JEFFREY THOMAS is Artistic and Music Director of the American Bach Soloists, with whom he has directed and conducted recordings of more than 25 cantatas, the Mass in B Minor, Musical Offering, motets, chamber music, and works by Schütz, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Beethoven. He has appeared with the Baltimore, Berkeley, Boston, Detroit, Houston, National, Rochester, Minnesota, and San Francisco symphony orchestras; with the Vienna Symphony and the New Japan Philharmonic; with virtually every American baroque orchestra; and in Austria, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Mexico. He is Professor of Music (Barbara K. Jackson Chair in Choral Conducting) and director of choral ensembles in the Department of Music at UC Davis.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
7:00 a.m.
William Byrd: Mass for 5 voices (23:42)
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
“Byrd: Masses”
EMI CD-EMX 9505
Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis, St. Paul’s Service (11:35)
St. John's College Choir (Cambridge)
Iain Farrington, organist
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Howells Requiem”
NAXOS NXS 8554659
Franz Schubert: Offertorium (“Intende voci”) in B flat major D 963 (9:27)
Peter Schreier, tenor
Rundfunkchor Berlin Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Dietrich Knothe, conductor
Capriccio CAP 71050
Franz Schubert: Salve Regina in B-flat Major D 386 (2:59)
Regensburger Cathedral Choir
Roland Büchner, conductor
“Schubert Choral Music”
Phoenix Edition 408
Johann Sebastian Bach: Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir (8:16)
Cantus Colln
Konrad Junghanel, conductor
“Bach Motets”
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 74321935432
8:00 a.m.
Cristobal de Morales: Regem Cui Omnia Vivunt - Venite
Exultemus Domino Hespèrion XX
La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Jordi Savall, conductor
“Morales: Officium Defunctorium”
Alia Vox 9867
Charles Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécilie (42:19)
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Laurence Dale, tenor
Jean-Philippe Lafont, baritone
Jean-Louis Gil, organ
French Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra
ORTF Chorus
Georges Prêtre, conductor
“St. Cecilia Mass”
EMI Classics EMI 470942A
Sunday May 13, 2012
7:00 a.m.
John Sheppard: Te Deum (15:14)
Stile Antico
“Media vita”
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 807509
Gioacchino Rossini: Kyrie, Gloria, & Agnus Dei from Petite Messe Solenelle (46:14)
Krassimira Stoyanova, Birgit Remmert, Steve Davislim, Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Philip Mayers, Phillip Moll, Ryoko Morooka
Berlin RIAS Chorus
Marcus Creed, conductor
Harmonia Mundi 901724
8:00 a.m.
John Ireland: Greater love hath no man (6:00)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“England, my England”
EMI Classics 2 28944
William Byrd: Ave regina caelorum (4:39)
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood, conductor
“The Byrd Edition 2”
(out of print)
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus (27:26)
RIAS-Kammerchor; Daniel Reuss, conductor
“Frank Martin: Messe pour double choeur a cappella”
Harmonia mundi HMC 901834
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque (4:09)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“Cloudburst”
Hyperion CDA67543
Eric Whitacre: Oculi Omnium (3:17)
Eric Whitacre: Her Sacred Spirit Soars (6:59)
Eric Whitacre Singers
“Water Night”
Decca 2796323
Sunday May 6, 2012
7:00 a.m.
George Frideric Handel: Sing unto God, Ye Kingdoms of the Earth (16:42)
“Wedding Anthem for Prince Frederick and Princess Augusta”
Gillian Fisher, soprano
James Bowman, alto
John Ainsley, tenor
Michael George, bass
King’s Consort
Choir of New College, Oxford
Robert King, conductor
“Handel: Music for Royal Occasions”
Hyperion HYP 66315
Gerald Finzi: Magnificat, Op. 36 (10:09)
Finzi Singers
Harry Bicket, organ
Paul Spicer, conductor
“Finzi: Choral Works”
Chandos Records CHA 8936
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis In F, BWV 233 (27:15)
Agnes Mellon, soprano
Gerard Lesne, alto
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
8:00 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli: In ecclesiis à 14 (9:01)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Magnificat à 14 (7:11)
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
“Venetian Church Music”
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61934 2 0
Gerald Finzi: God is Gone Up from Three Anthems, Op. 27 (4:12)
Finzi Singers
Harry Bicket, organ
Paul Spicer, conductor
“Finzi: Choral Works”
Chandos Records CHA 8936
Cristobal de Morales: Circumdederunt me (2:01)
Hespèrion XX
La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Jordi Savall, conductor
“Maestros del Siglo de Oro”
Alia Vox AVSA 9867 A/C
Antonio Lotti: Mass for Three Choirs (36:51)
Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble
Balthasar-Neumann Choir
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor
“Lotti, Zelenka, Bach”
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 52684
Sunday April 29, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum (22:10)
Salomé Haller & Brigitte Chevigné, sopranos
François-Nicolas Geslot, haute-contre
Stephan van Dyck, tenor
Arnaud Marzorati, bass
Maîtrese de Bretagne
Le Parlement de Musique
Martin Gester, conductor
Naïve OP30463
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: I was glad (5:41)Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: Jerusalem (2:53)
The Sixteen
Robert Quinney, organ
Harry Christophers, conductor
“A New Heaven”
Decca B0013009-02
Eric Whitacre: Alleluia (9:25)
Eric Whitacre Singers
“Water Night”
Decca 2796323
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, Cantata 4 (16:51)
Judith Nelson, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Kurt Owen Richards, bass
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
Cantatas Volume IV
American Bach Soloists
americanbach.org
8:00 a.m.
David MacIntyre: Ave Maria (3:20)
Michael Head: Ave Maria (3:21)
Gustav Holst: Ave Maria (5:06)
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan Soehner, pianist
Susan McMane, conductor
“Heaven and Earth”
San Francisco Girls Chorus SFGC0901
Antonín Dvořák: Mass in D Major, Op. 86 (45:21)
Russian State Symphonic Cappella
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Valery Polyansky, conductor
“Dvořák: Mass in D Major, Te Deum”
Chandos 9505
Sundat April 22, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Franz Tunder: An Wasserflüssen Babylon (3:19)
Franz Tunder: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (6:17)
Greta De Reyghere, soprano
Ricercar Consort
Eric Van Nevel, conductor
“Weckmann – Das Kantatenwerk”
Ricercar 216
Johann Sebastian Bach: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118 (10:14)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Elliot Gardiner, conductor
“Bach Motets”
Erato (USA) ERA 45979
Maurice Durufle: Motets on Gregorian themes, Op. 10 (8:39) Ubi caritas - Tota pulchra es – Tu es Petrus - Tantum ergo
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Fauré: Requiem; Duruflé: Messe Cum jubilo; Messiaen”
Conifer Classics CONF 15351
François Couperin: Troisième leçon à deux voix (10:40)
Judith Nelson & Emma Kirkby, sopranos
Jane Ryan, viola da gamba
Christopher Hogwood, organ
“Leçons de tenébres”
L'oiseau Lyre 430283
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Te Deum Laudamus, K. 141 (6:54)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Regina Coeli, K. 276 (6:25
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 (3:11)
Tölzer Boys Choir
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
“Mozart: Missa Longa, Inter Natos Mulierum, Te Deum Laudamus”
Sony Classical 46493
8:00 a.m.
William Byrd: Te Deum, & Benedictus (18:55) from “The Great Service”
Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
“Byrd: The Great Service”
Gimell GIM 011
Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D Minor “Nelson Mass” (38:46)
Susan Gritton, soprano
Pamela Stephen, mezzosoprano
Mark Padmore, tenor
Stephen Varcoe, baritone
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox, conductor
“Haydn: Nelson Mass”
Chandos Records CHA 0640
Sunday April 15, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida, H 22 no 10 "Heiligmesse" (34:07)
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Haydn: Six Great Masses”
Philips 475101
Johann Pachelbel: Magnificat in C Major (19:46)
The King’s Singers;
Charivari Agréable
Kah-Ming Ng, conductor
“Pachelbel Vespers”
Signum Classics SIGCD198
8:00 a.m.
