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ID: SIGCD180
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Choral CollectionSubkolektion: Choir
Naked Byrd: Featuring music by composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves and whose art saw their emotions laid bare. An atmospheric concert where magical musical moments are intertwined with sublime passages of plainchant and violin improvisation.
The varied programme of this recording identifies, as Armonico Consort’s director, Christopher Monks describes, ‘... a wide range of pieces united by the tendency of their composers to wear their hearts on their sleeves and their ability to fix a sense of raw emotion on paper’. For the majority of the composers represented here, the reasons for revealing naked sentiments through their music is as a response to a religious theme, whether through the suppression of particular relgious practices or the influence of relgious ideals themselves. Crossing several centuries, from the sixteenth to the present day this disc displays how every generation has been inspired to use both sacred and secular music as a powerful medium to express their personal emotions.
Includes Allegri's Miserere MeiSt Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmen Giannattasio, Veronica Simeoni, Alxander Timchenko, Carlo Colombara & Yuri Temirkanov St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmen Giannattasio, Veronica Simeoni, Alxander Timchenko, Carlo Colombara & Yuri Temirkanov Artist: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carmen Giannattasio, Veronica Simeoni, Alxander Timchenko, Carlo Colombara & Yuri Temirkanov
The Armonico Consort is, at its heart, a highly talented vocal ensemble that stages a wide variety of concerts. The quality of the performances they stage is reflected in the praise they have recently received: "Superb!" The Times |
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ID: SIGCD182
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Vocal CollectionSubkolektion: Christmas Music
Christmas Traditional Composer
Tenebrae is a professional chamber choir, founded and directed by Nigel Short in 2001. Often performing by candlelight, the choir creates an atmosphere of spiritual and musical reflection, where medieval chant and renaissance works are interspersed with contemporary compositions. The carefully selected team of singers use the acoustic and atmostphere of the building to enable the audience to experience the power and intimacy of the human voice.
Tenebrae has an exceptionally wide repertoire from early, through renaissance, baroque and classical music, to romantic and twentieth century works, plus a range of specially commissioned pieces, the most recent of which is Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles. What Sweeter Music is a real festive treat, with a sumptuous collection of songs and carols for Christmas - touching on traditional favourites (Silent Night, Away in a Manger), modern classics (The Lamb, What Sweeter Music) and some new light-hearted arrangements (Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas). |
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ID: SIGCD221
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: World Premiere RecordingWorld Premiere Recording
This premiere recording of John Tavener's Towards Silence, written for four string quartets and a large Tibetan bowl, explores the nature of consciousness and the process of dying. Tavener had long wanted to write the work and persuaded Professor Paul Robertson (leader of the Medici Quartet and Co-Founder of the Music Mind Spirit Trust) to perform it. However, shortly after the manuscript was completed both men became critically ill and close to death themselves.
By August 2008 Robertson had recovered sufficiently to resuscitate the project, which had now taken on a profound significance for himself and for Tavener. The members of the Medici Quartet immediately agreed to reform and identified young professional string quartets with whom to perform and to act as musical mentors.
Tavener's vision was for all four quartets to be positioned high up in the cathedral dome, invisible to the audience, and arranged in the shape of a cross, bringing the Christian, Bhuddist and Hindu religions together. This sense of space has been captured in the recording, which is an SACD hybrid that can also be enjoyed on a surround sound setup. |
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ID: SIGCD235
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Choral CollectionSubkolektion: Choir
* World Premier Recordings
This recording is compiled from Armonico Consort’s ‘Naked Byrd’ programme, featuring music by Tavener, Purcell, Barber and Byrd, composers who wore their hearts on their sleeves, and whose art saw their emotions laid bare, in an atmospheric concert where magical musical moments are intertwined with sublime passages of plainchant and violin improvisation. ‘Naked Byrd Two’ follows on from their December 2009 release (SIGCD180 - ‘Naked Byrd’). |
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ID: SIGCD267
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Choral CollectionSubkolektion: Choir
Following a string of five-star reviews for their previous discs of 20th-century French choral music (Poulenc’s Figure Humaine - SIGCD197) and Renaissance polyphony (Victoria’s Requiem Mass - SIGCD248), the professional chamber-choir Tenebrae go from strength to strength with this new recording of British partsongs and choral music - centered on Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell.
