Louis-Claude Daquin: Douze Noëls [The RSAMD Chamber Choir and Players, John Wallace]

Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772)

Les Douze Noëls

The RSAMD Chamber Choir and Players

John Wallace

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Music for Christmas [Stephen Cleobury]

Music for Christmas

Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)

In dulci jubilo ¹

Giovanni Gabrieli (c1554-1612)

Hodie Christus natus est, a 8 ¹

Canzona VII, a 7 ¹

Hodie Christus natus est, a 10 ¹

Canzona XII, a 8 ¹

Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)

In dulci jubilo

arr. John Rutter (b 1945)

Quem pastores laudavere

Wexford Carol

arr. William Llewellyn (b 1925)

London Waits

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)

Messe de minuit ²

¹ The Wallace Collection

² London Baroque Soloists

² Stephen Farr

BBC Singers

Stephen Cleobury

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A Choral Journey through the Ages [Choir of King's College, Cambridge]

A Choral Journey Through the Ages

CD 1 - Gregorian Chant
[2005]

Mass for the Octave of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First Vespers for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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CD 2 - Byrd: The Great Service
[1987]

William Byrd (1543-1623)
The Great Service

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CD 3 - Music of the XVIth century
[1984]

Giovanni Maria Nanino (c1544-1607)
Adoramus te, Christe

Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Miserere mei, Deus (Psalm 51)

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Messa sopra l'aria della monica

Vincenzo Ugolini (c.1580-1638)
Beata es virgo, Maria

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CD 4 - Charpentier: Te Deum · Magnificat
[1978; remastered 2019]

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Te Deum, H.146
Magnificat, H.74

Felicity Lott (soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano)
Charles Brett (countertenor)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Stephen Roberts (bass)

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CD 5 - Vivaldi: Gloria · Dixit Dominus · Magnificat
[2002]

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Gloria in D, RV 589
Dixit Dominus in D, RV 594
Magnificat in Gm, RV 610

Sarah Fox (soprano), Deborah Norman (soprano)
Michael Chance (countertenor)
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Jonathan Lemalu (bass)

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CD 6 - Bach: Cantata BWV 147 · Three Motets
[1972; remastered 2019]

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata, BWV 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Motet, BWV 226 'Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf'
Motet, BWV 228 'Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir'
Motet, BWV 230 'Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden'

Elly Ameling (soprano)
Janet Baker (contralto)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
John Shirley-Quirk (bass)

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CD 7-8 - Handel: Messiah
[1973; remastered 2019]

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Messiah, HWV 56

James Bowman (countertenor)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Benjamin Luxon (bass)
(soprano solos sung in unison by the boys of the choir)

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CD 9 - Fauré: Requiem · Pavane
[1968; remastered 2019]

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Requiem, Op. 48
Pavane, Op. 50

Bob Chilcott (treble)
John Carol Case (baritone)

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CD 10 - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms · Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
[1974; remastered 2019]

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Chichester Psalms (version for choir, organ, harp and percussion)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1973)
Festival Te Deum, Op.32
Rejoice in the Lamb, Op.30
Te Deum in C major
Jubilate Deo

James Bowman (countertenor)
Osian Ellis (harp)
David Corkhill (percussion)

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CD 11 - Howells: Hymnus Paradisi
[1970; remastered 2019]

Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Hymnus Paradisi

Heather Harper (soprano)
Robert Tear (tenor)

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CD 12 - 'Ikos' Górecki · Pärt · Tavener
[1994]

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
Totus tuus
Amen

Arvo Pärt (1935- )
Magnificat
The Beatitudes

John Tavener (1944-2013)
Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale)
Funeral Ikos

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CD 13 - Rutter: Requiem
[1998]

John Rutter (1945- )
Requiem
Veni Sancte Spiritus
What Sweeter Music
Hymn to the Creator of Light
Cantate Domino
Cantus
Te Deum

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CD 14 - A Festival of Lessons and Carols
[1979; remastered 2019]

Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
Resonet in laudibus

Boris Ord (1897-1961)
Adam lay ybounden

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Joseph and Mary [12 Traditional Carols from Herefordshire, No. 4]

Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Stille Nacht

William Mathias (1934-1992)
A babe is born, Op.55

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chorale Prelude, BWV 729 'In dulci jubilo'

interspersed with
Readings from the King James Bible and Traditional English Carols:
· Once in royal David's city (H J Gauntlett)
· Sussex Carol (arr. Philip Ledger)
· A Maiden most gentle (arr. Andrew Carter)
· Chester Carol (arr. Philip Ledger)
· Angels from the realms of glory (arr. Philip Ledger)
· O come, all ye faithful (anon., arr. Philip Ledger)
· Hark! The herald Angels sing (Mendelssohn, arr. Cummings)

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The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
(incl. soloists from the choir)
conducted by
Stephen Cleobury (CDs 1-3, 5, 12-13)
Philip Ledger (CDs 4, 10, 14)
David Willcocks (CDs 6-9, 11)

King's organ scholars:
Benjamin Bayl (CD 5), David Briggs (CD 3)
Richard Farnes (CD 2), David Goode (CD 12)
Ian Hare (CDs 6-8), Daniel Hyde (CD 5)
James Lancelot (CDs 7-8, 10), Robert Quinney (CD 13)
Thomas Trotter (CDs 4, 14)

with
The Bach Choir (CD 11)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (CDs 4, 6-8)
The Academy of Ancient Music (CD 5)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (CDs 9, 11)
Sinfonia of London; The Wallace Collection (CD 13)

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Uploader's Comment: This compilation released April 2020. CDs 4,6-11,14 remastered in 24bit/192kHz from original tapes by Studio Art & Son, Annecy, 2019. Performances on CDs 10 (Bernstein) & 14 appear on CD in this compilation for the first time.

Messiaen: La Natividad, La Transfiguración (1) [Simon Preston, Antal Dorati]

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

La nativité du seigneur

Simon Preston (organ)

La transfiguration de notre seigneur Jésus Christ (1)

Yvonne Loriod (piano), John A.C. Kane (xylorimba)
János Starker (cello), Wallace Mann (flute)
Loren Kitt (clarinet), Frank A. Ames (marimba)
Ronald Barnett (vibraphone)
Michael Sylvester (tenor), Paul Aquino (baritone)
   Westminster Symphonic Choir
National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C.
Antal Doráti

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Messiaen: La Transfiguración (2) [Antal Dorati]

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)

La transfiguration de notre seigneur Jésus Christ (2)

Yvonne Loriod (piano), John A.C. Kane (xylorimba)
János Starker (cello), Wallace Mann (flute)
Loren Kitt (clarinet), Frank A. Ames (marimba)
Ronald Barnett (vibraphone)
Michael Sylvester (tenor), Paul Aquino (baritone)
   Westminster Symphonic Choir
National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C.
Antal Doráti

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