Matthias Weckman: Weine nicht (13:25)
James Bowman, countertenor
Ian Honeyman, tenor
Max van Egmond, baritone
Ricercar Consort
Eric Van Nevel, conductor
“Weckmann – Das Kantatenwerk”
Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater (28:37)
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
“Poulenc: Gloria – Stabat Mater”
Deutsche Grammophon DGG 4273042
William Byrd: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis (14:32) from “The Great Service”
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“Byrd: The Great Service”
Gimell GIM 011
William Byrd: Ave Maria (2:08)
Stile Antico
“Puer Natus Est”
Harmonia Mundi 807517
Sunday, April 8, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Randall Thompson: Alleluia (5:21)
Voices of Ascension
Dennis Keene, conductor
“Hear my Prayer”
Delos 3300
William Billings: Easter Anthem (3:20)
His Majestie’s Clerkes
Paul Hillier, conductor
“Early American Choral Music”
Harmonia Mundi HAR 3957048
Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter Oratorio (42:09)
Collegium Vocale Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Oster-Oratorium”
Harmonia Mundi HAR 901513
Charles Wood: This Joyful Eastertide (2:21)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Edward Bairstow: Sing Ye to the Lord (5:14)
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
John Scott, conductor
“Easter of Fifth Avenue”
Pro Organo POR 7209
8:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb (16:27)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
"Great Artists of the Century: Choir of King’s College”
EMI Classics EMI 62797
William Byrd: Haec Dies (2:27)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Peter Philips: Surgens Jesus (2:02)
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Images of Christ”
Collegium Records COL 124
Michael Praetorius: Hallelujah Christ ist erstanden (7:17)
Musica Fiata
La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson, conductor
“Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica”
Sony Classical Vivarte Series 62929
Dietrich Buxtehude: Heut Triumphieret Gottes Sohn (14:14)
Concerto Vocale, Ghent
Rene Jacobs, conductor
“Membra Jesu Nostri”
Harmonia Mundi 1951333
John Rutter: Te Deum (7:47)
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Requiem”
EMI Classics 566052B
George Frideric Handel: Hallelujah from Messiah (3:33)
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“Handel: Messiah”
Delos International DE 3360
Sunday, April 1, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David (2:42)
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Johann Sebastian Bach: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 (28:45)
Christine Brandes, soprano
Judith Malafronte, alto
Jeffrey Thomas, tenor
James Weaver, baritone
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“Bach Cantata Series: Vol. IV - Early Cantatas for Holy Week”
americanbach.org
Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer (10:18)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Allegri: Miserere”
Conifer Classics 16851
David Conte: O Salutaris Hostia (2:42)
From Two Hymns in Honor of the Blessed Sacrament
Christ Church Schola Cantorum
Stephen Kennedy, conductor
“David Conte: Music for Chorus and Organ”
ARSIS CD159
David Conte: Ubi caritas et amor (3:31)
Philovox
“David Conte”
Philovox
8:00 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina: Lamentations for Holy Saturday (9:53)
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“The Tallis Scholars Sing Palestrina”
Gimell GIM 204
Eric Whitacre: When David Heard (12:57)
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“Cloudburst”
Hyperion CDA67543
Josquin de Prés: Missa Ave maris stella (37:59)
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“Josquin Masses”
Gimell CDGIM 044
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O Taste and See (1:34)
Geoffrey Burgon: Nunc Dimitis (2:57)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Allegri: Miserere”
Conifer Classics 16851
Sunday March 25, 2012
7:00 a.m.
John Rutter: Mass of the Children (37:02)
Cambridge Singers
Cantate Youth Chorus
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor
“Rutter: Mass of the Children”
Collegium COL 129
Johannes Brahms: Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109 (10:36)
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor
“Brahms Motets”
Hyperion CDA66389
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei (12:40)
Westminster Abbey Choir
Martin Neary, conductor
“Miserere”
Sony 66615
8:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K (24:57)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Stephen Gadd, bass
The English Concert & Choir
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Mozart: Coronation Mass”
Archiv 445 353-2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis In G, BWV 236 (28:05)
Agnes Mellon, soprano
Gerard Lesne, alto
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale
Ghent Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
Sunday March 18, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass In C Minor, K 427 (53:52)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Diana Montague, soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Cornelius Hauptmann, bass John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor”
Philips 420 210-2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Our Father (3:27)
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
Nikolai Korniev, conductor
“Sacred Treasures III: Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond”
Hearts Of Space 11114
8:00 a.m.
Patrick Hadley: My beloved spake (3:10)
Hampstead Singers
Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra
Jeremy Filsell, organist
Mark Denza, conductor
“My Beloved Spake”
Guild GUI 7200
Antonio Vivaldi: Beatus Vir in B-flat Major, RV 598 (7:22)
Catrin Wyn-Davies, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Catherine Denley, alto
King's Consort Choir & The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
“Vivaldi: Sacred Music Volume 3”
Hyperion HYP 66789
Franz Schubert: Mass in A Flat Major (48:10)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B
Sunday March 11, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Joseph Haydn: Ave Regina in A Major (11:53)
Susan Gritton, soprano
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox, conductor
“The Haydn Mass Edition”
Chaconne CHAN 0640
Matthias Weckmann: Es erhub sich ein Streit (7:04)
Greta De Reyghere, Jill Feldman, James Bowman, Guy De Mey, Max Van Egmond
Capella Sancti Michaëlis
Ricercar Consort
Eric Van Nevel, conductor “Weckmann – Das Kantatenwerk”
Ricercar 216
William Harris: Faire is the heaven (5:12)
Bring Us, O Lord God (4:15)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music (Disc 2)”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D Major (23:24)
Gabrieli Consort
Gabrieli Players
Paul McCreesh, conductor
“Bach: Magnificat, Easter Oratorio”
Deutsche Grammophon 000872102
ollegium Records COLCD 302
8:00 a.m.
Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater (1:02:56)
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano
Petra Lang, mezzo soprano
Bruce Fowler, tenor
Daniel Borowski, bass
Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir
Akademie für Alte Musik
Berlin Marcus Creed, conductor
“Rossini: Stabat Mater”
Harmonia Mundi HAR 1951693
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa Salve a 8 (16:58)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
“Tomás Luis de Victoria: Devotion to Our Lady”
Coro COO 16035
Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D Minor (41:45)
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor “Bruckner Mass No. 1 / Motets”
Deutsche Grammophon 459674
8:00 a.m.
George Frideric Handel: Eternal Source of Love Divine (26:01)
Gillian Fisher, soprano
James Bowman, alto
John Ainsley, tenor
Michael George, bass
King’s Consort
Robert King, conductor
“Handel: Music for Royal Occasions”
Hyperion HYP 66315
Bob Chilcott: A Thanksgiving
The Concordia Choir
René Clausen, conductor
The King's Singers
"High Flight"
Signum Classics SIGCD262
Franz Schubert: Mass No. 4 in C Major, D. 452 (25:30)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B
Sunday, February 26, 2012
7:00 a.m.
George Frideric Handel: Te Deum in D Major “Queen Caroline” (14:41)
Mieke van der Sluis, soprano
Graham Pushee, alto
Harry van Berne, tenor
Harry van der Kamp, bass
Alsfelder Vokalensemble
Barockorchester Bremen
Wolfgnag Helbich, conductor
“Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline”
CPO 999 244-2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Coronation Mass in C Major, K. 317 (26:27)
Barbara Bonney, soprano - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto
Jamie MacDougall, tenor – Stephen Gadd, bass
The English Concert & Choir
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Mozart: Coronation Mass”
Archiv 445 353-2
Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina (13:07)
Ian Howell, countertenor
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
American Bach Soloists (americanbach.org)
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (29:14)
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Sharon J. Paul, Conductor
“Music from the Venetian Ospedali”
sfgirlschorus.org SFGC 9801
William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices (24:40)
Choir Of St. John's College Cambridge
George Guest, conductor
“Byrd Masses”
EMI CD-EMX 9505
Johann Sebatian Bach: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50 (3:32)
Moneverdi Choir-English Baroque Soloists
John Elliot Gardiner, conductor
“Bach: Motets BWV 225-231, Cantatas”
Erato (USA) ERA 45979
Sunday, February 19, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), RV 608 (22:38)
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer, conductor
“Andreas Scholl sings Vivaldi”
Decca PID 807870
Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Op. 86 (42:02)
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
William Kendall, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Beethoven: Mass in C Major”
Archiv 435 391-2
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn: Ave Maria, Op. 23 No. 2 (6:18)
Gulbenkian Choir & Orchestra, Lisbon
Michel Corboz, conductor
“Mendelssohn Edition”
Warner Classics 2564-69267-6
Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi (44:57)
Claire Rutter, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
The Bach Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Hill, conductor
“Howells: Hymnus Paradisi”
Naxos 8570352
Sunday, February 12, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi: Magnificat à 7 (19:00)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
“Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Missa In illo tempore”
BIS (Sweden) BIS 1071
Maurice Duruflé: Messe Cum Jubilo, op. 11 (18:50)
Mark Kruczek, organ
François Le Roux, baritone
Mark Bleeke, tenor
Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra
Dennis Keene, conductor
“The Duruflé Album”
Delos DE 3169
Johannes Brahms: Two Motets, Op. 29 (12:16)
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Schaffe in mir, Gott
Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 (5:21)
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor
“Brahms Motets”
Hyperion CDA66389
8:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: Now does the glorious day appear (23:35)
King’s Consort
Robert King, conductor
“Purcell: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs”
Hyperion HYP 44031
Morten Lauridsen: Ubi Caritas et Amor (7:19)
Donald Brinegar Singers
Donald Brinegar, conductor
“Lauridsen: Northwest Journey”
RCM 12001
Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai “Nikolaimesse” (27:17)
Nancy Argenta, soprano
Catherine Robbin, contralto
Michael Schade, tenor
Alistair Miles, bass
Choir of the English Concert
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Missa Sancti Nicolai – Theresienmesse”
Archiv 437 807-2
Sunday, February 5, 2012
7:00 a.m.
