Classical Vocals

Carus' sixth installment in the complete works of Heinrich Schutz is presented with the guiding principle "historically informed - interpreted today. The Dresdner Kammerchor performs here under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann. Gamba player Hille...

Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, became famous for two reasons: The bloody double murder of his first wife and her lover, and his passionate and erotic view of profane love. The Books of Madrigals chart the strong changes in his style, and contain some...

Capella de la Torre specializes in performing historical music on period instruments. They aim to give listeners an experience of the rich and rare repertoire of medieval and renaissance music. Their name pays homage to Spanish composer Francisco de la...

Brought together by their faith & passion for music The Priests releases an album of spiritual/ church music recorded at the Vatican and Armagh Cathedral in Ireland and was produced by legendary producer Mike Hedges (U2 & Dido) featuring the Vatican...

Bronius Kutavicius' oratorio The Seasons (2005-8) sets texts from a classic Lithuanian poem by 18th c. pastor-poet Kristijonas Donelaitis describing the peasant's life of toil. The Seasons mixes musical modernism and folk-inspired primitivism in an...

Brand new, first time on CD, notable repertoire from Leningrad in the 1970s1. Dmitry Dmitrievich Shostakovich: Ten Poems for Mixed Choir to Words By Revolutionary Poets, Op. 88 (1951) Courage Friends, March on! Words By L. Rodin 2. One of Many. Words By...

Born near Ingolstadt in Bavaria, Simon Mayr spent the greater part of his career in Bergamo, a flourishing cultural and economic centre in the early nineteenth century.1. Chorus: Fair Harmony Awake 2. Recitative: Ah Yes, See, Fortunate People 3. Aria:...

Born in 1946, Vladimir Martynov is one of several composers from the former USSR whose music taps into a vein of perpetual memory and farewell. Literally so in the case of Der Abschied, an eight-movement cycle for small ensemble which stands on the...

Born in 1888, the Russian soprano Oda Slobodskaya won a scholarship for secondary education but, having completed her schooling, to her displeasure, found herself working with her parents in a second hand clothes shop. Despite having no formal musical...

Bob Chilcott has been described by the Observer as 'a contemporary hero of British Choral Music,' and his music is commissioned and sung by choirs throughout the world. His Christmas pieces, a number of which are heard here in premiere recordings, reveal...

Birgit Nilsson. Richard Wagner. It was an operatic marriage made in heaven that lasted for over twenty years and, thanks to recordings, continues to thrill music lovers around the world. She sang her first Wagnerian part in Stockholm. It was Senta in Der...

Benjamin Britten was throughout his life drawn to folk-song, possessing a special gift for wordsetting and vocal writing. This second disc of the complete folk song arrangements focuses on the orchestral versions and the volumes for guitar and harp.1...