Organ Classics from King's College (Cleobury)
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1. Carillon from 24 pieces in free style, Op. 31, No. 21
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2. Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
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3. Transports de joie (from L'ascension)
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4. "Herzlich thut mich verlangen" BWV 727
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5. "In dulci jubilo" BWV 608
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6. Toccata
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7. "Nun danket alle Gott" Chorale Prelude from Op. 65
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8. Finale (from Sonata in D minor Op. 65, No. 6)
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9. Prelude & Fugue on the name BACH
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10. Caicone in F minor Felix Mendelssohn
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11. Prelude & Fugue in C minor Op. 37, No. 1
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12. Chant de Mai, Op. 53. No. 1
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13. Toccata from Symphony in F, Op. 42, No. 5
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Editorial Reviews
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Organ Classics from Kings College Stephen Cleobury at the Chapel Organ
Organ Classics from King's College (Cleobury), Music, mor, Pachelbel, Bach, Jongen Works of Widor
Average customer rating:
- Great performances from a great choir.
- Out of the Mouths of Children...
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Heavenly Voices
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Release Date: 2004-10-05 |
Tracks:
- Franck: Paris Angelicus
- Mendelssohn: Hymn of Praise - I waited for the Lord
- Verdi: Quattro pezzi sacri - Laudi alla vergine Maria
- Mendelssohn: Elijah - Lift thine eyes
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- Faure: Ave Maria Op.67, No.2
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Customer Reviews:
Great performances from a great choir........2007-03-08
King's College is a reliably solid choir. Set to doing a mix of challenging pieces, they rise splendidly and with moving effect through a range of musical styles or types. I didn't grow up on the English choral style. Frankly, I prefer German composers and that style of arrangement, but the King's College Choir is so good and so controlled that I found it impossible to be bothered by my petty likes or dislikes. Instead, I was gladly and happily swept along by the sound of Heavenly Voices.
Out of the Mouths of Children..........2005-07-30
Who can resist the incredible purity of sound garnered by a boys choir? On this beautifully recorded CD the Boy's of the King's College Cambridge Choir are conducted by Stephen Cleobury in the hall in which they perform - that otherworldly resonance of King's College Chapel. This collection separates the men from the boys in that the usual full Choir is all male with men singing the tenor and bass roles and the boys singing the soprano and alto roles.
The works performed fall into the 'old chestnut' category: Franck's 'Panis Angelicus', Faure's 'Pie Jesu' from the Requiem, Mendelssohn's 'Lift thine eyes' form Elijah, etc. There are a few works less familiar (and equally as lovely) such as the Karg-Elert 'Dritte Sinfonische Kanzone (Fuge, Kanzone und Epilog)' Op.85, No.3. The intonation and musicality of the choir is impeccable and the tone is as pure as any achieved by other groups of similar description.
This is one of those recordings for quiet contemplative moments, those times when the need to just clear the mind and be refreshed occur. Not a terribly unique recital but one of great beauty. Grady Harp, July 05
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- Hymns in the Anglican Tradition Beautifully Performed
- Very inspiring music
- Great English Hymns
- Buy this CD!
- English Choirs
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Anonymous , James Bain , Louis Bourgeois , Edmond Budry , Orlando Gibbons , John [composer] Goss , William H. Harris , Herbert Howells , John Ireland , Stephen Jackson , Martin Luther , Edward Miller , Sir Charles H.H. Parry , Clement Cotterill Scholefield , Cyril Taylor , German Traditional , Irish Traditional , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Wallace Collection , Sioned Williams , Benjamin Bayl , Tom Williamson , Choir of King's College at Cambridge , and Stephen Cleobury
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Release Date: 2001-03-27 |
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- Praise, My Soul: Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven
- Bunessan: Morning Has Broken
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- St. Clement: The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended
- Picardy: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Hast Du Denn, Jesu: Praise To The Lord, The Almighty, The King Of Creation
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- Maccabaeus: Thine Be The Glory
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- The Old Hundredth: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
Customer Reviews:
Hymns in the Anglican Tradition Beautifully Performed.......2007-01-24
This is one more example of hymns in the Anglican Tradition, sung by the always excellent choir of King's College, Cambridge. It is a splendid example of the sonorous sound of men and boys, accompanied by a classic English organ and, for the quieter hymns, the gentle sound of harp. All the familiar hymns and hymn tunes are here. You will not regret adding this CD to your collection.