John Rutter: Requiem – ensemble version (35:31)
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
City Of London Sinfonia
Timothy Brown, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
NAXOS 8.557130
George Frideric Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (22:42)
Choir of Westminster Abbey
The English Concert
Simon Preston, conductor
“Dettingen Te Deum”
Archiv 410 647-2
8:00 a.m.
continued:
George Frideric Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (17:13) (see above)
Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor (36:58)
Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Layton, conductor
“Bruckner: Mass in E Minor”
Hyperion HYP 67629
Sunday, January 29, 2012
7:00 a.m.
John Rutter: Cantus (7:29)
Choir Of King's College
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
EMI 566052B
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor (23:58)
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor
“Howells: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor”
Hyperion HYP 55220
George Frideric Handel: Anthem for the Foundling Hospital (27:57)
Choir of Winchester Cathedral
The Brandenburg Consort
David Hill, conductor
“Ultimate Handel – The Essential Masterpieces”
Decca DEC B000895002
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate pueri Dominum (24:11) Karina Gauvin, soprano Les Chambristes de Ville-Marie
“Vivaldi: Motets for Soprano”
Analekta PID 698725
Randall Thompson: The Place of the Blest (21:03)
I. The Carol of the Rose
II. The Pelican
III. The Place of the Blest
IV. Alleluia.
Amen St. Thomas Choir & Orchestra of St. Luke's
Gerre Hancock, conductor
“American Music from Saint Thomas”
Koch International Classics 7567
James Whitbourn: Nunc Dimitis (4:09)
Henry Parkes, organ
Christopher Gillet, tenor
Commotio
Matthew Berry, conductor
“James Whitbourn: Luminosity”
NAXOS 8.572103
Deep River, arr. Gerre Hancock (3:21)
The National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
“From Light To Light”
nlca.com/recordings
Sunday January 22, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi: Missa In illo tempore (27:13)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
“Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Missa In illo tempore”
BIS (Sweden) BIS 1071
Herbert Howells: Office of Holy Communion “Collegium Regale” (16:47)
St. John's College Choir
Cambridge Iain Farrington, organist
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Howells : Requiem, Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing”
Naxos NXS 8554659
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Inter Natos Mulierum (6:14) (Offertorium pro Festo St. Joannis Baptistae, K. 72)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Te Deum Laudamus, K. 141 (6:54)
Tolzer Boys Choir
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
“Mozart: Missa Longa”
Sony Classical 46493
8:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert: Mass In G, D 167 (21:38)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Brigitte Poschner, alto
Jorge Pita, tenor
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Chamber Orchestra Of Europe
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Claudio Abbado, conductor
“Schubert: Messe G-Dur”
Deutsche Grammophon 4354862
George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus (33:38)
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria; Handel: Dixit Dominus”
PHI 4625972
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor (52:28)
Missa: Kyrie - Gloria
Julianne Baird, Judith Nelson, Nancy Zylstra, sopranos
Zoila Muñoz, alto
Patrick Romano, tenor
James Weaver, baritone
American Bach Soloists & American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
ABS (americanbach.org)
Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (7:49)
Musica Fiata
La Capella Ducale
Roland Wilson, conductor
“Polyhymnia Caduceatrix & Panegyrica”
Sony Classical Vivarte Series 62929
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor (55:19)
Symbolum Nicenum (Credo) – Sanctus – Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei & Dona nobis pacem
Julianne Baird, soprano
Steven Rickards, alto
William Sharp, baritone
Jeffrey Thomas, tenor
Zoila Muñoz, alto
American Bach Soloists & American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
ABS (americanbach.org)
Johannes Brahms: Requiem (movements 1-6 / 56:35)
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone
Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin Radio Chorus
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
“Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem”
EMI Classics 3 65393 2
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms: Requiem continued (movement 7 / 10:31)
John Sheppard: Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria (14:13)
Stile Antico “Media vita”
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 807509
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (36:13)
Catherine Bott, soprano
Gilles Cachemaille, baritone
Monteverdi Choir
Salisbury Cathedral Boy Choristers
Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Fauré: Requiem”
Philips 438 149-2
Sunday, January 1, 2012
7:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Regina Coeli, K. 276 (6:25)
Tölzer Boys Choir
European Baroque Soloists
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
“Mozart: Missa Longa, Inter Natos Mulierum, Te Deum Laudamus”
Sony Classical 46493
George Frideric Handel: Gloria (16:33)
Gillian Ross, soprano
English Baroque Soloists
John Elliot Gardiner, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria; Handel: Dixit Dominus”
Philips PHI 4625972
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio Part IV (22:35)
Dorthea Röschmann, soprano
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Werner Güra, tenor
Klaus Häger, bass
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
RIAS-Kammercho
René Jacobs, conductor
“J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium”
Harmonia Mundi 901630/31
Henry Purcell: O sing unto the Lord a New Song (13:20)
JBowman, countertenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Robert Evans, bass
Nicolas Witcomb, treble
Michael George, bass
Jerome Finnis, treble
The King's Consort
New College Choir Oxford Robert King, conductor
“Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services Vol. 1”
Hyperion CDA66585
8:00 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi: Messa a 4 da capella (15:57)
Cantus Cölln
Conrad Junghänel, conductor
“Selve morale e spirituale”
Harmonia Mundi 901718
Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, Part I (38:24)
Heather Harper, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Haydn: The Creation & Missa in tempore belli”
EMI Classics For Pleasure 75929
Sunday December 18, 2011
7:00 a.m.
George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, Act III (39:26)
Catherine Denley, mezzo soprano
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Michael George, bass
James Bowman, countertenor
Simon Birchall, bass
King's Consort
Oxford New College Choir
Robert King, conductor
“Handel: Judas Maccabaeus”
Hyperion 66641/2
John Rutter: Cantate Domino (5:10)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
EMI 56605
Traditional (arr. Rutter): O Come, O come, Immanuel (3:36)
Choir of Clare College
Cambridge Clare College Orchestra
John Rutter, conductor
“Rutter: Carols from Clare”
EMI 699502
Traditional (arr. Rutter): Away in a Manger (2:28)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“A Christmas Present From Polyphony”
Hyperion HYP NOEL2
George Malcolm: Missa ad praesepe (9:03)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Matthew Martin, organ
Martin Baker, conductor
“From the Vaults of Westminster Cathedral”
Hyperion CDA67707
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Neugeborne Kindelein, cantata 122 (13:33)
Yukari Nonoshita, soprano
Timothy Kenworthy-Brown, countertenor
Makoto Sakurada, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
“Bach: Cantatas Volume 26”
BIS 1401
English Traditional: Blessed be that maid Mary; arr. David Willcocks (2:59)
Old German tune: In dulci jubilo; arr. R. L. Pearsall (3:23)
Hungarian Traditional tune: A Christmas Carol; arr. Zoltan Kodaly (2:45)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Blessed Son of God (2:41)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: No sad thought his soul affright (2:21)
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: While the shepherds were watching (3:12)
John Rutter: What Sweeter Music (4:13)
Harold Darke: In the bleak mid-winter (4:37)
American Bach Soloists / American Bach Choir
John Karl Hirten, organist
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“What Sweeter Music”
John Sheppard: Verbum caro factus (9:17)
Stile Antico
“Puer natus est – Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas”
Harmonia Mundi 807517
David Conte: Silent Night (3:18)
San Francisco Choral Artists
Magen Solomon, conductor
“So Gracious Is The Time”
San Francisco Choral Artists 0595-2
Sunday, December 11, 2011
7:00 a.m.
William Byrd: Hodie Christus natus est (2:16)
The Cardinall's Musick
Andrew Carwood, conductor
“The Byrd Edition 2”
(out of print)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est (2:15)
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Images of Christ”
Collegium Records COL 124
Dietrich Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein (7:05)
Ricercar Consort Deutsche Barock Kantaten (II) Ricercar
RIC 041016
Polish Carol: Infant holy, infant lowly; arr. David Willcocks (2:10)
English Traditional: Sussex Carol; arr. David Willcocks (1:59)
Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden (1:39)
Benjamin Britten: A Boy was born in Bethlehem (2:21)
William Walton: All this Time (1:49) William Walton: What Cheer? (1:20)
American Bach Soloists
American Bach Choir
John Karl Hirten, organist
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“What Sweeter Music”
americanbach.org/recordings
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Kyrie from “Midnight Mass” Messe de Minuit pour Noël (7:58)
Aradia Baroque Ensemble
Kevin Mallon, conductor
“Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël”
Naxos (USA) NXS 8557229
Michael Praetorius: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (4:02)
Engelbert Humperdinck: Abendsegen (Evening Prayer) from Hansel und Gretel (3:40)
Frederica von Stade
Kathleen Battle
André Previn & Orchestra of St. Luke's
“A Carnegie Hall Christmas”
Sony Classical / CAMI Video / Kultur Video
George Frideric Handel: Messiah – Part One (20:34)
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Judith Nelson, soprano
Carolyn Watkinson, alto
Paul Elliott, tenor
David Thomas, bass
Academy of Ancient Music
Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
“Handel: Messiah”
Decca 4304882
8:00 a.m.
