Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia & Daniel Hyde – Rutter: Orchestral Carols (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 23:19 minutes | 908 MB | Genre: Classical
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The album joins the label’s other critically and commercially successful recordings, which continue to be streamed by thousands of listeners around the world, including In The Bleak Midwinter which was released in 2021. Rutter Orchestral Carols includes beautiful orchestral arrangements of well-known favourites such as Silent Night and Sans Day Carol as well as Rutter’s original carols All bells in paradise and All the stars looked down, which is dedicated to the late Sir Stephen Cleobury. “It was a pleasure to record a handful of John’s carols, some old, some new, in these colourful orchestrations… hopefully these new tracks will add a bit of magic to people’s Christmas this year,” said Daniel Hyde, Director of Music, King’s College
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Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge – Byrd: Motets (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:12 minutes | 997 MB | Genre: Classical
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The Motets of William Byrd form a remarkable compendium of Latin sacred music, all the more so for being the work of a dissident Catholic composer working in a staunchly Protestant environment. Dating from the second half of the sixteenth-century, a period of intense religious turmoil, the Motets were written for private use in clandestine Catholic households, and published in three collections during the reign of Elizabeth I (despite her official opposition) with two further compilations under James I.
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Choir of King’s College Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury – Traditional Christmas Carols from King’s (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:44 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, is one of the world’s best-known choral groups. Founded in the 15th century, it ranks among the oldest of its kind, and, while originally created for singing the daily services in the college chapel, now enjoys an international tour schedule that has seen it perform all over Europe and beyond. Every Christmas Eve, millions of people tune in to watch the choir’s A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s – a service which has been continuously broadcast since 1928.
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music & Stephen Cleobury – Bach: St. Matthew Passion (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:43:36 minutes | 2,90 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded before Sir Stephen Cleobury’s untimely passing in November 2019, King’s College presents a new account of one of the greatest masterpieces in sacred music, Bach’s St Matthew Passion. For this recording Cleobury led the King’s Choir and the Academy of Ancient Music alongside some of the most outstanding British singers performing today, headed by one of the finest Evangelists of our time, James Gilchrist. The album is accompanied by a booklet with over 60 pages of texts and photographs, including a full translation by Michael Marissen and a specially-commissioned essay by John Butt.
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury – Evensong Live 2019: Anthems and Canticles (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:18:44 minutes | 714 MB | Genre: Classical
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A glorious collection of choral music by British composers, recorded live during services of Choral Evensong in King’s College Chapel. Popular anthems like Hubert Parry’s I was glad and Patrick Hadley’s My beloved spake are included alongside settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis through the centuries. Included here are settings from Byrd’s Great Service and Weelkes’ Short Service, alongside Stanford’s setting in G and William Mathias’ Jesus College Service. Recorded between the summers of 2018 and 2019, this selection presents music from Stephen Cleobury’s last year as Director of Music at King’s College after 37 years in post.
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks – Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 (Remastered) (1972/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:31:56 minutes | 5,40 GB | Genre: Classical
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Messiah, HWV 56 (1992 Remastered Version) , Part 1: And the glory of the Lord (chorus: Andante), King’s College Choir, Cambridge/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Sir David Willcocks.
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Daniel Hyde – Easter From King’s (2021 Collection) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 31:46 minutes | 309 MB | Genre: Classical
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A collection of Easter music sung sung by the Choir of King’s College Cambridge in the famous Chapel and made available as an audio album for the first time. Taken from the BBC’s 2020 Easter broadcast, these recordings capture the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge under the direction of Daniel Hyde, performing for his first Easter from King’s since taking up the post of Director of Music. Highlights include a selection of movements from Charles Wood’s St. Mark Passion, as well as much-loved Easter music by Bob Chilcott, Bainton, Casals and Duruflé.
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde – In the Bleak Midwinter: Christmas Carols from King’s (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:14:30 minutes | 2,66 GB | Genre: Classical
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In the Bleak Midwinter reflects a Christmas that was unlike any other in recent history. Much of the music on this album was heard around the world as part of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a service that has been broadcast live from King’s on Christmas Eve every year since 1930.
But for Christmas Eve 2020 in the face of a global pandemic, the continuation of this uniquely long-running tradition was not possible – not sung live or with a congregation in the Chapel as well as the global audience who have long listened from around the world. Instead, a full service, with lessons, carols, organ voluntaries and prayers, was recorded in an empty Chapel with the Choir of King’s College spread out around the stalls. For its millions of listeners, the broadcast meant the continuation of a Christmas tradition in a year when so many were without their friends and family, and without so much of what makes Christmas special.
This album contains music from the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols together with a selection of specially recorded tracks. It marks the beginning of a new era for the Choir of King’s College under the direction of Daniel Hyde, with this his first full album at King’s since his appointment in 2019.
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Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and Daniel Hyde – Carols From King’s (2020 Collection) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 41:07 minutes | 425 MB | Genre: Classical
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A collection of carols sung live on Christmas Eve and made available as an audio album for the first time. Taken from the BBC’s 2019 Christmas broadcasts, these recordings capture the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge under the direction of Daniel Hyde, performing for his first Christmas at King’s since taking up the post of Director of Music.
Highlights include the premiere performance of the commissioned carol The Angel Gabriel, John Rutter’s Candlelight Carol and the spell-binding Coventry Carol (Lully Lulla) by Kenneth Leighton.
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Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Daniel Hyde – Now the Green Blade Riseth: Choral Music for Easter (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:05 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
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Sounding as glorious as ever under Director of Music Daniel Hyde, the Choir of King’s College celebrates Easter with a wide-ranging and beautifully assembled program recorded in King’s College Chapel. Starting with an anthem by the late English composer, conductor, and musician George Malcolm, complete with an attention-grabbing introductory fanfare by Matthew Martin (Director of College Music at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge), the musical journey runs from William Byrd to Maurice Duruflé with some well-known hymns along the way. There are numerous highlights: the high drama of Rossini’s “O salutaris Hostia,” Samuel Sebastian Wesley’s very Victorian “Wash Me Throughly,” Antonio Lotti’s resonant “Crucifixus à 6,” and the gentle poise of John Ireland’s “Greater Love Hath No Man.”
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