http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/ All the latest choral CDs, DVDs, songbooks and development material is listed here. Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 May 2008 02:29:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/ensemble_amarco_1.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/ensemble_amarco_1.html Tue, 13 May 2008 02:29:18 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/holst_singers_t.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/holst_singers_t.html Fri, 09 May 2008 01:29:42 -0800 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.... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/saint_marys_col.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/saint_marys_col.html Tue, 06 May 2008 22:59:58 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/choir_of_new_co.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/05/choir_of_new_co.html Tue, 06 May 2008 01:26:43 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/04/notre_dame_glee.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/04/notre_dame_glee.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:49:30 -0800 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)... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/04/polyphony_poule.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/04/polyphony_poule.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:35:14 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/stile_antico_he.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/stile_antico_he.html Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:08:12 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/bbc_singers_man.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/bbc_singers_man.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:49:50 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/university_of_u.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/university_of_u.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:55:10 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/st_olaf_choir_w.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/03/st_olaf_choir_w.html Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:04:03 -0800 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.... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/academy_of_chor.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/academy_of_chor.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:29:25 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/cantus_cantus.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/cantus_cantus.html Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:09:28 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/the_kings_singe_2.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/the_kings_singe_2.html Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:12:49 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/bbc_singers_cho.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/02/bbc_singers_cho.html Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:09:11 -0800 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... http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/01/tapestry_faces.html http://www.singers.com/choral/newreleases/archive/2008/01/tapestry_faces.html Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:09:02 -0800