George Frideric Handel: Messiah – Part One continued (32:06) see above
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa “Hodie Christus natus est” (21:06)
Gabrieli Players & Consort
Paul McCreesh, conductor
“Christmas Mass in Rome”
Deutsche Grammophone DGG B000992809
Sunday, December 4, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Dietrich Buxtehude: Jubilate Deo, BuxWV 64 (9:52)
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Ensemble of Early Music
“Lamento”
ATMA Classique ATMA 22261
Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat in G Minor (14:01)
Academy of Ancient Music
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria”
EMI Classics 572652B
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: In Nativitatem, H. 414 (15:07)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie, conductor
“Charpentier: Pastorale – In Nativitatem”
Harmonia Mundi France HMC-1082
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols (12:20)
John Barrow, baritone
Choir of Guildford Cathedral
Barry Rose, conductor
“Vaughan Williams: Hodie”
EMI Classics 5 67427 2
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (6:13)
American Bach Soloists / American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“What Sweeter Music”
8:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (22:22)
Osian Ellis, harp
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Great Artists of the Century”
EMI Classics EMI 62797
Francis Poulenc: Four Motets for Christmas (11:09)
“Quatre motets pour le temps de Noel”
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Stairway to Heaven”
Sony Classical PID 858236
Bob Chilcott: Canticles of Light (17:26)
Nordic Chamber of Europe
Nicol Matt, conductor
“Bob Chilcott: Choral works”
Bayer Records BR 100 342
Hector Berlioz: The Shepherds’ Farewell from L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 (3:25)
Choir of Trinity College
Cambridge Richard Marlow, conductor
“Choral Moods”
Conifer Classics 51308
Sunday, November 27, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Morten Lauridsen: Ave Maria (6:45)
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna”
Hyperion 67449
Eric Whitacre: Three Songs of Praise (12:40)
I Will Wade Out
Hope, Faith, Life, Love
I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“Cloudburst”
Hyperion 67543
Robert Lowry: Beautiful River, arr. William Hawley (3:03)
We Gather Together, arr. Stephen Paulus (3:38)
The Road Home, arr. Stephen Paulus (3:24)
Deep River, arr. Norman Luboff (3:18)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“Harvest Home”
Gothic Records 49243
Gerald Finzi: Three Anthems, Op. 27 (15:34)
My Lovely One
God is Gone Up
Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast
Finzi Singers
Harry Bicket, organ
Paul Spicer, conductor
“Finzi: Choral Works”
Chandos Records CHA 8936
Herbert Howells: Three Carols (9:58)
Here is the little door
A spotless rose
Sing lullaby
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Fear and Rejoice, O People”
Nimbus NIM 5589
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“A Christmas Present from Polyphony”
Hyperion HYP NOEL2
8:00 a.m.
Samuel Barber: God’s Grandeur (6:30)
Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor
“Barber & Schumann Choral Music”
ASV CD DCA 939
John Rutter: Come down, o Love Divine (6:27)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Rutter: Mass of the Children”
Collegium COL 129
John Rutter: Hymn to the Creator of Light (7:37)
Choir Of King's College
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
EMI Classics 566052B
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach: Danket dem Herrn (32:49)
Kammerchor Stuttgart
Barockorchester Stuttgart
Frieder Bernius, conductor
“Bach: Osteroratorium & Danket dem Herrn / Heilig
Carus 83.212
Sunday, November 20, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine (5:01)
Choir of Trinity College, Trinity
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Fauré: Requiem; Duruflé: Messe Cum jubilo”
Conifer Classics 15351
Gabriel Faure: Ave verum (3:44)
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan McMane, conductor
“Heaven and Earth”
San Francisco Girls Chorus SFGC0901
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Missa in tempore belli (35:11)
Tafelmusik; Tölzer Knabenchor
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Monica Groop, alto
Jörg Hering, tenor
Harry van der Kamp, bass
Bruno Weil, conductor
“Haydn: Paukenmesse”
Sony SK 68255
Christoph Graupner: Magnificat in C Major (13:50)
Rastatter Hofkapelle
Jürgen Ochs, conductor
“Keiser: Christmas Oratorio; Graupner: Magnificat”
Carus 83417
8:00 a.m.
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9 (41:27)
Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra
Mark Kruczek, organ
François Le Roux, baritone
Mark Bleeke, tenor
Dennis Keene, conductor
“The Duruflé Album”
Delos DE 3169
Johann Kuhnau: Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern (13:39)
King’s Consort
Robert King, conductor
“Kuhnau: Sacred Music”
Hyperion 67059
Sunday, November 13, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Jean-Baptiste Lully: Te Deum (29:01)
Le Concert Spirituel
Hervé Niquet, conductor
“Lully: Grand Motets Vol. 1”
Naxos NXS 8554397
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem “German Requiem” (20:19) Movements I-II
(arranged for voices and piano 4 hands by the composer)
Seraphic Fire
Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Paul Max Tipton, baritone
Scott Allen Jarrett & Justin Blackwell, pianists
“Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45”
Seraphic Fire Media
Jonathan Harvey: Come, Holy Ghost (8:01)
Berlin Radio Chorus
Simon Halsey, conductor
“XL-ouevres Pour Grand Choeur”
Harmonia Mundi 801873
8:00 a.m.
Camille Saint-Saens: “O Salutaris Hostia” from Mass, Op. 4 (2:34)
Stuttgart Bach Orchestra
Stuttgart Bach Choir
Jorg-Hannes Hahn, conductor
“Camille Saint-Saens: Oratorio de Noel”
Cantate CTE 58022 SA
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem “German Requiem” (47:45) Movements III-VII
Gundula Janowitz, soprano
Tom Krause, baritone
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Bernhard Haitink, conductor
“Ein deutsches Requiem”
Philips 411 436-2
Henry Balfour Gardiner:
Evening Hymn: Te lucis ante terminum (5:28)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“England, my England”
EMI Classics 2 28944
Sunday, November 6, 2011
7:00 a.m.
William Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis (5:34)
Stile Antico
“Heavenly Harmonies - Music Of Thomas Tallis & William Byrd”
Harmonia Mundi HMU 807463
Thomas Weelkes: When David heard (4:39)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“England, my England”
EMI Classics 2 28944
Zoltán Kodály: Missa brevis (31:27)
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Edgar Krapp, organ
Uwe Gronostay, conductor
“Kodály: Laudes Organi, Missa Brevis”
Globe GLB 5115
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur Variis Linguis (3:45)
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis”
Gimell CDGIM 203
Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium (9:30)
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
“Tallis: Sacred Choral Works”
Chandos Records CHA 0513
8:00 a.m.
Georg Melchior Hoffman: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde (6:15)
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Theatre of Early Music
“Lamento”
ATMA Classique ATMA 22261
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kyrie & Gloria from Great Mass In C Minor, K 427 (33:09)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Diana Montague, soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Cornelius Hauptmann, bass
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor”
Philips 420 210-2
John Rutter: Cantus (7:29)
John Rutter: Te Deum (7:47)
Choir Of King's College
Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Rutter: Requiem”
EMI 566052B
John Rutter: Loving Shepherd of thy Sheep (3:30)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Sunday October 30, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Benjamin Britten: Missa Brevis in D Major (9:13)
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
Ian Farrington, organist
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb”
Naxos NXS 8554791
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 80: Ein feste Burg (23:15)
Catherine Bott, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
William Sharp, baritone American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, tenor and conductor
“Cantatas Vol. VI – Favorite Cantatas”
americanbach.org
Edward Woodall Naylor: Vox Dicentis: Clama (9:34)
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir
John Scott, conductor
“The English Anthem Vol. 1”
Hyperion CDA66374
Edward C. Bairstow: Blessed city, heavenly Salem (9:05)
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: Jerusalem The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
"A New Heaven"
Decca B0013009-02
Dietrich Buxtehude: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (6:57)
Orchestra Anima Eterna & The Royal Consort Collegium Vocale
Jos van Immerseel, conductor
“Six Cantatas”
Channel Classics CCS 7895
8:00 a.m.
