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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | On Christmas DayNew Carols from King's
Adès: | The Fayrfax Carol | Bennett, R R: | On Christmas Day | Berkeley, L: | In wintertime | Bingham, J: | God would be born | Birtwistle: | The Gleam | Burrell, D: | Christo Paremus | Casken: | A gathering | Chilcott: | Shepherd's Carol | Dove: | The three Kings | Goehr: | Carol for St Steven | Harvey, R: | The Angels | Holloway, R: | Christmas Carol | MacMillan: | Siente Mari | Maw, N: | Swete Jesu | Maxwell, M: | One star at last | Pärt: | Bogoróditse Djévo | Paulus: | Pilgrim Jesus | Rutter: | What sweeter music | Sculthorpe: | The birthday | Swayne: | Winter Solstice Carol, Op. 79 | Weir: | Illuminare, Jerusalem |
“King's' CD of new carols is the one unmissable Christmas release” BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 “…catch while you can this rich sampling of the new carols commissioned and performed by the Choir of King's College, including gems by Jonathan Harvey, Judith Weir and Giles Swayne. Even the Birtwistle - with its stratosphere-reaching harmonies, and use of a wild shout and stamp - is sound with a fresh enthusiasm.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 “…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings - Jonathan Dove's superb, multilayered 'The Three Kings', Judith Weir's dramatically angular 'Illuminare, Jerusalem', the intricate sound-tapestry of Birtwistle's extraordinary 'The Gleam'.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Christmas Special Choice - December 2005 |
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| |  | Arvo Pärt - A Tribute
"No living composer draws more meaning from key religious texts, and these particular performances honour ärt's
intentions with consummate musicianship." Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | I am the true vine
"No living composer draws more meaning from key religious texts, and these particular performances honour art's
intentions with consummate musicianship...An essential addition to Arvo Pärt's ever-growing discography." Rob Cowan, Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John’s
As exclusive Chandos artists, the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge here presents its second release. The first CD, of choral music by Howells (CHAN10587), was released to rave reviews in March this year. Choir and Organ wrote: ‘There is musicianship here of a rare and moving kind.’ This new release of popular choral classics should meet with a similar reception while at the same time appealing to a wider audience. Established in the 1670s, the Choir of St John’s has a distinguished tradition of performing religious music. Its main duty is singing the daily services in the College Chapel during the University Term. During the University vacation the Choir carries out engagements in the UK and overseas, as well as undertaking a busy recording schedule. This particular release was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound. The disc not only sounds spectacular, but recreates to an uncanny degree the experience of listening to the Choir perform in the chapel. The music itself represents a time span of nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest piece dates from the first half of the sixteenth century, and the newest was composed as recently as 2007. The styles and genres are varied, but there are clear links between the works throughout. For example, several are based on texts from the psalms, and the works by Pärt, Parsons, and Rachmaninoff offer three radically different interpretations of the Ave Maria. Some of the works also add a solo instrument to the familiar mix of voices and organ. But perhaps most importantly, all the pieces recorded here sit comfortably under the heading of ‘Popular Choral Classics’. Allegri’s Miserere is counted among the great classics of church music. Part of its mystique stems from its origins; for many years the work was performed only in the Sistine Chapel, and as with other works tied to a single place it became an object for pilgrimage. In this case the pilgrims included Mendelssohn, as well as Mozart who famously noted down the work from memory after leaving the Vatican, thereby risking excommunication by the Catholic Church. This new release also features Stanford’s Jubilate, which was written for Trinity College, Cambridge. Intended as part of the service of Morning Prayer, it has long been one of the most popular canticles in the Anglican repertoire. In keeping with the text, Psalm 100, the tone is festive throughout. “The boy treble voices bring lustre and freshness to the sonority, and the singing throughout is stirring and polished.” The Telegraph, 29th October 2010 **** “the poised, sentient performance of Allegri's famous Miserere opening the disc bespeaks dedicated preparation, both technical and spiritual. I like the spatial variegations drawn by [Andrew Nethsinga]...and the unobtrusively pregnant phrasing of the tenor plainsong interjections...John's are a choir in fulsome health” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010 **** “eclectic repertoire expertly sung” The Observer, 5th December 2010 “A word of reassurance to those who fear that this may be a "lovely" programme of hallowed pot-boilers...If these are indeed, as the title proclaims, "choral classics", that term must have been stretched to include all that is old and good...There are also pieces of modernity...The famous choir appear to thrive under Andrew Nethsinga's management.