Since you are interested in Faure: Requiem, Op. 48 / Messe basse / Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
NICOLAS GOMBERT
Gombert: Magnificat I / Slave Regina / Credo / Tulerunt Dominum Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2006 ] "Jeremy Summerly's Oxford Camerata, for Naxos, underscores the personal stamp Gombert put on the familiar liturgical text." Bay Area Reporter, October 12th, 2006 |
GABRIEL FAURE
Piano Quintets Cristina Ortiz (piano) / Fine Arts Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Jul/2009 ] "Two magical, enchanting chamber works in alluring performances by the Fine Arts Quartet and Cristina Ortiz...magical." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2009) |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Orchestral Music (Incls 'Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112') RTE Sinfonietta / John Georgiadis (with Lynda Russell, soprano) [ Naxos / CD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] "Eminently persuasive performances in every way...polished and cultured playing...an ideal collection of his orchestral music" - Penguin Guide |
TOMKINS
Choral and Organ Works Laurence Cummings (organ) / Oxford Camerata; Jeremy Summerly, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Much of the music on this excellent recording was composed during Tomkins's final decade, before his death in 1656 in relative obscurity... At all times, the Oxford Cameratta, led by Jeremy Summerly, sing with the clarity and purity of voice... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Russian Songs Mikhail Svetlov (bass) / Pavlina Dokovska (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] Russian bass Mikhail Svetlov is a winner of the Viotti International Competition and has been principal soloist of the legendary Bolshoy Theatre of Moscow for more than a decade. |
JOHANNES OCKEGHEM
Ockeghem - Missa L'Homme arme (with Josquin des Pres 'Memor esto verbi tui') Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Summerly and his illustrious group have never made a better record than this" - Penguin Guide Rosette Winner |
SCHUTZ
Psalmen Davids Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "...a fine introduction to the historically crucial - and very beautiful music of Heinrich Schutz...The disc ends with the great German Magnificat, which here makes an impact of magnificent but confidential immensity, which is surely right." - The... |
WHITE / TALLIS / PALESTRINA / LASSUS / de BRITO
Lamentations Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "On the bargain Naxos label come nearly 70 minutes of sublime polyphony, beautifully sung by the fresh-toned Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly. The recorded sound is vividly beautiful within an ideal ambience." - Rosette (Highest Rating) -... |
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
Desprez: Missa L'homme arme / etc Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Nov/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
THOMAS TALLIS
Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly (conductor) [ Naxos SACD / SACD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] Considering that Thomas Tallis was the finest English composer of his generation, it is surprising how little we know about his life. The first time we hear of Tallis is in 1530 when he was organist at Dover Priory in Kent: by then he was clearly a... |
THOMAS TALLIS
Spem in alium / Missa Salve intemerata Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Jul/2005 ] "This is a complete winner...Buy it soon; it is a spiritual experience." -- Kevin Sutton, MusicWeb International, June 2005 |