Stephen Cleobury – The King of Instruments: A Voice Reborn (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:03:37 minutes | 1,90 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Harrison & Harrison organ in King’s College Chapel is, like the College Choir, famous the world over. The organ case with gilded pipework, which surmounts the 16th century screen, is a striking feature of nearly every depiction of the interior of the Chapel, while the instantly recognizable sounds of the instrument have become inextricably associated with those of the Choir.
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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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Stephen Cleobury – The Music of King’s: Choral Favourites from Cambridge (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:25 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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The Music of King’s: Choral Favourites From Cambridge is a celebration of choral music throughout the ages and around the world. Its track list spans more than 400 years of composition, with compositions from countries including Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, America and China.
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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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