Very inspiring music.......2005-07-06
I always enjoy listening to this Cd and particularly because of the orchestra and mellifluous choir. I especially enjoy: A Mighty Fortress, Come Down, O Love Divine, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, and Thine Be The Glory. Some of the selections are soft such as "The Lord's My Shepherd" and "Drop, Drop, Slow Tears." Still, it is a fabulous selection and one of my favorites.
Great English Hymns.......2005-02-10
This was one of my Christmas gifts and I really looked forward to listening to it. I had just visited King's College, Cambridge back in August and really liked it--you should try to make it out there if possible.
Anyway, this CD was great to listen to. Some hymns are scored for orchestral accompaniment, choir and organ, while the majority of tracks are just for choir and organ.
Recorded in the King's College Chapel (the front cover has a great shot of the ceiling's trademark "fan" stone carving), the hymns are pure English sound--boys' treble voices along with men's changed voices singing with a pure, clean, straight tone. It's very sweet-sounding.
The hymns chosen are also great; "Be Thou My Vision," an Irish classic, appears along with "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," "All People That on Earth Do Dwell," and "Morning Has Broken" (later recorded by Cat Stevens).
The singing isn't especially elaborate--they're just simple hymns. They're orchestrated very well, however, and they sound great.
Religious people may prefer these recordings more in general--these are Christian hymns after all--but I think it's a great recording and is worth listening too, especially if you enjoy that English sound!
Buy this CD!.......2004-09-20
Having heard Kings College Choir twice, in the flesh, at Kings, this CD is a wonderful example of what you might hear. If you can't make it to Cambridge, buy this CD. It contains many of the old favorites and also some hymns that are not found on other English hymn CD's.
English Choirs.......2002-12-18
Having visited many Cathedrals throughout the UK and listened to the enchanting voices of the boys choirs, I was disappointed with this particular rendering from Kings. Perhaps I am biased in that I enjoy the organ background or no background but the use of a full blown orchestra, in my opinion, tended to overwhelm and was totally unnecessary and somewhat grandoise choice on the part of Stephen Cleobury. Apart from that, much of the music was excellent. In comparison with other CD's from Kings, this was disappointing.
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Voices of Praise
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ASIN: B0009X76QO
Release Date: 2005-08-02 |
Tracks:
- Hymn: All My Hope On God Is Founded
- Hymn: Morning Has Broken
- Psalm 122: I Was Glad
- Totus Tuus
- Carol: The Truth From Above
- The Lamb
- Anthem: Hail, Gladdening Light
- Hymn 84: O, How Amiable
- Hymn: Come Down, O Love Divine (Down Ampney)
- If Ye Love Me
- Crucifixus
- Hymn: My Song Is Love Unknown (Love Unknown)
- Psalm 22: My God, My God, Look Upon Me
- Hymn: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn)
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- Hymn: Thine Be The Glory (Maccabaeus)
- Psalm 148: O Praise The Lord Of Heaven
- Anthem: Set Me As A Seal
- Hymn: The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns (St. Magnus Or Nottingham)
- O Clap Your Hands
- Psalm 46: God Is Our Hope And Strength
- Hymn: The Lord Ascendeth Up On High (Nun Freut Euch)
- Hymn: Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind (Repton)
- Magnificat
- Nunc Dimittis
- Hymn: Praise, My Soul, The King Of Heaven (Praise, My Soul)
- Hymn: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein' Feste Burg)
- Psalm 150: O Praise God In His Holiness
- Hymn: All People That On Earth Do Dwell (The Old Hundredth)
- Anthem: The Lord Is My Shepherd
- Hymn: Praise To The Lord, The Almighty, The King Of Creation (Hast Du Denn, Jesu)
- Anthem: And I Saw A New Heaven
- Funeral Ikos
- Anthem: Faire Is The Heaven
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- 4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music
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CHRISTMAS at King's College
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- St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
- Angels, From The Realms Of Glory - King's College Choir, Cambridge
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- O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
- Collect For Christmas Eve And The Blessing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
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- Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Hodie beata virgo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Hosanna To The Son Of David - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Hosanna To The Sun Of DAvid - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Gloria in excelsis Deo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- When To The Temple Mary Went - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- The Holly And The Ivy - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- I Sing Of A Maiden - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Watt's Cradle Song - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- My Dancing Day - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Sing A Song Of Joy - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Jesus Christ The Apple Tree - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Most Glorious Lord Of Life - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- That Lord That Lay In Asse Stall - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
