Since you are interested in A Purse of Gold: Irish Songs by Herbert Hughes, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W.A. MOZART
Piano Trios K548, K542, K564, K442 Ambache Chamber Ensemble [ Signum / CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] The Ambache Chamber Ensemble has included music by Mozart in all its concerts since its formation in 1984. The press frequently comment on their exceptional rapport, with "playing full of life and a rare, exuberant spirit" (Daily Telegraph) |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Choral Images The BBC Singers / Stephen Cleobury (with Iain Farrington, organ) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "The BBC Singers under Stephen Cleobury give strong, passionate performances...this is strong music and it responds to strong, technically confident performances. But here, the BBC Singers go far beyond mere technical competency, creating a series of... |
THOMAS TALLIS
Complete Works Vol 7: Music for Queen Elizabeth Chapelle du Roi / Alistair Dixon [ Signum / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "an exceptionally high standard of singing ... the crowning splendour is a magisterial 'Spem in alium' ... a breath-taking climax ... the Tallis complete works is one of the most exciting projects currently underway on any early music label.... |
THOMAS TALLIS
The Complete Works (Vol 8) - The Lamentations and Contrafacta Chapelle du Roi / Alistair Dixon (director) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] This volume brings together Tallis's two masterly settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah and English adaptations of several of his best-known Latin motets |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Oxford Psalms Charivari Agraable / Kah-Ming Ng [ Signum / CD - released 16/May/2007 ] "The singers are ideal for the repertoire, unaffected voices with the mutual rapport of lay-clerks - as two of them have been. Rodrigo del Pozo has a colourful but easy high-tenor voice, Nicholas Perfect a remarkable resonance at the bottom of his... |
Charivari Agreable
Esperar, Sentir, Morir: Songs and Dances from the Hispanic Baroque [ Signum / CD - released 2/Mar/2006 ] "Sensuous entertainment from 17th-century Spain fills this exquisite CD" The Times |
FRANCIS POTT
Meditations & Remembrances Choir of Christchurch Cathedral Dublin [ Signum / CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] "This is likely to be one of my Recordings of 2006 and I recommend it with the greatest possible enthusiasm." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
HORACE
The Mystery of Do-Re-Mi Christopher Gabbitas (baritone) / David Miller (lute) [ Signum / CD - released 16/May/2007 ] Schubert's 'Wanderer Fantasy' and Schumann's 'Fantasie' are two highly remarkable works: whilst musically embodying the romantic spirit of the age in their unconventional structures and lyrically imaginative styles, they also act as self-portraits to... |
DUFAY
Sacred music from the Bologna Q15 manuscript The Clerks' Group [ Signum / CD - released 17/Jul/2003 ] Sunday Times Top Ten Records of the Year 2002 |
GIACOMO CARISSIMI
Piangete (Cantatas & Motets ) Concerto Delle Donne [ Signum / CD - released 14/Aug/2003 ] Carissimi is sometimes thought of as a "one-work composer" known to the average music-lover only for his oratorio Jephte. Choral Societies looking for 17th century music earlier than Purcell are therefore likely to choose Jephte. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel/Mozart: Messiah (complete oratorio sung in English arranged Mozart rec 1988) Felicity Lott (sop) Felicity Palmer (contralto) Philip Langridge (ten) Robert Lloyd (bass) Huddersfield Choral Society / Royal Philharmonic / Charles [ Signum / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2006 ] "If you want a traditional Messiah with added wind parts, you cannot go wrong with this. It has the added advantage of having Mackerras at the helm ... a guilty pleasure for solitary listening" (MusicWeb June 2006) |
ANONYMOUS / ROBIN HOLLOWAY / JONATHAN HARVEY / JUDITH WEIR / etc
All The Ends Of The Earth Gonville and Caius College Choir, Cambridge / Geoffrey Webber (director) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Mar/2006 ] In their debut disc on Signum, the Caius choir celebrates the relationship between seven British contemporary composers and their influences drawn from the Medieval period. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Hymns Album (Incls 'And did those feet' & 'Glorious things of thee are spoken') Huddersfield Choral Society / Joseph Cullen (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 30/Jun/2006 ] "This is another impressive release from Signum Classics." (MusicWeb July 2006) |