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Requiem (38:29)
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“Requiem”
Gimell GIM 012
Giuseppe Verdi: “Libera me” from Requiem (13:52)
Anna Tomowa-Sintow, soprano
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
“Messa da Requiem”
Deutsche Grammophon 415 091-2
Sunday October 23, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (4:10)
King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
“The Coronation of King George II”
Hyperion HYP 67286SA
Thomas Tallis: Ave, Dei Patris Filia (16:20)
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis”
Gimell GIM 203
Franz Schubert: Mass No. 4 in C Major, D. 452 (25:30)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B
John Rutter: Come Down, O Love Divine (6:52)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Timothy Brown, conductor
“John Rutter: Requiem”
Naxos 8.557130
Johann Michael Haydn: Magnificat (6:06)
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan McMane, conductor
“Christmas”
SFGC 0301
8:00 a.m.
Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria (44:58)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Roberto Alagna, tenor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Antonio Pappano, conductor
“Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria”
EMI Classics EMI 571592B
Josef Rheinberger: “Kyrie” from Mass in E-flat Major (4:03)
John Sheppard: Libera nos, Salve nos (3:30)
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts Vocal Department
“Peace, Joy, Harmony 2011”
Sunday, October 16, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Joseph Haydn: Salve Regina (14:05)
Ann Monoyios, soprano
Tafelmusik; Tölzer Knabenchor
Bruno Weil, conductor
Vivarte SK 53 368
Heinrich Ignaz Biber: Missa Salisburgensis (45:49)
La Stagione Armonica
Sergio Balestracci, conductor
“Missa Salisburgensis”
NCA 60192
8:00 a.m.
Johann Christian Bach: Miserere in B-flat (32:00)
Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus
Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor
“Johann Christoph Bach: Missa Da Requiem, Miserere”
Harmonia Mundi 902098
Johannes Brahms: Ave Maria, Op. 12 (4:01)
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor
“Brahms Motets”
Hyperion CDA66389
Paul Mealor: Ubi Caritas (4:01)
The Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal
St. James Palace
The Choir of Westminster Abbey
“The Royal Wedding – The Official Album”
Decca
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O vos omnes (5:34)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music (Disc 2)”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Te Deum in G (7:22)
Corydon Singers Matthew Best, conductor
“Howells: Requiem; Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor”
Hyperion HYP 55220
Sunday October 9, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: I was glad when they said unto me (8:12)
Henry Purcell: Let God arise (4:18)
Charles Daniels & Mark Padmore, tenors
King’s Consort and King’s Consort Choir
Robert King, director
“Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services Vol 7 & 9”
Hyperion HYP CDA66677 / CDA66693
George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 11 “Let God arise” (21:22)
George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 5 “I will magnify Thee, O God my King” (23:27)
Lynne Dawson & Patrizia Kwella, sopranos
James Bowman, countertenor
Ian Partridge, tenor
Michael George, bass
The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra;
Harry Christophers, conductor
“Handel: Chandos Anthems”
Chandos Records CHA 0554
8:00 a.m.
Johann Christoph Bach: Lamento “Ach dass ich Wassers g’nug hätte” (7:05)
Carlos Mena, countertenor
Ricercar Consort
Philippe Pierlot, conductor
“De Aeternitate”
Mirare MIR 9911
Johann Christoph Bach: Es erhub sich ein Streit (7:22)
Maria Zedelius, soprano
Ulla Groenewold, alto
Paul Elliott, tenor
Michael Schopper & Stephen Varcoe, basses
Rheinische Kantorei
Musica Antiqua Cologne
Reinhard Goebel, conductor
“Cantatas By Members Of The Bach Family”
Archiv 474552
Joseph Haydn: Mass No. 13, “Schöpfungsmesse” in B-Flat (40:57)
Bernarda Fink, alto
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Oliver Widmer bass
Susannah Spicer, soprano
Peter Butterfield, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Haydn: Schöpfungsmesse, Harmoniemesse”
Philips 470297
Sunday, October 2, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Beatus Vir, RV 597 (25:16)
King's Consort Choir & The King's Consort
Robert King, conductor
“Vivaldi: Sacred Music Volume 3”
Hyperion HYP 66789
David Conte: Two Hymns in Honor of the Blessed Sacrament (4:44)
Christ Church Schola Cantorum
Stephen Kennedy cond.
“David Conte: Music for Chorus and Organ”
Arsis CD159
William Harris: Faire is the heaven (5:12)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Johann Pachelbel: Magnificat in C Major (19:47)
The King’s Singers / Charivari Agréable
Kah-Ming Ng, conductor
“Pachelbel Vespers”
Signum Classics SIGCD198
8:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert: Mass in A Flat Major (48:10)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Et incarnatus est” (8:09)
from Great Mass In C Minor, K 427
Sylvia McNair, soprano
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor”
Philips 420 210-2
Sunday, September 25, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: Te Deum & Jubilate Deo, Z 232 (23:05)
James Bowman, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
Michael George, bass
Nicolas Witcomb, treble
Daniel Lochmann, treble
Timothy Bowes, treble
Philip Hallchurch, treble New College Choir, Oxford
King’s Consort
Robert King, director
“Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services Vol 2”
Hyperion HYP 66609
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis in A BWV 234 (32:33)
Agnes Mellon, soprano
Gerard Lesne, alto
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Peter Kooy, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
8:00 a.m.
Herbert Howells: Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis, St. Paul’s Service (11:37)
St. John's College Choir (Cambridge)
Iain Farrington, organist
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Howells Requiem”
NAXOS NXS 8554659
Charles Gounod: Miserere Mei Deus for Solo Quartet, Semi Chorus, Choir and Organ (14:15)
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber, conductor
“Gounod: Sacred Choral Works”
Centaur Records CEN 2848
Joseph Haydn: Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo "Little Organ-Mass" (14:32)
Tölzer Knabenchor
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
“Haydn: Sacred Music”
Vivarte SK 53 368
James Whitbourn: Alleluia jubilate (4:26)
James Whitbourn: Magnificat and Nunc Dimitis (12:24)
Henry Parkes, organ
Christopher Gillet, tenor
Commotio
Matthew Berry, conductor
“James Whitbourn: Luminosity”
NAXOS 8.572103
Sunday, September 18, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina:
Missa Papae Marcelli (36:46)
Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
“Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli”
Gimmel GIM 339
Heinrich Schütz:
Bringt her dem Herren (4:00)
O süsser, o freundlicher, o gütiger Herr Jesu Christe (4:24)
Ich liege und schlafe (3:29)
O misericordissime Jesu (5:15)
Es steh Gott auf (6:20)
Emily Van Evera, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Jeffrey Thomas & Nils Brown, tenors
James Weaver, bass
American Bach Soloists
“Schütz: Choral and Vocal Works”
americanbach.org
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms: Two motets, Op. 29 (12:16)
I. Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
II. Schaffe in mir, Gott
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor
“Brahms Motets”
Hyperion CDA66389
Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D Minor (41:45)
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Vienna Philharmonic
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Bruckner Mass No. 1 / Motets”
Deutsche Grammophon 459674
Sunday September 11, 2011
7:00 a.m.
American Spiritual: Over Yonder (2:50)
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir
Diane Loomer, conductor
“Songs of War and Peace”
Cypress Choral Recordings, Catalogue No. CCR0801
Sweet Hour of Prayer (3:17)
Shall We Gather at the River (4:57)
Sweet By and By (2:54)
Anonymous 4
“American Angels - Songs of Hope, Redemption, & Glory”
Harmonia Mundi 907326
Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah (18:46)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
“Tallis : Sacred Choral Works”
Chandos 513
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (19:57)
Barbara Schlick, soprano
Kai Wessel, alto
Guy de Mey, tenor
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman, conductor
“BACH Cantatas Vol 01 BWV 106 196 71 150”
Challenge Classics CHL 72201
William Byrd: Quomodo cantabimus (6:17)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
“The Flowering of Genius”
Coro 16001
Franz Biebl: Ave Maria (7:25)
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Dennis Schrock, conductor
Stefanie Moore, soprano soloist
“Transcendence”
Santa Fe Desert Chorale (out of print)
James Whitbourn: Requiem canticorum (13:32)
James Whitbourn: All shall be Amen and Alleluia (4:15)
Jeremy Powell, soprano saxophone
Ken Cowan, organ
Jonathan Palmer Lakeland, piano
Jacob Ezzo, percussion
Westminster Williamson Voices
James Jordan, conductor
“James Whitbourn: Living Voices”
Naxos 8.57273
Sunday September 4, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis In G, BWV 236 (28:07)
Agnes Mellon, soprano; Gerard Lesne, alto; Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass; Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K (24:55)
Barbara Bonney, soprano - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto Jamie MacDougall, tenor – Stephen Gadd, bass The English Concert & Choir; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Mozart: Coronation Mass”
Archiv 445 353-2
Thomas Weelkes: Laboravi in gemitu meo (4:45)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Richard Marlow, conductor
“Weelkes, Tomkins: When David Heard”
Conifer 16071
8:00 a.m.