- Where Riches Is Everlastingly - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
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- Jeremiah 23: 5 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Haggai 2: 6 - 9 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Up, Awake And Away! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- All And Some - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Isaiah 35: 1 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- 'Twas In The Year - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- The Cherry Tree Carol - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- King Jesus Has A Garden - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- On Jordan's Bank The Baptist's Cry - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- St. Luke 1: 26 - 35 And 38 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Gabriel's Message - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Wake, O Wake! With Tidings Thrilling - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- St. Mark 1: 1 - 4a And 7 -15 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- I Wonder As I Wander - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- My Dancing Day - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Judah And Jerusalem, Fear Not - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Prayers And Blessing - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
Customer Reviews:
4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music.......2003-04-19
It's in there.. this is a great collection of Anglican Cathedral Christmas music. Highly recommended.
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- A wonderful tradition
- a voice teacher and early music fan
- Truely inspirational!!!!
- Don't let this recording pass you by!
- A Shining Star
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A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
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ASIN: B00002CF12
Release Date: 1999-11-02 |
Tracks:
- Once In Royal David's City
- Bidding Prayer
- Up! Good Christen Folk, And Listen
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- First Lesson
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- Dormi, Jesu
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This disc could be more succinctly titled Christmas for Anglophiles. Few sounds are more British than the boy soprano-dominated Choir of King's College in Cambridge. And the group is heard--in some sections recorded live--in an actual Christmastide service amid the generous reverberation of a cathedral acoustic with little more than a tasteful though austere organ accompaniment. The repertoire isn't just conservative, traditional hymns and carols. One is harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and there are a number of contributions by contemporary composers Thomas Adès, Judith Weir, and John Tavener, all of which are probing, sincere, even personal examples of their art (and some are daringly liberated, harmonically speaking). The downside for some listeners--at least on repeated hearings--is that the entire service is heard, sermons and all. Others may take this in the spirit of a Paul McCreesh liturgical reconstruction, with congregational singing included. --David Patrick Stearns
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A wonderful tradition .......2007-01-18
A great experience combining Christmas carols with the reading of Holy Scripture (the lessons). It's a beautiful Christmas worship service in the Anglican tradition. I highly recommend it.
In our age when thing change so fast, it's good to know that some great traditions continue. This recording is one of them.
a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-12-06
Listening to this one and one-half hour recording is one way to experience the meaning of Christmas. It must be a joy for those who can attend such a service as the "Festival of nine-lessons and carols". To hear the beautiful voices of the King's College Choir and their marvelous organist, Benjamin Bayl. This is all under the direction of Stephen Cleobury, and provides a treat for music lovers everywhere. The carols are related directly to the scripture readings that tell the Christmas Story in its entirety, all read skillfully by various people involved in the program. They are not lengthy, but quite to the point. The related carols are varied as to composer and mood, running the gamut from the traditional to the more recent such as : 'The Truth from above'(Vaughan Williams)-'Illuminare,Jerusalem' (Judith Weir)- and 'The Lamb' (John Tavener). The soloists include:Edward Moore (treble)-Thomas Bullard (baritone)-Adrian Kelly (tenor)-Edward Harries (treble)-and Julian Perkins (baritone). All sang well as did the entire choir. The English sound, that is boy sopranos and male altos, appeal to me personally and show up very well in this particular group. It's all quite emotional and very moving, especially to those who celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. I've had this disc for several years, and would not think of celebrating Christmas without listening to it several times during the season.