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2011 “It is with Allegri's impressive Miserere that the disc begins. One must congratulate those boys who rise well above their fellows...an admirable choir and a nicely varied programme.” International Record Review, December 2010 “St John's has a wonderful acoustic, neither too spacious nor too intimate, and in Andrew Nethsinga it has a director who knows how to fill every corner with grace and clarity...the choir sings suavely and radiantly without resorting to cathedral prissiness; the recorded sound is superb. A joy all round.” Classic FM Magazine, February 2011 **** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | SacredMusic for the Christian Faith
Alfonso X: | Como poden (CSM 166) Safar, Sara Stowe | anon.: | Puer natus est Saint Frideswide Monks and Novices Jesus Christ is risen today Jamal Sutton (organ) Sidney Sussex College Choir, Cambridge, David Skinner Nobilis humilis Magne martir Richard Vendome (psaltery) Oxford Girls' Choir, Magdala, David Skinner | Bach, J S: | Fantasia super 'Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott', BWV651 Martin Souter (organ) | Cornysh the elder: | Ave Maria Mater Dei Magdala, David Skinner | Despres: | Nunc Dimittis Magdala, David Skinner | Henry V: | Sanctus Magdala, David Skinner | Kalinnikov, Viktor: | Prijon Forte (Song to the Virgin) Sara Stowe (soprano) Safar | Palestrina: | Stabat mater Magdala, David Skinner | Pärt: | Bogoróditse Djévo Singscape, Sarah Tenant-Flowers | Tomkins: | Magnificat English Renaissance, Michael Stoddart | trad.: | Coventry Carol Oxford Girls' Choir, Richard Vendome |
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Pärt - Music for Unaccompanied Choir
“…it's the purity of the Canadian Elora Festival Singers' sound that strikes the ear here. In Dopo la vittoria… the climax… has a radiance and a wonderful sense of gradual repose that is well worth waiting for.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2006 **** “…the most recent piece here - the Nunc dimittis (2001), commissioned for St Mary's Episcopal Church in Edinburgh and seen by some as an inevitable if long-delayed response to Part's Magnificat (1989) - still displays his characteristic purity of sound and austere methodology, which are realised with great sensitivity by the Elora Singers...This fine choir are fully in tune with Pärt's ripening music.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2006 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel
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| |  | Voices of Nature
“Schnittke's Choir Concerto is the major work here… As a stunning kind of evocation of all the Russian Orthodox church music one has ever heard, and yet masterfully composed with a powerful sense of architecture and inner logic, it's surely up there with Rachmaninov's Vespers. There is already an excellent recent version from the Holst Singers under Stephen Layton on Hyperion... But this new BIS version, it is has more recorded resonance, also exudes greater warmth - it's a refulgently passionate performance in which the Concerto emerges as simultaneously more ardent and more monumental, despite Tõnu Kalijuste's relatively faster tempi.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2004 ***** | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | King's Singers' Christmas
“absolutely first-class musicianship ... for sheer vocal beauty, you can't beat the performances ... The whole thing is just gorgeous, and if you love Christmas music recordings, well, what are you waiting for? This is one of the best ever” Classics Today | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Magnificat: The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Music
“a well conceived and executed whole...The choir sings well throughout the duration of the disc...There are some wonderful variations of mood with well produced contrasts of light and shade: this is well illustrated in the Bruckner at the beginning of the CD...Benjamin Nicholas also shows off his organ to good advantage, particularly when he gets on to the reeds.” Cathedral Music, Summer 1999 “I am pleased to be able to report that this is one of a few collegiate CDs where the bottom end of the choir makes an uncharacteristically mature sound. Schubert’s Stabat Mater, a super but brief setting, is expressively sung and contains some of the most beautifully shaped choral singing on the disc.” Choir & Organ, September/October 1999 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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