 | John Rutter: Music for Christmas [Read More ...]
John Rutter: Music for Christmas:Excellent Christmas CD. I especially liked the "Angles Carol" track!
Would recommend this CD to one and all. |
 | Eric Whitacre: Cloudburst and Other Choral Works [Read More ...]
Description: At the age of only 35, Eric Whitacre has already gained a phenomenal reputation in the United States. The Los Angeles Times described his music as having ‘electric, chilling harmonies; works of unearthly beauty and imagination’ and his Water Night (included on this ... |
 | Christmas Present From Polyphony [Read More ...]
Review: Choral perfectionists.:This is an essential Christmas choral CD. The program itself is fabulous and unique, lacking the tacky "favorites" found on most recordings of this type. Entirely a cappella except for two Rutter arrangements with orchestra. Not a single track is lacking in... |
 | Morten Lauridsen: Nocturnes [Read More ...]
Description: Morten Lauridsen's choral music performed by Polyphony with Stephen Layton, conductor. Works on this disc include Mid-Winter Songs, Les chansons des roses, I will lift up mine eyes, O come, let us sing unto the Lord, Ave, culcissima Maria, and Nocturnes. Texts are from vario... |
 | Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna [Read More ...]
Review: Heavenly Voices and Instruments on Earth:The album Lux aeterna by Morten Lauridsen (Hyperion CDA67449) featuring the pure and delightful voices of the choir Polyphony, and the incredible instrumentation of the Britten Sinfonia with Stephen Layton bringing it all together is noth... |
 | Handel: Dettingen Te Deum; Zadok the Priest; Organ Concerto No. 14 [Read More ...]
Review: Spendid:My first experience of the Dettingen Te Deum was on a Nonesuch LP by the Telemann Society, who were noted for playing very vigorously but only approximately in tune. Their Te Deum was loads of fun, but not something you could take all that seriously. Stephen Layton offe... |
 | Poulenc: Gloria; Motets [Read More ...]
Review: Sublime music, sublime performance:I cannot fathom why this recording remains an import. It has already attained the status of a classic in the Poulenc discography and for audiophiles it is indispensable. When I read the ecstatic reviews in Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine sev... |
 | O magnum misterium [Read More ...]
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 | Christmas Through the Ages [Read More ...]
Review: An absolute bargain!:Heaven forfend if there was some disaster and I had to flee my home suddenly, and couple only clutch a few Christmas CDs before going out the door - this would be the first one I would look for! When you look at the price of this disc you might think you are... |
 | At Twilight: Choral Music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg [Read More ...]
Review: Quality good - content disappointing:I was looking forward to some good choral music and I ought to have read the program more closely because this disc does not provide it.
If you want some virtuoso solo voice and like hashed old favorites then you might like this.
If you want ... |
 | MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross [Read More ...]
Review: Wonderful music :MacMillan has a wonderful inner understanding of sacred music, informed (I assume) by his Catholic faith. The Seven Last Words from the Cross are stunning, a brilliant admixture of old and new.
Track 3 (Verily, I say unto thee, thous shall be with me in Paradis... |
 | Pavel Lukaszewski: Choral Music [Read More ...]
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 | Bruckner: Mass in E minor; Motets [Read More ...]
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 | Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale [Read More ...]
Description: Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangeme... |
 | The Hyperion Schubert Edition 23 / Christoph Prégardien, Graham Johnson [Read More ...]
Description: In a very brief span of time, tenor Christoph Prégardien has established himself as a commanding interpreter of Schubert songs. This program has a certain bardic quality, with lots of songs about harps, or by people playing harps, including three Harper's Songs from Goethe's Wil... |
 | Arvo Pärt: Triodion [Read More ...]
Review: Colourful Choral Collection:How has no one reviewed this album yet? Is it that overlooked? If it is, it's a sad fact, because this disc, while perhaps not the greatest collection of Pärt pieces, is wonderful, to say the least.
First, let's get something out of the way: The pac... |
 | Hyperion Edition: The Songs of Robert Schumann, vol. 7 [Read More ...]
Review: Good performance & CD but not 5 stars:This is the only complete recording of the Myrthen Op. 25 cycle by Schumann, which combines many settings of Scottish poetry and of poetry reflecting on marriage, of personal importance to Schumann as he prepared to wed Clara. Although n... |
 | O Magnum Misterium - Twentieth Century Carols [Read More ...]
Review: English carol perfection:This recording is a rare treat -- a Christmas CD that deserves a place near the top of your large stack of choral Christmas recordings. Under Stephen Layton's able leadership, the a cappella choir Polyphony has made a recording of marvelous gems. It con... |
 | This I Have Done For My True Love [Read More ...]
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 | Britten - Christ's Nativity / Gritton, Wyn-Rogers, Holst Singer, Layton [Read More ...]
Description: How does a 19-year-old conceive a work so complex yet so accessible, so original yet so involved as A Boy Was Born? This theme and six variations for mixed voices and boys' choir, with texts primarily from 15th- and 16th- century sources, is one of the great choral masterpieces... |
