GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
Palestrina: Missa O Rex Gloriae / Missa Viri Galilaei Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1989 ] 'Under a new Master of Music, James O'Donnell, the Westminster Cathedral Choir are as intense and fervent as ever' (BBC Record Review) |
HERBERT HOWELLS
The Winchester Service & other late works Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Jun/2011 ] "The recording is beautiful, bringing us fairly close to the choir whilst retaining a strong sense of the building. For seasoned Howells admirers, and, with the occasional health warning, for those beginning their Howells journey too, this disc is an... |
JOHN TAVENER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tavener: Angels & other choral works Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2019 ] "This is a showroom demonstration of just what boy and girl choristers singing together can achieve. A truly magnificent birthday present." Gramophoe Editor's Choice May 2019 |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Sacred Choral Music Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/1997 ] "Hill and the Winchester Choir are superb. The choral tone is luscious, the discipline outstanding, the recording captures the sumptuous acoustics of the cathedral without blurring the musical details" American Record Guide |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cathedral Music Worcester Cathedral Choir, Adrian Partington (organ) Donald Hunt (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] 'The Worcester performances are near ideal... vividly atmospheric recording' - Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands / O salutaris Hostia 1 - 3 / Light of the World Worcester Cathedral Choir, Christopher Robinson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 28/Jul/1993 ] World premiere recording of "From The Bavarian Highlands" Op. 27 |
Cathedral
The Ethereal Mirror [ Ada/Warner / LP - released 5/Apr/2019 ] |
Cathedral
The Last Spire [ Rise Above / CD - released 12/Apr/2013 ] |
Cathedral
A New Ice Age [ Rise Above / 12in - released 5/Dec/2011 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Treasury of English Church Music: 1100-1965 Ambrosian Singers, Westminster Abbey Choir, Chichester Cathedral Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, St Pauls Cathedral Choir, Temple Church Choi [ Erato / Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Here for the first time on CD are the celebrated five LPs of the HMV Treasury of English Church Music. Prefaced by the introductory speech Herbert Howells gave at the launch, and boasting more than 30 bonus tracks, this set offers a uniquely... |
HANDEL
4 Coronation Anthems / Foundling Hospital Anthem / Utrecht te Deum / Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74 Judith Nelson, Shirley Minty, James Bowman, David Thomas / Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "the choir sing most beautifully throughout and of the soloists, John Elwes is particularly sensitive to Handel's setting of charitable texts." (Gramophone on the Foundling Hospital Anthem) |
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Weihnachtskonzert [Christmas Concert] Regensburger Domspatzen [Regensburg Cathedral Choir] / Georg Ratzinger [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] |
Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Sheppard, John - Missa Cantate; Verbum caro [ Archiv / CD - released 15/Nov/2000 ] Beautiful Choral singing from the Salisbury Cathedral |
CHRISTMAS
Carols from St Chad's Cathedral Birmingham St Chad's Cathedral Choir Birmingham [ Herald / CD - released 10/Nov/2019 ] St Chad's cathedral has had a properly constituted, surpliced choir since 1854, when it was first endowed with £1,000 by John Hardman. Hardman was for many years cantor of the choir, and is commemorated by a small white figure of him in the lower... |
HOWARD GOODALL
Howard Goodall: Eternal Light - A Requiem Natasha Marsh, Alfie Boe (tenor) & Christopher Maltman / London Musici & Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington [ Warner Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2008 ] Warner Classics is proud to release Eternal Light: A Requiem, a new work by the award-winning British composer and internationally acclaimed broadcaster, Howard Goodall. Goodall's unusual setting of the liturgical service is performed by Christ... |
BUXTEHUDE / BULL / BACH / GADE / etc
The St. Paul's Gem Timothy Wakerell (Drake Organ in the OBE Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, London) [ Priory / CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] St.Paul's Cathedral, unlike most Cathedrals, does not just possess one instrument to lead the services but several housed within different parts of this vast building! This CD is the first recording of the new William Drake organ in the OBE Chapel... |
JOHN TAVENER
Best Of Tavener (Including Song for Athene & The Protecting Veil) Various artists including Steven Isserlis, Vasari Singers conducted by Jeremy Backhouse, Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by David Hill. etc [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / Warner Classics / CD - released 11/May/2004 ] Born in London in 1944, John Tavener joined the Orthodox Church in the late 1970s. |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem Op 48 / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (with Pierre Villette & Roger-Ducasse - Motets) Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hil [ Erato Classics Red Line / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "This recording gives us what can be described as the 'original' version, in that it uses a small orchestra and all-male chorus as in its first performance. Hill takes an approach which cleverly combines austerity with expressive flexibility; the... |
Alexander Mason (The organ of Gloucester Cathedral)
Beyond The Score - Organ improvisations for Whit Sunday [ Signum / CD - released 8/Apr/2002 ] |
ELIZABETH POSTON
Poston: Carols and Anthems Alexandra McPhee (soprano) Nina Vinther (mezzo) Ciaran Yeo (bass), etc / St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir, Lay Clerks of St Albans Cathedral [ Naxos / CD - released 24/Nov/2023 ] Elizabeth Poston's long and distinguished career included significant work for the BBC during the Second World War, where she performed as a respected pianist and later composed scores for numerous radio and television productions. Describing herself... |