Since you are interested in Messe de minuit pour Noel (with Poulenc-Quatre Motets), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Choral Music (Including Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice & Magnificat) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. Christopher Robinson (conductor) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 10/Jan/2003 ] "St. John's Choir has enjoyed a renaissance under its music director Christopher Robinson and received a major boost with its major contract with Naxos, something guaranteed to raise its profile." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Jan 2003) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Sacred Choral Music Jonathan Vaughn (organ) / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson, conductor [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 21/Jul/2004 ] "Consistently true to Elgar's spirit, a fine collection from a great choirmaster. Despite the fact that he was Catholic, he wrote extensively for the Anglican liturgy. This disc represents his writing for both denominations and is beautifully done by... |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Sacred Choral Music Benjamin Durrant (treble) Gareth Jones (baritone) James Oxley (tenor) Christopher Robinson (choirmaster) with Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 24/Feb/2004 ] "A thrilling, soul-affirming experience" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Te Deum in C / Jubilate Deo / Antiphon / etc Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 30/May/2009 ] "This disc will make an excellent introduction to Britten's choral music-and will satisfy Britten aficionados who just can't resist adding another top drawer compilation to their collection." - Classics Today |
SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY
Ascribe unto the Lord: Sacred Choral Works Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "One of the best [canticle-settings] is Wesley in E...Nethsinga directs splendidly, the performance as broad and grand as one could wish...this is a disc to uplift the spirits." Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The boy treble voices bring lustre and freshness to the sonority, and the singing throughout is stirring and polished." The Daily Telegraph |
HERBERT HOWELLS
St John's Magnificat: Choral works Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "If you are at all interested in Howells's church music this disc is an obligatory purchase" BBC Music Magazine, April 2010 ***** |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Verum: Sacred Choral Favourites Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Brilliant Classics Musica Sacra / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] A collection of everyone's favourite sacred choral music, including Mozart's Ave verum corpus, Faure's Cantique de Jean Racine and Franck's Panis angelicus. |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Requiem / Magnificat and Nune dimittis Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Naxos English Choral Music / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "The finely nuanced performances are impressively controlled. This disc is a must-have for connoisseurs of English cathedral music and a great introduction to Howells for the novice." - American Record Guide, May 2000 |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Nine Tenebrae Motets / Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis / etc Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Sep/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE FINALIST - Choral |
TRADITIONAL
Advent Carols from St John's The choir of St John's College, Cambridge / Christopher Robinson [ Nimbus / CD - released 25/Nov/2009 ] "As a winter-warming and haunting introduction to the Christmas season, recordings come no better than this, especially when sung with the heartfelt sincerity of the St. John's Choristers." (MusicWeb Nov 2009) |
BAIRSTOW
Choral Music Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] Another great disc from the dazzling Choir of St John's College, Cambridge and David Hill. The music of Edward Bairstow is an essential part of the British cathedral music tradition. St John's' inspired recordings of classic numbers in the matchless... |
MENDELSSOHN
Sacred choral music (Incls 'Ave Maria' & 'O for the wings of a dove') The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, David Hill (cond) with John Robinson (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] Nowhere is Mendelssohn’s creative psyche more poignantly exposed than in his choral music. One of his most popular small-scale works, Hör mein Bitten (Hear my prayer) features on this disc along with the well-known ‘O for the wings of a dove’, in its... |
HOWELLS / RUTTER / HOWELLS / WARLOCK / GOLDSCHMIDT / etc
Christmas at St John's The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / David Hill [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Oct/2006 ] "This is a very fine disc indeed. Though I’ve expressed one or two reservations the overall impression with which I’m left is one of great satisfaction and pleasure. The programme has been assembled with great imagination and the execution is well... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra and other orchestral and choral works Christ Church Cathedral Choir / The Choir of St. John's College / English String Orchestra; William Boughton (conductor) [ Nimbus / CD - released 25/Oct/2003 ] "This release contains temptations that put it well ahead of its rivals." - Nicholas Williams, BBC Music Magazine |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
GERALD FINZI
Best of Finzi (Incls music from the Cello Concerto & Clarinet Concerto) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Peter Donohoe (piano) Tim Hugh (cello) Robert Plane (clarinet) / Northern Sinfonia / St. John's College Choir, Cambridge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical expression not only in his song settings, but in the Cello Concerto,... |
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... |
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 |
GABRIEL FAURE
Faure: Requiem Op 48 / Messe Basse / Motets Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill, St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson [ ALTO / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] Top recordings at a special price |