Since you are interested in Leighton: Sacred Choral Music, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CHARPENTIER
Messe de minuit pour Noel (with Poulenc-Quatre Motets) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / City of London Sinfonia / George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 14/Dec/2007 ] This much-admired disc of French sacred music from the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, beautifully performed by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge under George Guest, is now available at Chandos Classics price for the first time. |
HAYDN / TORELLI / TELEMANN / NERUDA / HUMPHRIES
Six Trumpet Concertos Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) / English Chamber Orchestra / Anthony Halstead [ Alto / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "fine concert... bright, gleaming admirably focussed timbre and precise articulation... sprightly finales" (Penguin Guide 3 stars) |
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... |
MAYR
L'Armonia / Cantata sopra la morte di Beethoven Simon Mayr Choir / Ingolstadt Georgian Chamber Choir / Franz Hauk [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Jan/2007 ] "Entertaining and attractive music by a forgotten master, well performed and with three excellent young singers showing their ability." (MusicWeb Jan 2007) |
STANFORD / FINZI / WALTON / BRITTEN / TAVENER / etc
English Choral Music (Incls the Coronation te Deum & Song for Athene) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "At Naxos's bargain price these performances should be snapped up and relished. Better still, get yourself to Cambridge during Advent or Easter and hear the choir for yourself...All texts are provided." -- Gary Higginson, MusicWeb |