Recommended Recordings

  • Recommended recordings of Rutter Magnificat

    The most obvious recording is the one by John himself, with his choir, the Cambridge Singers, and the City of London Sinfonia. You can find it on YouTube: Or you can buy the CD at Presto Music or Amazon. You can listen to Fecit potentiam here:

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  • Recommended recordings of Fauré Requiem

    There are lots of recordings available of this classic work, but only some use the smaller orchestration that we are using in our performance, which was edited by John Rutter, using the original scores of 1893. Your can view John’s recording of his edition, with his Cambridge Singers, on YouTube: You can also buy the…

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  • Recommended Recordings of Brahms ‘Schicksalslied’

    Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) appears on several recordings, often as a filler alongside other works. We’ve picked out two recordings that you might want to consider. John Eliot Gardiner recorded the Schicksalslied with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, in 2007. The disc features Brahms Symphony No.1, and Begräbnisgesang, as well as Mendelssohn’s…

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  • Recommended recordings of Haydn’s ‘Harmoniemesse’

    A quick search on our favourite online CD stores yielded 50 recordings of the Harmony Mass, so there are plenty out there, but how do you narrow down a shortlist? Here are a few thoughts… A good place to start when looking for recordings is BBC Radio 3’s ‘Building a Library’ strand. Whilst the particular…

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  • Recommended recordings of The Kingdom

    Recommended recordings of The Kingdom

    A quick guide to the availabile recoedings of Elgar’s ‘The Kingdom’.

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  • Mendelssohn: Elijah

    There are a large number of recordings available. We list four that have appeared in Radio 3’s ‘Building a Library’ reviews. You can listen to the most recent reviews here. 1 – Iain Burnside’s Choice Soile Isokoski (soprano), Monica Groop (alto), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Petteri Salomaa (bass), La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent,Orchestre des Champs-Elysees,…

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  • Mozart Litaniae K243

    Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with Concentus Musicus Wien and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir Click here to find out more.

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  • Mozart Requiem

    A classic period performance by the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Sir John Eliot Gardiner           Click here to find out more.

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  • Mozart Requiem

    The Dunedin Consort, conducted by John Butt This a new recording, by one of today’s top period ensembles.           Click here to find out more.

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  • The Dream of Gerontius – Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

    The Dream of Gerontius – Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir

    The only recording Sir Adrian Boult made of Gerontius, in 1975, this recording has a fine line-up of soloists: Helen Watts, Nicolai Gedda and Robert Lloyd. Label: EMI Click here for further details. A DVD of a performance conducting by Boult in Canterbury Cathedral in 1968 has also been recently re-issued: click here for more…

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