Roderick Williams with another hour of choral classics
Today, the old Testament story of Elijah, channelled through the Victorian sensibilities of Felix Mendelssohn. Plus Beethoven meets the orthodox sonorities of Rodion Shchedrin.
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Michael Tippett
Lilliburlero (Four Songs from the British Isles)
Choir: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- Signum SIGCD092.
- Signum.
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Robert Schumann
So wahr die Sonne scheinet
Performer: Hendrik Braunlich. Choir: Calmus.- Carus 83447.
- Carus.
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Anonymous
Alma redemptoris mater/Ave regina coelorum
Ensemble: Discantus Ensemble. Director: Brigitte Lesne.- Bayard Musique 3084892.
- Bayard Musique.
- 14.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Hugh's Song of the Road (A Cotswold Romance)
Singer: Thomas Randle. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- CHANDOS : CHAN-9646.
- CHANDOS.
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Kammerchor Stuttgart
Hymn on Psalm 84
- Carus 83336.
- Carus.
- 7.
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Francis Poulenc
Laudamus te (Gloria)
Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- DG 4273042.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Orlando Gibbons
O All True Faithful Hearts
Performer: Madgalena Consort. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.- SIGCD511.
- SIGNUM.
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Rodion Shchedrin
The Lord's Prayer (The Sealed Angel)
Performer: Choir of King’s College, London. Choir: Gonville And Caius Coll. Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber. Conductor: David Trendell.- Dephian DCD34067.
- Dephian.
- 8.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Sanctus (Mass In C)
Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.- LSO Live LSO0594.
- LSO LIVE.
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Mario Castelnuovoâ€Tedesco
Romancero Gitano: Baladilla de los Tres Rios
Performer: Fábio Zanon. Choir: Coro Cervantes. Conductor: Carlos Fernández Aransay.- SIGCD166.
- SIGNUM.
- 1.
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Veljo Tormis
The Singer's Childhood
Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste.- ECM 4652232.
- ECM.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah (End of Part II)
Choir: Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Choir: Gabrieli Young Singers Scheme.- SIGNUM : SIGCD300.
- SIGNUM.
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William Walton
Touch Her Soft Lips, arr. Bob Chilcott
Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Bene Arte SIGCD903.
- Bene Arte.
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Broadcast
- Sun 17 Jun 2018 16:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3
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