Classical Vocals

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing.1. Cantata No. 51, 'Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen,' BWV 51 (BC A134): 1. [Aria] (Soprano). Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen! 2. Cantata No. 51, 'Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen,' BWV 51 (BC A134): 2. Recitativo (Soprano). Wir Beten...

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing.1. Cantata No. 146, 'Wir M?ssen Durch Viel Tr?bsal,' BWV 146 (BC A70): 1. [Sinfonia] 2. Cantata No. 146, 'Wir M?ssen Durch Viel Tr?bsal,' BWV 146 (BC A70): 2. [Chorus]. Wir M?ssen Durch Viel Tr?bsal in Das Reich Gottes Ei 3...

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing.1. Cantata No. 111, 'Was Mein Gott Will, Das G'scheh Allzeit,' BWV 111 (BC A36): 1. [Chorus]. Was Mein Gott Will, Das G'scheh Allzeit 2. Cantata No. 111, 'Was Mein Gott Will, Das G'scheh Allzeit,' BWV 111 (BC A36): 2. Aria...

Following on the success of their 2011 release Nordic Sounds, Peter Dijkstra and the Swedish Radio Choir return with a second volume of music in the series, this time focusing on the use of traditional Swedish folk songs in contemporary choral music. The...

Conceived as homage from the Norwegian Soloists' Choir to the man who founded it in 1950 and remained it's leader for 40 years, Knut Nystedt who passed away in December 2014, at the age of 99. Alongside the two Bach motets here featuring the choir along...

Composed between 2010 and 2014, as commissions from orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony, the works recorded here testify to the widespread international interest in the music of the Swedish...

Bent S?rensen's work Sounds Like You, with text by playwright Peter Asmussen, is a coupling of music and theatre, of orchestral work and drama, or in the composer's own words: a theatrical play that has become an orchestral work and vice versa. The piece...

An enthralling journey through the cultured popular music of the 1920s, featuring music by such young lions as Weill, Gershwin, and Britten, representatives of the innovative attempt to connect classical music and popular song. The program features bold...

Although two of the works on this disc were composed for weddings, they are completely different in character. Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten is a charming and gracious garland of recitatives and arias for soprano solo in which Spring, Flora, Apollo and...

After it's 'undeniably beautiful' (The Financial Times) Linn debut and it's 'excellently performed' (Fanfare) follow up, Cappella Nova releases a third volume of choral works by the leading contemporary composer, James MacMillan. Of the eight works...

2013 marks the centenary of the birth of composer Benjamin Britten, and this fascinating collection from Channel Classics features a selection of works that demonstrate perfectly his brilliant manner of writing for string orchestra, unique treatment of...

? The first release of 2015 from the Choir of King's College, Cambridge presents the choir singing anthems based on hymn tunes from the Anglican choral tradition. ? English Hymn Anthems continues the choir's active commitment to expanding the popular...