Wells Cathedral Choir

Wells Cathedral Choir, The Nash Ensemble, Matthew Owens - Bob Chilcott: Requiem & Other Choral Works (2012)

Bob Chilcott - Requiem & Other Choral Works (2012)
Wells Cathedral Choir; The Nash Ensemble; Matthew Owens, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 249 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 183 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral, Sacred | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67650 | Time: 01:19:38

As a composer of sacred music, Bob Chilcott has found his own niche by writing accessible choral works that speak to contemporary sensibilities. As has been noted frequently, his Requiem evokes Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé, mostly through its gentle feeling and serene melodies, though without imitating their style or content. Rather, it has its own mix of somber harmonies and fluid, chantlike lines, and the expression of the work is a little cooler and darker. Chilcott's music admits occasional and mild dissonance, though the orientation is strongly modal and the harmonies always feel like a natural result of the counterpoint. Chilcott's Salisbury Motets, Downing Service, and three shorter pieces share the same modern Anglican style, which is approachable and easy to follow. The Wells Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Matthew Owens, sings with a pure tone and clear diction, and the sound of the recordings is quite resonant, thanks to the responsive acoustics of the Cathedral of St. Andrew.
Wells Cathedral Choir & Matthew Owens - A Wells Christmas (2016)

Wells Cathedral Choir & Matthew Owens - A Wells Christmas (2016)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 256 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 150 MB | 01:01:55
Classical, Choral | Label: Resonus

Named as one of the world’s finest choirs by Gramophone, Wells Cathedral Choir and their director Matthew Owens make their Resonus Classics debut with a programme of carols typically performed during the Christmas season in Wells – A Wells Christmas. With an irresistible array of popular carols and more recent offerings this scintillating and varied programme is vividly realised by the combined boy and girl choristers and Vicars Choral that continue the 1100-year-old tradition of music in Wells Cathedral. Included in this compelling programme are works by David Willcocks, Andrew Carter, John Rutter, and Kenneth Leighton, Thomas Hewitt Jones. Also included are world premieres by Bob Chilcott, Jefferson McConnaughey & Matthew Owens.
Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch - The Song of the Stars (2015)

Wells Cathedral School Choralia, Christopher Finch - The Song of the Stars (2015)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers + Digital Booklet | 75:46 | 286 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 8.573427

Beauty, purity, and expressivity mark out music for upper voice choirs. On this recording, performed by one of the UK’s leading vocal ensembles, the repertoire embraces classics of the genre such as Gustav Holst’s sublime Ave Maria and his third group of Hymns from the Rig Veda, as well as contemporary music. James MacMillan and Sir John Tavener are represented by works that explore their unique musical language, whilst Bob Chilcott’s technically demanding The Song of the Stars offers richly approachable pleasures.

The Choir of St John’s Cambridge - A Choral Christmas (2023)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 15, 2023
The Choir of St John’s Cambridge - A Choral Christmas (2023)

The Choir of St John’s Cambridge - A Choral Christmas (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:44:44 | 679 / 375 Mb
Genre: Classical

The Choir consists of fifteen Choral Scholars and twenty Choristers and Probationers, all of whom are members of St John's College, many of whom have proceeded to become distinguished musicians.
Matthew Owens, Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson - Wilby: An English Passion According to Saint Matthew (2022)

Matthew Owens, Belfast Cathedral Choir, Jack Wilson - Wilby: An English Passion According to Saint Matthew (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:11:09 | 251 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Resonus Classics

Composer Phillip Wilby has built his reputation on writing for brass band and music for the Christian liturgy, for which he composes extensively. The three works presented on this album were all composed between 2014 and 2019, the earliest of which is the Knaresborough Service, commissioned by the Parish Church of St John the Baptist in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.The anthem God’s Grandeur was written in 2017 and is a setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem of the same name. Wilby’s An English Passion According to Saint Matthew was written in 2018, for Matthew Owens and the choir of Wells Cathedral. One important characteristic of the work is the congregational hymns are taken from the collection of English tunes, published by Vaughan Williams in his English Hymnal of 1906. These hymns, with their timeless melodies, anchor the Passion in a very English setting.
VA - Meditative Christmas: Gregorian Chants and Renaissance Favorites (2023)

VA - Meditative Christmas: Gregorian Chants and Renaissance Favorites (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:33:31 | 367 / 216 Mb
Genre: Classical, Instrumental, Christmas and Holiday

The most beautiful Christmas Classical songs by Hereford Cathedral Choir, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Capella Gregoriana and many more on one compilation!
New York Virtuoso Singers - The Voices of Our Ancestors (Live) (2020)

New York Virtuoso Singers - The Voices of Our Ancestors (Live) (2020)
FLAC tracks | 63:44 | 251 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Lyrita

Paul Conway writes: “One of Musgrave’s most powerfully expressive and lavishly intricate vocal works, Rorate Coeli (1973) is scored for unaccompanied SATB choir. There are also five soloists (SSATB), who sing both as a quintet and as individuals. This dramatic and virtuosic piece shows an inventive approach to text-setting in its use of quasi-improvised musical effects. The Voices of our Ancestors (2014) is scored for brass quintet (horn, two trumpets, trombone and tuba), organ and SATB choir.
Wellensian Consort - Bob Chilcott: Everyone Sang; A Little Jazz Mass; I Share Creation; Aesop's Fables (2013)

Bob Chilcott: Everyone Sang; A Little Jazz Mass; I Share Creation; Aesop's Fables (2013)
Wellensian Consort, conducted by Christopher Finch; Gemma Beeson, piano; Will Todd Trio

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 278 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 153 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Contemporary, Choral | Label: Naxos | # 8.573158 | Time: 01:04:00

Described by The Observer as “a contemporary hero of British Choral Music”, Bob Chilcott is one of today’s most widely performed composers of choral music. This programme includes première recordings of favourites such as A Little Jazz Mass, songs and carols on a variety of texts, and the wit, wisdom and drama of Aesop’s Fables in which Chilcott makes musical references to Brahms and Schubert. Winner of the coveted BBC Choir of the Year award in 2010, the Wellensian Consort is one of the United Kingdom’s leading chamber choirs.

R. Benjamin Dobey - Howells Organ Music (2019)  Music

Posted by varrock at March 17, 2019
R. Benjamin Dobey - Howells Organ Music (2019)

R. Benjamin Dobey - Howells Organ Music (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 317 MB | Tracks: 9 | 70:54 min
Style: Classical | Label: Pro Organo

Robert Benjamin Dobey’s study of the music of Max Reger dates back to 1972, when, after ­graduating from Oberlin Conservatory, he spent a year studying with the important Reger ­interpreter Michael Schneider in Cologne, Germany. His ­career has been filled with ­diverse musical ­activities as a singer, pianist, harpsichordist, and composer, his interests ranging from early music to premiere performances of new works. After his year in Germany on a Fulbright grant, his musical ­education continued at the Eastman School of Music.
Benjamin Britten - The Performer: The Complete Decca Recordings (27CD Box Set, 2013)

Benjamin Britten - The Performer: The Complete Decca Recordings (27CD Box Set, 2013)
EAC Rip | APE (*image+.cue+.log,scans) | Run Time: 31:17:35 | 7,67 Gb
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca (UMO)

This set brings together for the first time Britten's complete Decca recordings as pianist and conductor in which he performs music by other composers - an astonishing variety of music that ranges from large-scale choral works by Bach and Purcell to Schumann and Elgar, as well as orchestral works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. Solo vocal repertory is generously represented with important works by Schubert and Schumann and early twentieth-century English song. Chamber music features Britten the pianist in partnership with two of Britten's closest collaborators: Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter.