17th January
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Victoria, Tomas Luis de:
Vidi speciosam. Cambridge Singers/John Rutter.Gounod, Charles:
Choral Mass in G minor. Marie-Claire Alain, org. Lausanne Vocal Ensemble/Michel Corboz.Vaughan Williams, Ralph:
An Oxford Elegy. John Westbrook, spkr. Jacques Orch, King's College Choir Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks.Holst, Gustav:
Morning of the Year, H164, Op.45/2. Guildford Choral Society, Philharmonia Orch/Hilary Davan Wetton.Part, Arvo:
Berlin Mass. Andrew Lucas, org. Polyphony/Stephen Layton.Beethoven, Ludwig van: Final Chorus from Friedrich Treitschkes Singspiel "The Good News" for bass, chorus and orchestra, Germania WoO94. Gerald Finley, bass, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Sir Andrew Davis.
10th January
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Carver, Robert:
Gaude flore virginali - motet for 5 voices. Taverner Choir/Andrew Parrott.Monteverdi, Claudio:
Lamento d'Arianna. Collegium Vocale Cologne/Wolfgang Fromme.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Fidelio:
O welche Lust, in freier Luft den Atem leicht zu heben!. Chicago SO, Chicago Symphony Chorus/Sir Georg Solti.Berlioz, Hector:
Messe solennelle. Donna Brown, sop., Gilles Cachemaille, bass, Jean-Luc Viala, ten. Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.Poulenc, Francis:
Figure humaine. Groupe Vocal de France/John Alldis.Sumner, Gordon M. (arr. Emerson, Roger):
Fields of Gold. Jonathan Bradley, pno. Australian Children's Choir/Andrew Wailes.
3rd January
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Frye, Walter:
Missa Flos Regalis:
Gloria. David James, alto., Gorden James, bar., John Potter, ten., Rogers Covey-Crump, ten. Hilliard Ensemble .Richter, Ernst Friedrich:
Motet, Mein Gott, warum hast du mich verlassen. Richard Mauersberger, sop. St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig/Georg Christoph Biller.Brahms, Johannes:
Three motets, Op.110. St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig/Georg Christoph Biller.Finzi, Gerald:
Intimations of Immortality, Op.29. James Gilchrist, ten. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/David Hill.Howells, Herbert:
Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing. Tenebrae/Nigel Short.Tavener, John:
Funeral Ikos. Tenebrae/Nigel Short.
27th December
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Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Opferlied, Op.121a. Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin RSO/Karl Anton Rickenbacher.Gabrieli, Giovanni:
Shepherds whom did you see?. King's College Choir Cambridge, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Stephen Cleobury.Haydn, Franz Joseph:
Mass in B flat, " Little Organ", Hob.XXII:7. Janice Watson, sop., Mark Padmore, ten., Pamela Stephen, m-sop., Stephen Varcoe, bar. Collegium Musicum 90/Richard Hickox.Bruckner, Anton:
Mass No.1 in D minor. Alastair Miles, bass, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contr., James O'Donnell, org., Joan Rodgers, sop., Keith Lewis, ten. Corydon Orch, Corydon Singers/Matthew Best.Zaimont, Judith Lang:
Meditations at the Time of the New Year, I & II. Kimball Wheeler, m-sop., Martha Cowan, sop. Choral Society of Southern California/Nick Strimple.Tormis, Veljo:
Men's Songs, excerpts. Svanholm Singers/Sofia Soderberg Eberhard.Britten, Benjamin:
A New Year Carol. Anonymous 4 .
20th December
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Schutz, Heinrich:
Christmas Story, SWV 435. Harald Stamm, bass, Heiner Hopfner, ten., Jose Luis Wagner, contr., Rachel Yakar, sop. Munich Motet Choir, Munich Residence Orch .Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas:
Christmas motets. Emmanuel Mandrin, org. Les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr/Emmanuel Mandrin.Charpentier, Marc-Antoine:
In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.416. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.Haydn, Franz Joseph:
Mass in G, 'Saint Nicholas', Hob.XXII:6. Alastair Miles, bass, Catherine Robbin, m-sop., Michael Schade, ten., Nancy Argenta, sop. English Concert, English Concert Choir/Trevor Pinnock.Scheidt, Samuel:
In Dulcie Jubilo. Edward Hobart, tpt., John Scott, org., Michael Meekes, tpt. Cambridge Singers/John Rutter.