Composed towards the end of Parry’s life, the Songs of Farewell have taken on something of an epithetical interpretation; they are almost a musical summation of his compositional life, reflecting Parry’s love of English renaissance madrigals and partsongs as much as the influence on his work from German composers like Brahms - made more complicated as these works were composed as the country (and its music) fell out of favour at the start of the Great War. This disc also includes works by Tavener, Sullivan, Holst, Rodney Bennett, Howells, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. |
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ID: SIGCD367
CDs: 2
Type: CD
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Kolektion: Choral CollectionSubkolektion: Choir
“I regard The Veil of the Temple as the supreme achievement of my life and the most important work that I have ever composed.” Sir John Tavener
Signum Records are proud to re-release the landmark recording of Sir John Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple at the start of what would have been Tavener’s 70th year.
This 2CD set captures the concert-version of this epic 8-hour work, composed to last through the night until dawn in the manner of the grand vigils of the Orthodox Church. Combining the psalms of a number of different religious, Tavener skillfully blends together a work that is truly all-encompasing in its scale and spiritual fervour. |
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ID: SIGCD410
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Kolektion: World Premiere RecordingSubkolektion: Choir
1 I was glad Hubert Parry (1848-1918) [4.57]
2 The Twelve William Walton (1902-1983) [11.49]
Soloists: Oscar Simms treble
Benedict Davies treble
Tom Williams alto
Thomas Guthrie tenor
Christopher Dixon bass
Our present charter * Nico Muhly (b.1981)
3 I. First [4.02]
4 II. Thy Kingdome Come, O God [4.21]
5 III. The Beatitudes [4.22]
6 IV. Nullus Liber Homo Capiatur [4.45]
Soloists: Max Todes treble
William Towers alto
Christopher Dixon bass
7 Mother of God, here I stand John Tavener (1944-2013) [2.30]
8 Valiant-for-Truth Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958) [5.02]
Soloist: David Allsopp alto
9 Blessed City, heavenly Salem Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) [8.33]
Soloist: Emerson Murphy treble
0 Te Deum in C Major, HOB XXIIIc:2 Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) [8.17]
* World Premiere Recording
Total timings: [58.45]
CHOIR OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH
GREG MORRIS ORGAN
ROGER SAYER DIRECTOR |
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ID: SIGCD442
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subkolektion: Choir
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ID: SIGCD446
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Subkolektion: Choir
The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge’s new release on Signum blends a selection of ancient and modern works from the 16th and 20th Centuries, all centred on the theme of evening
Tracks
1. God be in my head Philip Radcliffe 1.29
2. Save us, O Lord Edward Bairstow 4.56
3. In manus tuas John Sheppard 4.02
4. Song at Evening Richard Rodney Bennet 3.25
5. Miserere mihi Domine William Byrd 2.49
6. Creator of the stars of night Gabriel Jackson 3.52
7. The Lord is my Shepherd Lennox Berkeley 4.43
8. Christe qui lux es et dies IV Robert Whyte 6.03
9. Evening Hymn Henry Balfour Gardiner 6.24
10. Behold thou hast made my days Orlando Gibbons 5.30
11. Evening Watch Gustav Holst 4.39
12. The Lord's Prayer John Tavener 3.08
13. Bring us O Lord God William Harris 4.09
14. In Pace John Blitheman 4.14
15. Evening Prayers Philip Moore 6.03
16. Miserere nostri Thomas Tallis 3..22
17. Blessed city, heav'nly Salem Edward Bairstow 9.10 |
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ID: SIGCD474
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Contrapunctus
Owen Rees Director
Early music consort Contrapunctus return to disc on Signum for the second release in their series centred on music of the Baldwin Partbooks (In the Midst of Life, SIGCD408). John Baldwin was a member of the choir of St George’s chapel, Windsor, and his transcriptions during the 1570s and 80s create one of the greatest surviving collections of Marian polyphony, composed during the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary Tudor. This volume explores texts celebrating Mary as mother of God, and on the Virgin and her Child.
Contrapunctus, led by Owen Rees, couple powerful interpretations with pioneering scholarship. Currently Vocal Consort in Residence at Oxford University, the ensemble’s first two recordings, Libera nos and In the Midst of Life, were both shortlisted for the Gramophone Early Music Award. |
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