Choral Classics from Cambridge

Choral Classics from Cambridge
Composer Anton Bruckner, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gabriel Fauré, William Byrd, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury conductor
Choir of St.Johns College Cambridge
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown conductor
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best conductor
Format 5 CD, CD-ROM
Cat. number 9234
EAN code 5029365923422
Release October 2011

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About this release

This set of 5 CDs showcases the celebrated choral music tradition that is at the heart of Cambridge’s Clare College, King’s College and St John’s College. Featuring a collection of popular choral favourites from composers such as Mozart, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Purcell, and an in-depth exploration of Renaissance lamentations, this set also features a recording of Evensong and Vespers at King’s, evoking the college’s tradition of daily choral singing.

Other information:
- Booklet notes included.
- CD-ROM with notes and texts included.

Listening

Track list

Disk 1

  1. Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina: Stabat Mater
  2. Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina: Stabat Mater
  3. Gregorio Allegri: Miserere
  4. Robert Ramsey: How are the mighty fallen
  5. Thomas Weelkes: When David heard
  6. Thomas Tallis: Lamentations
  7. Tomás Luis De Victoria: O vos omnes
  8. Josquin Des Prez: Déploration sur la mort d’Ockeghem
  9. Carlo Gesualdo Da Venosa: O vos omnes
  10. Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis
  11. Josquin Des Prez: Absalon fili mi
  12. William Byrd: Civitas sancti tui
  13. Thomas Tomkins: When David heard
  14. George Kirbye: Vox in Rama

Disk 2

  1. Henry Purcell: Anthems: Te Deum
  2. Henry Purcell: Anthems: Jubilate Deo
  3. Henry Purcell: Anthems: My Beloved Spake
  4. Henry Purcell: Anthems: O God, Thou art my God
  5. Henry Purcell: Anthems: Lord, how long wilt Thou be angry?
  6. Henry Purcell: Anthems: Remember not, Lord, our offences
  7. Henry Purcell: Anthems: Hear my prayer, O Lord
  8. Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Funeral March
  9. Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Man that is born of a woman
  10. Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary: In the midst of life
  11. Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Canzona
  12. Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Thou knowest, Lord
  13. Henry Purcell: Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Funeral March

Disk 3

  1. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Organ Prelude: Toccata (Anon)
  2. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Deus in adjutorium
  3. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Antiphon: Dum esset Rex
  4. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Psalm: Dixit Dominus
  5. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Antiphon: Laeva ejus
  6. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Psalm: Laudate pueri
  7. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Antiphon: Nigra sum
  8. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Psalm: Laetatus sum
  9. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Antiphon: Iam hiems transiit
  10. Anonymous: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Psalm: Nisi Dominus
  11. Hans Leo Hassler: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Hymn: Ave Maris Stella
  12. Hans Leo Hassler: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Antiphon: Beatam me dicent
  13. Sebastián De Vivanco: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Magnificat octavi toni
  14. Francesco Cavalli: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Antiphon: Salve Regina
  15. Francesco Cavalli: Vespers for the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Benedicamus
  16. Philip Radcliffe: Evensong for Advent: Preces and responses
  17. Thomas Attwood: Evensong for Advent: Psalm 50
  18. George Dyson: Evensong for Advent: Magnificat In D
  19. George Dyson: Evensong for Advent: Nunc Dimittis In D
  20. Philip Radcliffe: Evensong for Advent: Responses
  21. Edward C. Bairstow: Evensong for Advent: Lord, Thou hast been
  22. Edward C. Bairstow: Evensong for Advent: Hymn: Hark! A Herald voice is calling
  23. Edward C. Bairstow: Evensong for Advent: Dismissal
  24. Herbert Norman Howells: Evensong for Advent: Organ Voluntary

Disk 4

  1. Franz Joseph Haydn: Sacred Choral Favorites: Insanae et vanae curae
  2. Gabriel Fauré: Sacred Choral Favorites: Cantique de Jean Racine
  3. Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Sacred Choral Favorites: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
  4. Johannes Brahms: Sacred Choral Favorites: How lovely are Thy dwellings (A German Requiem)
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sacred Choral Favorites: Ave verum corpus
  6. Malcolm C. Boyle: Sacred Choral Favorites: Thou, O God, art praised
  7. Edward Elgar: Sacred Choral Favorites: Ave verum corpus
  8. Anton Bruckner: Sacred Choral Favorites: Locus iste
  9. William Henry Harris: Sacred Choral Favorites: Bring us, O Lord
  10. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sacred Choral Favorites: Hymn of the Cherubim (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)
  11. William Byrd: Sacred Choral Favorites: Ave verum corpus
  12. Gioacchino Rossini: Sacred Choral Favorites: O salutaris hostia (Petite Messe solennelle)
  13. Edvard Hagerup Grieg: Sacred Choral Favorites: Ave maris stella
  14. Antonio Lotti: Sacred Choral Favorites: Crucifixus
  15. Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Favorites: Denn er hat seinen
  16. Robert Parsons: Sacred Choral Favorites: Ave Maria
  17. César Auguste Franck: Sacred Choral Favorites: Panis angelicus
  18. Charles Stanford: Sacred Choral Favorites: O for a closer walk with God
  19. Maurice Duruflé: Sacred Choral Favorites: Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Disk 5

  1. John Rutter: Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo (Allegro vivace)
  2. John Rutter: Sacred Choral Favorites: Domine Deus, Rex coelestis (Andante)
  3. John Rutter: Sacred Choral Favorites: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus (Vivace e ritmico)
  4. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms: 4 Psalm 108, v.2; Psalm 100 (Maestoso ma energico)
  5. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms: Psalm 2, vv.1–4; Psalm 23 vv.1–6 (Andante con moto, ma tranquillo)
  6. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms: Psalm 131; Psalm 133, v.1 (Prelude – Peacefully flowing)
  7. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: Salut, Dame sainte
  8. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: Tout puissant, très saint
  9. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: Seigneur, je vous en prie
  10. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: O mes très chers frères
  11. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: Litanies à la Vierge Noire
  12. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: Exultate Deo
  13. Francis Poulenc: Quatre Petites Prières de St François d’Assise: Salve Regina