Since you are interested in Handel: Coronation Anthems / Excerpts from Messiah / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BRUMEL / DESPRES / LASSO
The Earth Resounds The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Eamonn Dougan [ Coro / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] Josquin, Brumel and Lassus were truly European composers, leaving their origins to work in the top establishments of Aix-en-Provence, Ferrara, Rome and Munich. Their music has a unique sonority which will astound you all - from the depth of... |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Orchestral Works (Includes 'The Music of Dawn') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2009 Finalist:Contemporary -- "A welcome disc shines light on David Matthews's rhapsodic, fantastic music. Guy Johnstonis a technically immaculate soloist, while Ruman Gamba with the BBC Philharmonic are excellent throughout in... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The NMC Songbook (4 CD set) Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby, Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett, etc [ NMC / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Contemporary - "…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... |
DOWLAND / CAMPIAN / HUMFREY / PURCELL
Ravish'd with Sacred Extasies Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) David Miller (lute & theorbo) [ Coro / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "If you think of lute songs as secular repertory, think again...Elin Manahan Thomas and lutenist David Miller illuminate this music's subtleties, infusing their reading with warmth and intimacy...this is a lovely contribution to recorded lute song."... |
MONTEVERDI
Selva morale e spirituale Vol 1 The Sixteen / Harry Christophers [ Coro / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "There's a nice immediacy to the choral sound here, without too much churchy resonance obscuring the clarity of the diction and articulation of the Sixteen's performances, one to a part up to a maximum of eight singers." The Guardian |