Anton Bruckner: Psalm 150 in C Major (8:17)
Juliet Booth, soprano Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra Matthew Best, conductor
“Bruckner: The Masses”
Hyperion 44071/3
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: "Cantus Missae" Mass in E-flat (23:27)
Camerata Vocale Freiburg; Winfried Toll, conductor
“Masses”
Ars Musici 232828
George Frideric Handel: Carmelite Vespers - Nisi Dominus (12:17)
Taverner Consort, Players, and Choir; Andrew Parrott, conductor
“Handel Carmelite Vespers 1707”
Virgin Classics VCL 615792
Herbert Howells: Like as the Hart desireth the Waterbrooks (6:33)
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
"A New Heaven"
Decca B0013009-02
Herbert Howells: Nunc dimittis (3:07)
Cambridge Singers; John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Sunday August 28, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Anton Diabelli: Pastoralmesse in F, Op. 147 (28:15)
Augsburger Domsingknaben; Residenz-Kammerorchester München Reinhard Kammler, conductor “Pastoralmessen”
Ars Musici 232130
Maurice Durufle: Four Motets on Gregorian themes, Op. 10 (7:43)
Ubi caritas - Tota pulchra es – Tu es Petrus - Tantum ergo Michel Piquemal Vocal Ensemble; Michel Piquemal, conductor
“Duruflé: Sacred Choral & Organ Works Vol 1”
Naxos NXS 8553196
Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (22:17)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Bach: Motets BWV 225-231”
Erato ERA 45797
8:00 a.m.
Johannes Brahms: Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109 (10:36) Corydon Singers; Matthew Best, conductor
“Brahms Motets”
Hyperion CDA66389
Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna To The Son Of David (2:27)
This is the record of John (4:59)
UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus; John Butt, director
“Anthems and Instrumental works by Orlando Gibbons”
Centaur CRC 2308
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs (19:41)
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra Matthew Best, conductor “Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music”
Hyperion CDA 66420
Giuseppe Verdi: Te Deum from Four Sacred Pieces (15:44)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Chorus Robert Shaw, conductor
“Verdi: Quattro Pezzi Sacri”
Telarc 80254
Sunday August 21, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Alessandro Melani: Magnificat (9:57)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
“Melani Mottetti”
Naïve OP 30431
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah - excerpts from Part I (33:35)
Dame Janet Baker, mezzosoprano; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone Dame Gwyneth Jones, soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
New Philharmonia Chorus Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
“Mendelssohn: Elijah”
EMI Classics 86257
Claudio Monteverdi: Messa a 4 da capella (15:57)
Cantus Cölln
Conrad Junghänel conductor
“Selve morale e spirituale”
Harmonia Mundi 901718
8:00 a.m.
John Tavener: The Lamb (3:18)
Vasari Singers; Jeremy Backhouse, conductor John Tavener: A Song for Athene (6:13)
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill, conductor
“Byzantia: Music of John Tavener”
Virgin Classics 45352
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah - excerpts from Part II (42:29)
Dame Janet Baker, mezzosoprano; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone Dame Gwyneth Jones, soprano; Nicolai Gedda, tenor
New Philharmonia Orchestra
New Philharmonia Chorus Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
“Mendelssohn: Elijah”
EMI Classics 86257
Sunday August 14, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630 (13:38)
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria, Motets, Cantatas”
Decca 4557272
Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria (4:08)
Afferentur Regi (2:06)
Ecce sacerdos magnus (6:15)
Bavarian Radio Chorus; Eugen Jochum, conductor
“Bruckner: Te Deum, Motets, Psalm 150”
Deutsche Grammophon PID 457743
Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien, SWV 279-281, Op. 7 (30:45)
Christine Brandes, Judith Nelson, Emily Van Evera, sopranos Judith Malafronte, alto - Daniel Taylor, countertenor Jeffrey Thomas, Benjamin Butterfield, Nils Brown, tenors James Weaver, Kurt-Owen Richards, basses
American Bach Soloists
American Bach Choir
Concentus
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“Schütz: Choral and Vocal Works”
americanbach.org
8:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z 49 "Bell Anthem" (8:25)
King's Consort
Oxford New College Choir
Robert King, conductor
"Purcell: Complete Sacred Music"
Hyperion 44141/51
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (completed by Robert Levin) (43:26)
Emma Kirkby, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, alto Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor; David Thomas, bass
Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir
Academy of Ancient Music Chorus
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
“Mozart: Requiem”
Decca DEC 4117122
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 (3:11)
Tölzer Boys Choir
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, conductor
“Mozart: Missa Longa, Inter Natos Mulierum, Te Deum Laudamus”
Sony Classical 46493
Sunday August 7, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Missa Sancti Michaelis Archangeli (33:38)
Chamber Choir of the Marien-Kantorei Lemgo Handel’s Company
Rainer Johannes Homburg, conductor
“Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer Orchestral & Choral Works"
MDG 905 1477-6
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis In F, BWV 233 (27:15)
Agnes Mellon, soprano; Gerard Lesne, alto; Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
8:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn: Verleih' Uns Freiden, Op. Posth (5:48)
Felix Mendelssohn: Ave Maria, Op. 23/2 (7:28)
John Scott, organist
English Chamber Orchestra
Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor
“Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer”
Hyperion CDA66359
Thomas Tallis: Loquebantur Variis Linguis (3:45)
Thomas Tallis: O Sacrum Convivium (3:39)
Thomas Tallis: O nata lux (1:48)
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, conductor
“Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis”
Gimell CDGIM 203
Alessandro Melani: Litanie per la beata vergine (10:52)
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
“Melani Mottetti”
Naïve OP 30431
Charles Villiers Stanford: Justorum Animae (3:42)
Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via (3:22)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Edward Elgar: They Are At Rest (3:03)
Charles Wood: Hail, Gladdening Light (3:50)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine (5:01)
Choir of Trinity College, Trinity
Richard Marlow, conductor
“Fauré: Requiem; Duruflé: Messe Cum jubilo”
Conifer Classics 15351
Sunday July 31, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Melchior Hoffmann: Meine seele rühmt und preist (15:24)
Markus Schafer, tenor
Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Helmut Müller-Brühl, conductor
“Bach, Hoffman, Telemann: Cantatas”
Naxos (USA) NXS 8557615
Joseph Haydn: Theresienmesse (44:53)
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Catherine Robbin, contralto
Michael Schade, tenor – Alistair Miles, bass
Choir of the English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Missa Sancti Nicolai – Theresienmesse”
Archiv 437 807-2
8:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 (10:51)
Drew Minter, countertenor
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“Cantatas Volume I”
Andrzej Koszewski: Iesu Parvule (4:53)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“A Rose in Winter”
D'Note Classics DND 1022
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (35:46)
Camilla Otaki, soprano; Mark Griffiths, baritone
Richard Pearce, organ
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
London Musici
Richard Marlow, conductor
"Fauré: Requiem; Duruflé: Messe Cum jubilo; Messiaen"
Conifer Classics CONF 15351
Sunday July 24, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate K. 165 (16:19)
Barbara Bonney, soprano The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Mozart: Coronation Mass, Vespers”
Archiv / Deutsche Grammophon 445 353-2
Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonatione del nono tono (0:49)
In ecclesiis à 14 (8:12) Magnificat à 14 (7:11)
Taverner Consort, Choir & Players
Andrew Parrott, conductor
“Venetian Church Music (Disc 2)”
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 61934 2 0
Juan Gutierrez de Padilla: Missa Ego flos campi (14:42)
Andrew Lawrence-King & The Harp Consort
“Missa Mexicana”
Harmonia Mundi PID 910144
Joseph Haydn: Motet “O coelitum beati” (9:59)
Ann Monoyios, soprano; Tölzer Knabenchor Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil, conductor
“Haydn: Missa in tempore belli”
Sony Classical Vivarte SK 53368
8:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: Te Deum & Jubilate Deo, Z 232 (23:05)
James Bowman, countertenor; Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor; Michael George, bass; Nicolas Witcomb, treble; Daniel Lochmann, treble; Timothy Bowes, treble; Philip Hallchurch, treble New College Choir, Oxford; King’s Consort
Robert King, director
“Purcell: The Complete Anthems and Services Vol 2”
Hyperion HYP 66609
Dietrich Buxtehude: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin (7:16)
Dietrich Buxtehude: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (6:57)
Collegium Vocale; Orchestra Anima Eterna & The Royal Consort
Jos van Immerseel, conductor
“Buxtehude: Six Cantatas”
Channel Classics CCS 7895
William Harris: Faire is the heaven (5:12)
Bring Us, O Lord God (4:15)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music (Disc 2)”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Morten Lauridsen: “O nata lux” from Lux Aeterna (3:39)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna”
Hyperion 67449
Edward Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (3:23)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Images of Christ”
Collegium Records COL 124
Sunday July 17, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat in G Minor, RV 610 (12:43)
Michael Bannett, soprano; Katherine McKee, mezzo-soprano Colby Roberts, tenor; Hugh Davies, bass
San Francisco Boys Chorus and Orchestra
Ian Robertson, conductor
SFBC.org
Alessandro Striggio: Missa Ecco sì beato giorno (26:31)
I Fagiolini;
Robert Hollingworth, conductor
“Alessandro Striggio: Mass in 40 Parts”
Decca 478 2734
George Frideric Handel: Carmelite Vespers – Laudate, Pueri, Dominum (18:11)
Taverner Consort, Players, and Choir;
Andrew Parrott, conductor
“Handel Carmelite Vespers 1707”
Virgin Classics VCL 615792
8:00 a.m.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (35:37)
Barbara Bonney, soprano; Andreas Scholl, countertenor Les Talens Lyriques;
Christophe Rousset, conductor
“Pergolesi: Stabat Mater”
Decca 466134
William Walton: Gloria (18:06)
Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra;
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Belshazzar's Feast”
Chandos Records CHA 2410
Charles Gounod: O Salutaris Hostia in E-Flat (2:14)
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College Cambridge
Geoffrey Webber, conductor
“Gounod: Sacred Choral Works”
Centaur Records CEN 2848
Sunday July 10th, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa Salve a 8 (16:58)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
“Tomás Luis de Victoria: Devotion to Our Lady”
Coro COO 16035
William Walton: Coronation Te Deum (9:16)
Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
“Belshazzar's Feast”
Chandos Records CHA 2410
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gloria from Mass in B Minor (34:22)
Judith Nelson, Nancy Zylstra, sopranos; Zoila Muñoz, alto Patrick Romano, tenor; James Weaver, baritone
American Bach Soloists & American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
ABS (americanbach.org)
8:00 a.m.
