Robert King's Consort/King [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Oct/2005 ] "Textural clarity and beautifully poised interweaving voice lines. The musicians respond to each other with a confidence that is a joy to hear" (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
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Royal/King's College/Asmif
Mccartney: Ecce Cor Meum [ Emi Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] |
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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... |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: The Choice of Hercules (with Maurice Greene - Hearken Unto me, ye Holy Children) Susan Gritton (soprano) Alice Coote (mezzo) Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / King's Consort & Choir, Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2002 ] 'A delightful sequence of 24 brief numbers telling the story of Hercules making his choice between Virtue and Pleasure' (The Guardian) |
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BOCCHERINI / D'ASTORGA
Stabat Mater Susan Gritton (soprano), Sarah Fox (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor) / The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2015 ] Boccherini wrote very little vocal music; however he left two settings of the Stabat mater. It was first set in 1781 for solo soprano and strings and then in 1800 for two sopranos and tenor, obviously influenced by the hugely-popular Pergolesi Stabat... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A Thea King (basset clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Gabrieli String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE 'Winning performances. Excellent recording' (Penguin Guide) |
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TAUSCH / SUSSMAYR
Double Clarinet Concertos / Concerto Movement Thea King (clarinet, basset clarinet) Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Leopold Hager (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] 'I can't imagine a more beguiling account of the music and every lover of the clarinet will want to have this CD' - Gramophone |
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STANFORD / FINZI
Clarinet Concertos Thea King (clarinet) Philharmonia Orchestra / Alun Francis [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 22/Jun/2001 ] 'The original release of these concertos was long overdue and unanimously praised on both sides of the Atlantic. Its re-emergence at a moderate price is not only welcome but also deserving of high praise and an appropriate pedestal in our Classical... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman recorded in 1968 at the Royal Festival Hall, London) Theo Adam / Anja Silja / Martti Talvela / James King / BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2008 ] Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine October 2008 |
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ANONYMOUS
Piae Cantiones Utopia Chamber Choir, Andrew Lawrence-King [ Alia Vox / CD - released 10/Jan/2020 ] Andrew Lawrence-King conducts the leading Finnish early music vocal ensemble Utopia Chamber Choir in a performance of traditional carols from the "Piae Cantiones," a collection of medieval Latin songs compiled by Finnish priest Jacobus Finn in 1582... |
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VERDI / ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS / COCKER / WIDOR / CLARKE / BACH / etc
10 Famous Cathedral Organs Organs from Salisbury Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, King's College Chapel, Guildford Cathedral, Royal Albert Hall, etc [ Alto / CD - released 22/Apr/2022 ] "These are not only renowned organs with splendid sound, but here as recorded by renowned sound engineers with great experience and success in organ recordings" |
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VARIOUS
100 Best Carols [6 CD set] Various Artists includes Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kiri te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Hermann Prey, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2007 ] This 6-CD set contains all the best-loved carols that gladden and enrich the Christmas season, performed by outstanding choirs, ensembles and soloists from all over the world. |
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50 BEST CHILLOUT
50 Best Chillout Classics (3 Disc) Various artists incls Choir of King's College, Lesley Garrett, Emma Kirkby, Neville Marriner, Kiri te Kanawa, Monks of Silos, etc [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chillout music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest artists. |
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Choir of King's College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, and others
Abide With Me - 50 Favourite Hymns [ Double Decca / 2 CD ] 50 greatest hymns performed by a selection of great English choirs |
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J. S. BACH
St Matthew Passion [complete oratorio] Rogers Covey-Crump, Michael George, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill & David Thomas /Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 31/Aug/2009 ] 'The choir of King's College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.' Gramophone 2003 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Choral Works & Operas for Children Various Artists including Robert Tear, Janet Baker, Elisabeth Söderström and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. [ Emi Classics / 7 CD Box Set - released 3/Jun/2013 ] This special collection of his works showcases the way in which the composer's love of poetry formed a crucial basis for much of his choral and operatic music; inspired by poets such as Auden, Smart and Hopkins. |
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Various Artists incls Hank Ballard, Sam Cooke, Chubby Checker, King Curtis, Frank Sinatra, The Chipmunks, etc
Twistin' The Night Away - 50 Great Recordings [ Jasmine / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2013 ] When Hank Ballard and The Midnighters recorded their song, 'The Twist' they would have had no idea what they were about to start. For what was about to happen would change dancehalls across the known world forever, welcome ladies and gentleman to the... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Golden Age of Light Music: Strings Afire Clebanoff, Pete King, Camerata, David Rose, Frederick Fennell, Helmut Zacharias, etc [ Guild Light Music / CD - released 2/Aug/2016 ] This collection takes its title from an attractive composition composed and played by the American maestro Herman Clebanoff, who was usually known only by his surname. He heads a roster of fine orchestras from the USA, including Frederick Fennell,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Sacred 100: [6 CDs at a special price] Various artists incl Hilliard Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Choir of King's College, Philippe Jaroussky, Thomas Hampson, Kiri te Kanawa [ Warner / Erato / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] A 100 of the world's best-loved sacred songs, arias, choruses and orchestral works. Featuring such composers as Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Johannes Brahms. |