TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS
Christmas at King's College Cambridge King's College Choir, Cambridge / David Willcocks [ ALTO / CD - released 15/Nov/2012 ] 'The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore... |
W.A. MOZART
Five Masses (K337, K317, K257, K139, K167) King's College Choir / English Chamber Orchestra / Stephen Cleobury [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] Internationally recognised as the pre-eminent representative of the great British church music tradition, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, owes its existence to King Henry VI who, in founding the College in 1441, envisaged the daily singing of... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Passio: Music for Holy Week & Easter King's College Choir, the Clare College Choir, La Stravaganza Köln, Cappella Augustana, Rheinische Kantore [ Brilliant Classics / 25 CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] This unique box‐set presents a musical journey through one of the most crucial episodes of Christianity: the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It tells of the deepest sorrow and anguish in the Lamentation and Stabat Mater, the moving... |
Traditional
Carols From King's College Cambridge: 25 of the most popular carols Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble [ Warner Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/1997 ] Twenty Five of the most popular carols on one CD. |
W.A. MOZART
Epistle Sonatas The King's Consort / Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] 'An hour's delightful listening. Warmly recommended' (CDReview) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ottone, Re Di Germania The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2013 ] Handel's Ottone was one of the most popular operas of the composer's career, with 34 known performances during his lifetime, beaten only by the 53 performances of Rinaldo. |
HANDEL
Essential Handel The King's Consort / Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] This new budget-price compilation disc brings together twenty favourite tracks from The King's Consort's acclaimed Handel recordings. |
PURCELL
The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs James Bowman (countertenor) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Michael George (bass) Gillian Fisher (soprano) / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Purcell Complete Edition / 8 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2010 ] 'Every disc is such a treasure-house of wonderful invention that the whole set must be an irresistable temptation' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
GIOVANNI & ANDREA GABRIELI / MONTEVERDI & OTHERS
Lo Sposalizio: the wedding of Venice to the sea The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "The music is glorious, the performances exemplary, the sense of occasion overwhelming … another marvellous concept from Robert King and his redoubtable consort, here breathtakingly recreating the celebrations which would have taken place on... |
JOHANN SCHELLE
Schelle: Sacred Music The King's Consort, Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] 'This important recording is fine proof of Schelle's imagination and invention … Robert King should be congratulated for an outstanding espousal of another of Bach's forebears' (Early Music Review) |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary The King's Consort, Robert King, with Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Charles Daniels, etc [ Vivat / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Following their recent recording of Purcell Royal Odes, The King's Consort gathers together the same world-class vocal and instrumental ensemble in three more of Purcell's finest odes written to celebrate the birthday of Queen Mary. |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts (1697) The King's Consort [ Vivat / CD - released 23/Jun/2014 ] NZ LISTENER BEST CLASSICAL Recordings 2014 |
King's Consort/Bowman/George
Handel:deborah [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 29/Nov/1993 ] |
King's Consort/King
Handel:joseph & His Brethr [ Hyperion / 3 CD ] |
King's Consort/King
Kuhnau: Sacred Music [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] |
King's Consort/King
Monteverdi: Sacred Music 3 [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] |
King's Consort/King
Purcell:cpte.Odes Vol.6 [ Hyperion / CD ] |
King's Consort/King
Purcell;Odes+Welcome Songs [ Hyperion / CD ] |
King's Consort/King
Purcell:secular Songs Vol.3 [ Hyperion / CD ] |