Francis Poulenc: Mass in G (17:23)
Francis Poulenc: Salve Regina (4:50)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
Richard Marlowe, conductor
“Poulenc: The Sacred Music For Unaccompanied Choir”
Conifer 51308
Johann Sebastian Bach: Symbolum Nicenum (Credo) from Mass in B Minor (30:34)
Julianne Baird, soprano; Steven Rickards, alto William Sharp, baritone
American Bach Soloists & American Bach Choir
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
ABS
Sunday July 3rd, 2011
7:00 a.m.
New Britain / Amazing Grace (3:09)
Anonymous 4
“American Angels - Songs of Hope, Redemption, & Glory”
Harmonia Mundi 907326
Lay Me Low, arr. Kevin Siegfried (4:06)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“Harvest Home”
Gothic Records 49243
William Billings: A Virgin Unspotted (2:18)
San Francisco Choral Artists
Magen Solomon, conductor
“So Gracious Is The Time”
San Francisco Choral Artists 0595-2
Aaron Copland: Four Motets (9:52)
Help Us, O Lord
Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
Have Mercy On Us, O My Lord
Sing Ye Praises To Our King
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
Norman Mackenzie, conductor
“A Cappella Works”
Telarc 80654
Charles Ives: Psalm 90 (10:36)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“Reincarnations”
Gothic Records 49239
Robert Lowry: Beautiful River, arr. William Hawley (3:03)
We Gather Together, arr. Stephen Paulus (3:38)
The Road Home, arr. Stephen Paulus (3:24)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“Harvest Home”
Gothic Records 49243
Lit'le lamb, lit'le lamb, arr. Lena McLin (2:14)
Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers
Albert McNeil, conductor
“The Best Of Jubilee”
Aya World Productions
I Cannot Stay Here By Myself, arr. Hall Johnson (4:29)
O Mary, Don’t You Weep, arr. Albert McNeil (1:51)
My God Is So High, arr. Moses Hogan (2:39)
The Battle Of Jericho, arr. Moses Hogan (2:31)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir “An American Heritage Of Spirituals”
Bonneville Worldwide Entertainment 0097
We Shall Walk Through The Valley In Peace (4:00)
Chanticleer
“Where The Sun Will Never Go Down”
Chanticleer Records 8802
8:00 a.m.
Randall Thompson: Glory To God In The Highest (1:50)
Leonard Bernstein: Almighty Father, from “Mass” (1:29)
David Conte: Ave Maria (1:45)
San Francisco Choral Artists
Magen Solomon, conductor
“So Gracious Is The Time”
San Francisco Choral Artists 0595-2
Samual Barber: God’s Grandeur (6:30)
Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor
“Barber & Schumann Choral Music”
ASV CD DCA 939
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (8:43)
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, conductor
“Cathedral Classics”
American Choral Catalog 120
Morten Lauridsen: Ave Maria (6:45)
Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor
“Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna”
Hyperion 67449
Eric Whitacre: Three Songs of Praise (12:43)
I Will Wade Out
Hope, Faith, Life, Love
I Thank You God For Most This Amazing Day
Polyphony
Stephen Layton, conductor
“Cloudburst”
Hyperion 67543
Ain’t Got Time To Die, arr. Hall Johnson (2:45)
Pacific Boychoir Academy
Kevin Fox, conductor
“That Promised Land” pacificboychoir.org
Calling My Children Home, arr. Joseph Jennings (5:16)
Chanticleer
“Our American Journey”
Atlantic Classics TLD 48556
Deep River, arr. Gerre Hancock (3:21)
The National Lutheran Choir
David Cherwien, conductor
“From Light To Light”
nlca.com/recordings
Sunday June 26, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis in A Major, BWV 234 (32:33)
Agnes Mellon, soprano; Gerard Lesne, alto; Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
George Frideric Handel: Silete venti (25:25)
Karina Gauvin, soprano Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie, conductor
“Apollo e Dafne & Silete venti”
Dorian DRN 90288
8:00 a.m.
Zoltán Kodály: Psalm 121 (3:41)
Flemish Radio Choir
Johan Duijck, conductor
“Kodály: Missa Brevis”
Glossa 922202
Gustav Holst: Ave Maria (5:06)
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Susan Soehner, pianist
Susan McMane, conductor
“Heaven and Earth”
San Francisco Girls Chorus SFGC0901
Gustav Holst: Nunc Dimittis (3:21)
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conducto
“Great British Anthems”
Naxos NXS 8572504
Franz Joseph Haydn:
Harmoniemesse, H 22/14 (43:18)
Sandra Piau, soprano
Monika Groop, mezzosoprano; Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Harry van der Kamp, bass; Choeur de Chambre de Namur; La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
“Haydn Harmony Mass”
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77337 2
Sunday June 19, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat, H772 (42:49)
Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Stephen Roberts
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Philip Ledger, conductor
“Magnificats”
DECCA 458 370-2
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum (22:07)
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon, conductor
“Charpentier: Messe De Minuit Pour Noel, Te Deum”
Naxos (USA) NXS 8557229
8:00 a.m.
Cristobal de Morales: Excerpts from Missa Pro Defunctis, a 5 (23:52)
- Introitus, Kyrie, Sequentia, Agnus Dei Hespèrion XX, La Capella Reial De Catalunya
Jordi Savall, conductor
“Maestros del Siglo de Oro”
Alia Vox AVSA 9867 A/C
Edward Woodall Naylor: Vox Dicentis: Clama (9:34)
St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir
John Scott, conductor
“The English Anthem Vol. 1”
Hyperion CDA66374
Edward C. Bairstow: Blessed city, heavenly Salem (9:05)
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers, conductor
"A New Heaven"
Decca B0013009-02
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry: I was glad (7:03)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
“Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius”
Chandos 8641
Sunday June 12, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Henry Purcell: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offenses (2:33)
William Byrd: Ave verum corpus (3:44)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
George Frideric Handel: The Dettingen Anthem - The King Shall Rejoice (14:13)
Choir of Westminster Abbey; The English Concert
Simon Preston, conductor
“Dettingen Te Deum”
Archiv 410 647-2
Claudio Monteverdi: Magnificat (II) a 6 voci (16:45)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
“Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Missa In illo tempore”
BIS (Sweden) BIS 1071 Igor Stravinsky: Mass (20:29)
English Bach Festival Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
“Stravinsky: Les Noces / Mass”
Deutsche Grammophone 20th Century Classics 423251
8:00 a.m.