Truely inspirational!!!!.......2001-12-23
A holiday classic. It has been a tradtion in our family for years. This is the first time I've seen it available on CD. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Don't let this recording pass you by!.......2001-07-10
Do yourself a favor and buy this CD - even if you don't think you like Christmas music. People stand in line for hours to hear the Choir of King's College's annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, and when you hear this recording, you will understand why. Rarely does a choir sound quite as pure, smooth, and "together" as they do on this recording. The selection of music is wonderful. You get a few traditional favorites like "O Come All Ye Faithful", recorded live with the choir and the congregation singing along (I thought this would annoy me but it really doesn't - it only makes me feel the spirit of the ceremony even more). You also get plenty of wonderful choir-only pieces that you've probably never heard before unless you're a big cathedral music enthusiast. It all begins, of course, with a single choirboy singing the first verse of "Once in Royal David's City". It's impossible for me to pick an absolute favorite from this recording. I find "The Fayrfax Carol" by Thomas Ades to be particularly haunting and beautiful. Vaughan Williams' "The Truth from Above" is also very, very lovely. And how could you not enjoy "Up! Good Christen folk, and listen"? There is also Ord's short, but beautiful, "Adam lay ybounden". I like all of these pieces in and of themselves, but I think having them sung so expertly and sweetly by the choir makes me like them even more.
To top it all off, you get about 20 minutes worth of readings and prayers recorded live at the service, interspersed among all of the music. I suppose this could be seen as the recording's only drawback (people talking), but I think it makes the recording much more authentic as a representation of the world-famous service. The readings make the recording more than just a musical experience, but a complete Christmas experience - which is what the ceremony is supposed to be. Besides, if you really hate the talking, that's what the skip button is for.
Go ahead and buy this -- you'll be very glad you did.
A Shining Star.......2000-11-21
To the other fine and informative reviews here, I would add the following. Though the Festival service and the recording are 80% musical, the "lessons", which are brief scripture passages given moving dramatic readings by college personnel, are the backbone of the Festival and the riverbed through which the carols flow. There is a chronological order to the lessons, beginning in Genesis, and each musical selection is tied to the reading which preceded it. This synthesis makes listening to this CD a very spiritual experience that transports one well beyond what is felt listening to other recorded compilations of carols.
The music is primarily drawn from traditional British Christmas repertoire. Well-known British composers over centuries and King's College's organists and music directors over the past century wrote or arranged most of the selections. Several texts are in Olde English or Latin. Three recent compositions are here, too, but the first priority of the Festival director is clearly the tradition and the history of this service and of Christmas in England. There is nothing, however, "musty" about this CD. The tempi are modern and sprightly where indicated, and the performances are transcendent. The Choir of King's College, directed by Stephen Cleobury, consists of 35 young men chosen by highly competitive audition, and they are among the finest choral ensembles in the world. A superb pipe organ played by Benjamin Bayl is the only supplement to the voices.
The sound of the recording is a major improvement from radio broadcasts and earlier (now out-of-print) releases of this service. For this CD, the four-and-a-half hymns in which the congregation sings with the choir were recorded during services in December 1998. The balance of the recording was made in the same chapel in July 1999, without the congregation present, so the coughing and shuffling heard during live broadcasts and earlier live recordings is happily absent. The only small problem is that the reverberating acoustics of the chapel, though gorgeous, make many lyrics difficult to discern. Keep the booklet handy. Highest recommendation.
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- This may not be appropriate easy listening for trimming the tree, but it is definitely a fine recording.
