http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/ All the latest choral CDs, DVDs, songbooks and development material is listed here. 2008-05-13T02:29:18-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/ensemble_amarco_1.html After three extremely successful CDs with vocal music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, amarcord turns this time to the wonderful French vocal music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The exquisite singers from Leipzig once again demonstrate... acapnews 2008-05-13T02:29:18-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/holst_singers_t.html The Holst Singers are acclaimed as one of England’s greatest non-professional choirs. The talent and commitment of the individual members and the leadership of their mercurial conductor, Stephen Layton, ensure that their performances are always of the very highest... acapnews 2008-05-09T01:29:42-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/saint_marys_col.html On the leading edge of the choral art, The Saint Mary's College Women's Choir, under the leadership of conductor Dr Nancy Menk, have assembled a program featuring fine new music from many of the most talked-about new choral composers.... acapnews 2008-05-06T22:59:58-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/choir_of_new_co.html The deeply expressive music of Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485-1557) has been re-discovered only relatively recently. Few composers of his stature - comparable to that of John Taverner - have been so comprehensively and so unjustly ignored for nearly fi... acapnews 2008-05-06T01:26:43-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/04/notre_dame_glee.html The Notre Dame Glee Club is a music tradition that began at the University in 1915. Since 1993, Daniel Stowe has led the Glee Club in world-wide tours with great success. Today, Glee Club repertoire is not just football... acapnews 2008-04-28T23:49:30-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/04/polyphony_poule.html Stephen Layton and Polyphony continue to blaze a trail as dazzling interpreters of a wide range of choral music. Here they turn to some of the most bewitching and distinctive choral works of the twentieth century. Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)... acapnews 2008-04-05T00:35:14-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/stile_antico_he.html Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Stile Antico returns with its second recording for harmonia mundi. Heavenly Harmonies juxtaposes the highly expressive Latin motets of William Byrd (c. 1540–1632) with the austere, homophonic psalm tunes of Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585) in a performance... acapnews 2008-03-29T00:08:12-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/bbc_singers_man.html The world-renowned choral composer and conductor Bob Chilcott leads the BBC Singers, as well as the internationally recognised soloists Simone Rebello and Paul Silverthorne, in these new performances of some of his best and most loved choral works. The... acapnews 2008-03-21T23:49:50-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/university_of_u.html The Singers proudly present their first 2-disc set! Disc 1 features music from the University of Utah Singers triumphant 2006 European Concert Tour, during which they won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Tolosa, Spain! Reminisce with... acapnews 2008-03-15T03:55:10-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/st_olaf_choir_w.html F. Melius Christiansen, founder of the Music Department at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, planned and directed the first St. Olaf Christmas Festival in 1912. Over the next 96 years the Festival has grown to include, as individual... acapnews 2008-03-04T00:04:03-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/academy_of_chor.html This superb chorus sings a multiplicity of folk masterpieces: Russian, Gregorian, and Ukrainian. The authentic Russian songs offered generously on this program cover a wide range of genre and character, from love songs and coach tunes to peasant dances.... acapnews 2008-02-15T00:29:25-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/cantus_cantus.html Cantus at its finest represents a great mix of styles and influences. On their latest release they decided to showcase all this variety on one recording. Included is a new commission from Lee Hoiby paired with a “Lullabye (Goodnight... acapnews 2008-02-08T00:09:28-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/the_kings_singe_2.html The King's Singers "For a group like ours the choice of repertoire for recording often seems bewilderingly large. So why did we choose Portugese, Spanish and Mexican music from the period known as the Siglo de Oro - the... acapnews 2008-02-05T00:12:49-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/bbc_singers_cho.html When Sir Michael Tippett first worked with the BBC Singers in 1944, the experience was such that he recalled nearly 50 years later that “It was to be the first of many such occasions when a composer’s dreams were... acapnews 2008-02-02T01:09:11-08:00 http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/01/tapestry_faces.html Subtitled “Tales of Remarkable Women Throughout the Centuries “ this tribute to the fairer sex features an Irish lady pirate, a Portuguese queen, a Montenegrin mother, a French countess, a Jewish-American socialist, the Virgin Mary, and St. Ursula together... acapnews 2008-01-09T02:09:02-08:00