13th December
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Ockeghem, Johannes:
Alma Redemptoris Mater. Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125, 'Choral'. Birgit Remmert, contr., Charlotte Margiono, sop., Robert Holl, bass, Rudolf Schasching, ten. Arnold Schoenberg Choir, CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
The Moment of Glory, Op.136. Franz Hawlata, bass, Iris Vermillion, m-sop., Luba Organosova, sop., Timothy Robinson, ten. Coro di Voci Bianche dell'Arcum, St Cecilia Academy Chorus, St Cecilia Academy Orch/Myung-Whun Chung.
6th December
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Praetorius, Michael:
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland. Viva Voce .Bach, Johann Sebastian:
Cantata BWV 62, Come Thou of man the Saviour (II). Bas Ramselaar, bass-baritone, Nico van der Meel, ten., Ruth Holton, sop., Sytse Buwalda, alto Holland Boys' Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium/Pieter Jan Leusnik.Lokumbe, Hannibal:
Dear Mrs Parks. Janice Chandler-Eteme, sop., Jevetta Steele, sop., Kevin Deas, bass, Taylor Gardner, sop. Brazeal Dennard Chorale, Detroit SO, Rackham Symphony Choir/Thomas Wilkins.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, WoO 88. Fiona Cameron, sop., Leonid Savitski, bass, Mati Korts, ten., Teele Joks, m-sop. Estonian National SO, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir/Kaljuste Tonu.
29th November
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Tallis, Thomas:
Ave, Dei patris filia. Tallis Scholars .Bach, Johann Sebastian:
Cantata BWV152, Tread thou the path of faith. Barbara Schlick, sop., Klaus Mertens, bass Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Ton Koopman.Mendelssohn, Felix:
Three Psalms Op.78. Anne Dawson, sop., Rogers Covey-Crump, ten. Corydon Singers, English CO/Matthew Best.Beethoven, Ludwig van:
Leonore Prohaska, Incidental Music, WoO 96, excerpts. Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp, Sylvia McNair, sop. Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.Beethoven, Ludwig van
Lieder WoO 153, no.8 Farewell with mirth and hilarity; WoO 167 Brauchle, Linke; WoO 169 Ich Kusse Sie; WoO172 Ich bitt' dich, schreib' mi die Es-Scala auf; WoO190 Ich war hier, Doktor, ichwar hier; WoO191 Kuhl, nicht lau; H276 Herr Graf, ich komme zu fragen; WoO104 Gesange de Monche.
Siegfried Lorenz, Baritone, Brahms Trio, Berliner SoloistsBernstein, Leonard:
Chichester Psalms. Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, sop., Jeremy Budd, ten., Paul Charrier, bass, Thomas Kelly, treb., Victoria Nayler, m-sop. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Marin Alsop.Tippett, Sir Michael:
Four Madrigals and Motets. Christ Church Cathedral Choir/Stephen Darlington.Traditional:
The cliff. Red Army Band, Red Army Choir/Victor Fedorov.
22nd November
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Lassus, Orlande de:
Musica Dei donum. Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir/Jeffrey Skidmore.Hassler, Hans Leo:
Music is My Heart and Soul. The Song Company .Handel, George Frederic:
Alexander's Feast, HWV75:
Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries. Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, John Fisher, hpschd. Scottish CO/Sir Charles Mackerras.Handel, George Frederic:
Alexander's Feast:
The many rend the skies.
Now strike the golden Lyre again.
Concentus Musicus Vienna, Stockholm Bach Choir/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.Purcell, Henry:
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, ' Hail Bright Cecilia'. Ashley Stafford, alto., B Gordon, alto., David Thomas, bass, Jennifer Smith, sop., Paul Elliot, ten., Stephen Varcoe, bar. English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir/Sir John Eliot Gardiner.Finzi, Gerald:
For St. Cecilia, Op.30. James Gilchrist, ten. Bournemouth SO, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/David Hill.Britten, Benjamin:
Hymn to St.Cecilia, Op.27. The Song Company .Vaughan Williams, Ralph:
Heart's Music. Holst Singers/Stephen Layton.Cage, John:
Living Room Music:
Story. The Song Company/Antony Pitts.