- Flawless performance of unusual (though not always good) music
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On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Edward Grint , Thomas Ades , Richard Rodney Bennett , Sir Lennox Berkeley , Judith Bingham , Sir Harrison Birtwistle , Diana Burrell , John Casken , Robert Chilcott , Sir Peter Maxwell Davies , Jonathan Dove , Alexander Goehr , Jonathan Harvey , Robin Greville Holloway , James MacMillan , Nicholas Maw , Arvo Part , Stephen Harrison Paulus , John Rutter , Peter Sculthorpe , Giles Swayne , Judith Weir , John Woolrich , Stephen Cleobury , Philippa Davies , and Cambridge King's College
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Release Date: 2005-10-04 |
Tracks:
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Latest from the King's College Choir.......2006-12-21
I am immensely fond of the various Christmas albums put out by the Choir of King's College at the University of Cambridge. They represent the English tradition at its finest. I especially like the variants of the 9 Lessons and Carols in which biblical lessons are interspersed with the choral renditions. This tradition relates back to 1918 and has been broadcast(and telecast) worldwide since 1928, so I am not alone in my appreciation. This album presents an entirely new body of music in that it contains newer and unfamiliar compositions, some of which have been commissioned in past years for this program. There are 15 selections on the first disk and 7 on the second disk. Like any selection, some of the cuts are better than others, but all are quite beautiful. Whether any will become classics of the caliber of the more established material remains to be seen. But with Stephen Cleobury in charge, as he has been since 1982, long-time fans of the Choir know that a solid and quite enjoyable musical package awaits--especially at this holiday time of year.
This may not be appropriate easy listening for trimming the tree, but it is definitely a fine recording. .......2005-12-29
This is definitely not a CD of traditional Christmas Carols, but I feel it's a little harsh to claim that only two pieces on the entire recording are "melodic". Frankly, I don't even know what that means. To my ears all of the compositions here have what can be called a melody. Personally, I adore the "Fayrfax Carol" by Thomas Ades and cannot see how it would fail to fall under even the most close-minded definition of the word "melodic".
I agree with the previous reviewer that many of the pieces are harmonically abstract but, honestly, what do you expect from a CD of music written by contemporary composers for one of the finest choirs in the world? I would hope there would be no arrangements of "I Saw Three Ships".
If you're looking for a CD of traditional carols, there is no shortage of recordings. However, if you're looking for well-crafted, forward-thinking, modern compositions performed by a group on the cutting edge of choral music, look no further.
Flawless performance of unusual (though not always good) music.......2005-12-04
The Choir of Kings College is one of the best in the world--so of course the recording will sound excellent. In fact, I own several recordings by Kings College and they perform their best on this one. The purity of the sound and superb diction are just unsurpassed. But the music is just not that good. It's often too harmonically strange, overdramatic, and, frankly, too modern.
That's not to say there is not good music--actually, some of the best pieces of music are on this recording. Highlights include: Chilcott's haunting "The Shepherd's Carol" (which is one of the only two melodic pieces on the entire recording), Part's energetic "Bogoroditse Dyevo", Dove's dramatic "The Three Kings", Rutter's typical, but comparatively good "What sweeter music" (the other melodic piece), Weir's majestic "Illumniare Jerusalem" and Woolrich's sublime "Spring in Winter". There are a few honorable mentions--Berkeley's "In Wintertime" & Goehr's "Carol for St. Stephen"--but the other half of the recording is pretty much awful. The choir & Stephen Cleobury sound good trying--but the composers haven't given them much of value to work with.
An interesting addition to a music lover's collection, but I can't imagine it being enjoyable to someone looking for Christmas carols.
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Organ Classics From King's College
Stephen Cleobury
Manufacturer: Regis Records/Premiere
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Release Date: 2007-05-29 |
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Organ Classics from King's College (Cleobury)
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ASIN: B0000AKMY7
Release Date: 2003-07-09 |
Tracks:
- Carillon from 24 pieces in free style, Op. 31, No. 21
- Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
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- Finale (from Sonata in D minor Op. 65, No. 6)
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- Prelude & Fugue in C minor Op. 37, No. 1
- Chant de Mai, Op. 53. No. 1
- Toccata from Symphony in F, Op. 42, No. 5
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Organ Classics from Kings College Stephen Cleobury at the Chapel Organ
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