John Tavener: A Hymn to the Mother of God (2:43)
John Tavener: Hymn For The Dormition Of The Mother Of God (3:37)
Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Treasures of English Church Music”
Collegium Records COLCD 302
Benjamin Britten: Te Deum & Jubilate in C Major (10:10)
Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge
Christopher Robinson, conductor
“Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb”
Naxos NXS 8554791
Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus (27:26)
RIAS-Kammerchor
Daniel Reuss, conductor
“Frank Martin: Messe pour double choeur a cappella”
Harmonia mundi HMC 901834
Hubert Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens (11:33)
Vasari Singers
Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
“Great British Anthems”
Naxos NXS 8572504
Sunday June 5, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Giovanni Palestrina: Missa Brevis for 4 voices (21:22)
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
“The Tallis Scholars Sing Palestrina”
Gimell GIM 204
Antoino Salieri: Requiem in C Minor (35:46)
Arianna Zukerman, soprano; Simona Ivas, mezzo-soprano Adam Zdunikowski, tenor; Luis Rodrigues, baritone Coro Gulbenkian; Orquestra Gulbenkian; Lawrence Foster, conductor
“Salieri Requiem”
PentaTone Classics PTC 5186 359
8:00 a.m.
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria (3:18)
Dale Warland Singers; Dale Warland, conductor
“A Rose in Winter”
D'Note Classics DND 1022
Franz Biebl: Ave Maria (7:32)
Chanticleer
“Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas”
Chanticleer Records
Gabriel Faure: Ave Verum, op. 65, no. 1 (3:29)
Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge; Timothy Brown, conductor
“French Choral Music”
Meridian Records MER 84370
Francis Poulenc: Ave verum corpus (2:37)
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; Richard Marlowe, conductor
“Poulenc: The Sacred Music For Unaccompanied Choir”
Conifer 18992
Johann Sebastian Bach: Missa Brevis In F, BWV 233 (27:15)
Agnes Mellon, soprano; Gerard Lesne, alto; Christoph Pregardien, tenor; Peter Kooy, bass Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor
“Bach: Masses”
Virgin Classics 0777 7596342 7
Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in B-flat Major, Op. 164 (11:59)
Vasari Singers; Jeremy Backhouse, conductor
“Great British Anthems”
Naxos NXS 8572504
Sunday May 29, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus in D Major, RV 594 (24:57) Academy of Ancient Music; Choir Of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury, conductor
“Vivaldi: Gloria”
EMI Classics EMI 572652B
George Frideric Handel: Dettingen Te Deum, arranged by Mendelssohn (37:05) Dominique Labelle, soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor Colin Ainsworth, tenor; William Berger, bass NDR Choir & Festspiel Orchester Göttingen; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
“Handel: Dettingen Te Deum”
Carus CARUS 83358
8:00 a.m.
Karl Kempter: Pastoral Mass in G Major, op. 24 (17:06) Augsburger Domsingknaben; Residenz-Kammerorchester München Reinhard Kammler, conductor “Pastoralmessen”
Ars Musici 232130
Samual Barber: God’s Grandeur (6:30)
Joyful Company of Singers; Peter Broadbent, conductor “Barber & Schumann Choral Music”
ASV CD DCA 939
Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (6:31)
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter, conductor
“Images of Christ”
Collegium Records COL 124
Johann Sebastian Bach: “Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust!” (20:26) Ian Howell, countertenor; American Bach Soloists Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
“1685 & The Art of Ian Howell”
americanbach.org
Sunday March 6, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn: Ave Maria, Op. 23 No. 2 (6:18)
Gulbenkian Choir & Orchestra, Lisbon
Michel Corboz, conductor
“Mendelssohn Edition”
Warner Classics 2564-69267-6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (completed by Robert Levin) (43:26)
Emma Kirkby, soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, alto
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor; David Thomas, bass
Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir; Academy of Ancient Music Chorus
Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, conductor
“Mozart: Requiem”
Decca DEC 4117122
8:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126), RV 608 (22:38)
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Paul Dyer, conductor
“Andreas Scholl sings Vivaldi”
Decca PID 807870
Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Op. 86 (42:02)
Charlotte Margiono, soprano; Catherine Robbin, mezzo-soprano
William Kendall, tenor; Alastair Miles, bass;
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique; Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Beethoven: Mass in C Major”
Archiv 435 391-2
Sunday February 27, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Franz Schubert: Mass in A Flat Major (48:10)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B
Charles Gounod / J. S. Bach: Ave Maria (2:59)
Roberto Alagna, tenor Choir and Orchestra of Capitole de Toulouse
“Alagna: Sacred Songs”
Deutsche Grammophon 875225
8:00 a.m.
Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, op. 22 (49:28)
Roberto Alagna, tenor
Marie-Claire Alain, organist
Orchestre e Choer de Paris
John Nelson, conductor
“Berlioz: Te Deum”
Virgin Classics 45449
Allegri: Miserere Mei, Deus (13:12)
The Dale Warland Singers; Dale Warland, conductor
“Cathedral Classics”
American Choral Catalogue 120
Sunday February 20, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa Salve a 8 (16:58)
The Sixteen; Harry Christophers, conductor
“Tomás Luis de Victoria: Devotion to Our Lady”
Coro COO 16035
Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 1 in D Minor (41:45)
Luba Orgonasova, soprano - Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano Christoph Prégardien, tenor Vienna Philharmonic, Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
“Bruckner Mass No. 1 / Motets”
Deutsche Grammophon 459674
8:00 a.m.
George Frideric Handel: Eternal Source of Love Divine (26:01)
Gillian Fisher, soprano – James Bowman, alto John Ainsley, tenor – Michael George, bass King’s Consort Robert King, conductor
“Handel: Music for Royal Occasions”
Hyperion HYP 66315
Patrick Hadley: My beloved spake (3:10)
Hampstead Singers; Emmanuel Chamber Orchestra Jeremy Filsell, organist; Mark Denza, conductor
“My Beloved Spake”
Guild GUI 7200
Franz Schubert: Mass No. 4 in C Major, D. 452 (25:30)
Bavarian Radio Symphony & Chorus Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
“Schubert Masses”
EMI Classics 815192B
Sunday February 13, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Claudio Monteverdi: Magnificat à 7 (19:00)
Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
“Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, Missa In illo tempore”
BIS (Sweden) BIS 1071
Maurice Duruflé: Messe Cum Jubilo, op. 11 (18:50)
Mark Kruczek, organ; François Le Roux, baritone; Mark Bleeke, tenor Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra; Dennis Keene, conductor
“The Duruflé Album”
Delos DE 3169
Johannes Brahms: Two Motets, Op. 29 (12:16)
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
Schaffe in mir, Gott
Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied, Op. 30 (5:21)
Corydon Singers; Matthew Best, conductor
“Brahms Motets”
Hyperion CDA66389
8:00 a.m.
Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai “Nikolaimesse” (27:17)
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Catherine Robbin, contralto Michael Schade, tenor; Alistair Miles, bass Choir of the English Concert; The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Missa Sancti Nicolai – Theresienmesse”
Archiv 437 807-2
Henry Purcell: Now does the glorious day appear (23:35)
King’s Consort; Robert King, conductor
“Purcell: The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs”
Hyperion HYP 44031
Morten Lauridsen: Ubi Caritas et Amor (7:19)
Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor
“Lauridsen: Northwest Journey”
RCM 12001
Sunday February 6, 2011
7:00 a.m.
Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (29:14)
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Sharon J. Paul, Conductor
“Music from the Venetian Ospedali”
sfgirlschorus.org SFGC 9801
William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices (24:40)
Choir Of St. John's College Cambridge George Guest, conductor “Byrd Masses”
EMI CD-EMX 9505
Johann Sebatian Bach: Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50 (3:32)
Moneverdi Choir-English Baroque Soloists John Elliot Gardiner, conductor
“Bach: Motets BWV 225-231, Cantatas”
Erato (USA) ERA 45979
8:00 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Coronation Mass in C Major, K. 317 (26:27)
Barbara Bonney, soprano - Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto Jamie MacDougall, tenor – Stephen Gadd, bass The English Concert & Choir Trevor Pinnock, conductor
“Mozart: Coronation Mass”
Archiv 445 353-2
Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina (13:07)
Ian Howell, countertenor American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
American Bach Soloists (americanbach.org)
George Frideric Handel: Te Deum in D Major “Queen Caroline” (14:41)
Mieke van der Sluis, soprano – Graham Pushee, alto Harry van Berne, tenor – Harry van der Kamp, bass Alsfelder Vokalensemble; Barockorchester Bremen Wolfgnag Helbich, conductor
“Handel: Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline”
CPO 999 244-2
JEFFREY THOMAS is Artistic and Music Director of the American Bach Soloists, with whom he has directed and conducted recordings of more than 25 cantatas, the Mass in B Minor, Musical Offering, motets, chamber music, and works by Schütz, Pergolesi, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Beethoven. He has appeared with the Baltimore, Berkeley, Boston, Detroit, Houston, National, Rochester, Minnesota, and San Francisco symphony orchestras; with the Vienna Symphony and the New Japan Philharmonic; with virtually every American baroque orchestra; and in Austria, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Mexico. He is Professor of Music (Barbara K. Jackson Chair in Choral Conducting) and director of choral ensembles in the Department of Music at UC Davis.
