Chapel Choir:
Recordings
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New Releases
LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT
Collegium CD CSCD 304
(Not available from Clare
College)
This 2-CD set collects
together the highly acclaimed albums Illumina (runner-up 2000 Gramophone
Awards) and Blessed Spirit, showcasing the celebrated Choir of Clare
College, Cambridge, directed by Timothy Brown, in music from Hildegard
of Bingen to Ligeti’s Lux Aeterna and Tavener’s
Funeral Ikos. The recordings were produced by John Rutter
in the peerless acoustic of the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral. Available
now at a new low price.
RUTTER: Requiem and other sacred music
Naxos 8.557130 (£4.99)
John Rutter Requiem and other sacred music. Produced by the composer
this is the first recording of the ensemble version of John Rutter's radiant
Requiem. Written in 1985, the work is not a conventional setting
of the Requiem Mass but comprises a personal selection of texts from the
Catholic liturgy and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. John Rutter maintains
intimate ties with Clare College and some of his anthems are left as a musical
legacy to the college. Among these are two simple, tender blessings: Go
forth into the world in peace, dedicated to the choir on the eve of
its first tour to America; and a Clare Benediction, written as a
gift to Rutter's alma mater. This recording is dedicated to the memory of
Christopher Rutter.
Listen to the First Movement
MOZART: C Minor Mass - Live recording from Salzburg Festival
Orfeo C 588 021 B (£ 12)
C Minor Mass KV 427
Choir of Clare College,
Cambridge
Mozaerteum Orchester Salzburg
Conducted by Ivor Bolton
Malin Hartleius & Stella Doufexis - Soprano
Marcus Ullmann - Tenor
István Kovács
- Bass.
Listen to the Gloria
WHITBOURN: A Finer Truth - The choral music of James Whitbourn
Et'cetera KTC 1248 (£10) *new price*
Son of God Mass and the Cantata A Finer Truth
Choir of Clare College,
Cambridge
John Harle ~ saxophone
Robert Tear ~ Tenor
'...with outstanding recorded sound and the choir... in fine
voice throughout, James Whitbourn's debut album is accessible, melodic
and very beautiful, effectively taking serious Christian music into
the 20th century'
(HMV Choice)
Listen to the Sanctus & Benedictus
KELLY: Bryan Kelly's cantata 'Crucifixion' and other choral music
Priory PRCD 755 (£13)
'An excellent recording of some superb but little known music ... a real eye-opener.
A must-have CD for all lovers of contemporary choral music'
Listen to O clap your hands
PURCELL: Dido and Æneas
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901683 Compact Disc (£15)
Clare College Choir with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conducted by René Jacobs
Listen to the chorus To the hills and the vales
BLESSED SPIRIT: Music of the Soul's Journey
Collegium COLCD 127 (£14.50)
'Absolutely magical as regards content and performance. A listening experience
which is indeed out of this world'
(Choir and Organ, December 2000)
Listen to Tim Brown's arrangement of Steal Away
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