Gloria!
The Nation’s Favourite Choral Classics
London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Abbey Choir, Christchurch Cathedral Oxford Choir, New College Oxford Choir & All Angels
Gloria!
The Nation’s Favourite Choral Classics
London Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Abbey Choir, Christchurch Cathedral Oxford Choir, New College Oxford Choir & All Angels
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About
The definitive sound of British Choral music will be sure to resonate through the Nation this forthcoming May bank holiday. This stunning 2CD compilation is filled with some of the most evocative and iconic British music ever composed.
Drawn from the catalogues of Decca Classics, Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Records, this TV advertised compilation includes performances from a variety of the world's leading choirs and ensembles: Westminster Abbey Choir, Christ Church Cathedral Choir under Stephen Darlington, New College Choir under Edward Higginbottom, and with such orchestras as the London Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Star performances come from Kiri Te Kanawa, All Angels, and many more.
Contents and tracklist
- Trevor Pinnock (organ)
- The English Concert, Westminster Abbey Choir
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1981-10-29
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
- Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music
- Simon Preston
- Recorded: 1978-07-07
- Recording Venue: St Jude's, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
- H.C. Robbins Landon (reviser)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1979-01
- Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), John Constable (organ)
- London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1971-04-06
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
- Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)
- Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- David Hill
- Recorded: 1990-06
- Recording Venue: Winchester Cathedral
- Choir of New College Oxford
- Edward Higginbottom
- Recorded: 1999-07
- Recording Venue: The Chapel of New College, Oxford
- The Temple Church Choir
- Stephen Layton
- Recorded: 2003-07-20
- Recording Venue: Temple Church, London
- Choir of New College Oxford
- Edward Higginbottom
- Recorded: 2000-04
- Recording Venue: The Chapel of New College, Oxford
- Anthony Way (treble), Daniel Phillips (organ)
- Choir Of Uppingham School
- Recorded: 1997-01
- Recording Venue: Air Lyndhurst Studios, London
- David Goode (organ)
- Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
- Stephen Darlington
- Recorded: 1994-10-10
- Recording Venue: Angel Recording Studios, London
- Thomas Hopkinson (treble), John Wallace (trumpet)
- Choir of King's College Cambridge
- Stephen Cleobury
- Recorded: 1996-07-05
- Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge
- John Rutter (director), Caroline Ashton (soprano)
- Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
- Recorded: 1986
- Ian Tilley (videoscripteditor), James Fitzpatrick (orchestracontractor), Bohumil Kotmel (concertmaster), Steve Lowe (videoscripteditor), Daisy Chute (vocalist), Melanie Nakhla (vocalist), Charlotte Ritchie (vocalist), Laura Wright (vocalist)
- All Angels, City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- Simon Lole
- Recorded: 2007
- Capricorn, Choir of New College Oxford
- Edward Higginbottom
- Recorded: 1999-07
- Recording Venue: The Chapel of New College, Oxford
- Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1984-10-09
- Recording Venue: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
