classical music: The Stephen Hill Singers

classical music: The Stephen Hill Singers

classical music:

The Stephen Hill S...

Michael Chance, The BBC Singers

Etcetera, 2000

Fall and Resurrection
I have never owned a movie of Tavener but I think this is a great start.The movie has captured Taveners spirituality and some times it seems like you can almost paint a picture of his "IKONS" using only the music and his ears.I really recommend this video for anyone ...

Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore (The Elixir of Love) / Pido, Alagna, Gheorghiu, Opera National de Lyon

Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Scaltriti

Decca, 2002

This elixir works
I have two other Elixir DVDs (Pavrotti twice, paired once with Kathleen Battle and once with Judith Blegen). They're all good, but this is my favorite. Alagna and Gheorghiu can both act as well as sing, and they work well together (they are, after all, married). ...

1000 Years of Sacred Music
Olaf Bär, Peter Harvey, ...

Angel Records, 2003

Abide With Me: 50 Favorite Hymns

Hervey Alan, Anonymous, ...

Decca Import, 1996

Inspirational!
Majestic hymns sung with British accents. A great combination! I haven't noticed any objectionable sounds on my copy.

Chanson D'Amour

King's Singers, Juan de Anchieta, ...

RCA, 1993

You must buy this!
There's not much I can say about this album. It's perfect. Completely a cappella, it shows off everything that make the King's Singers one of the world's most masterful vocal ensembles. My two personal favorite tracks are "She's Like the Swallow" and "If Music Be ...

Tavener: Fall and Resurrection

Michael Chance, The BBC Singers

Opus Arte, 2005

a voice teacher and early music fan
TANTALIZING TAVENER!!!!! 'Fall and Resurrection' tries to encompass, in brief glimpses, the events which have taken place since the beginning of time, and before time. Therefore, if the listener does not approach this from a viewpoint that this is 'program music' ...

The Glory of Purcell

Stephen Roberts [baritone], Christophe Coin, ...

Polygram Records, 1995

A Purcell Sampler, or a Greatest Hits disk, if you prefer.
This is a compilation disk of Greatest Hits, as it were, of Henry Purcell recorded by various artists from 1953 (the Alfred Deller track) through the 1970s through 1994. The point of the disk was part of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the much to early ...

Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale

Michael George, Benjamin Britten, ...

Hyperion UK, 1995

Heavenly, introspective, definitely the most soulful songs!
This collection of English and Scottish folk songs moved me to tears and made me experience a plethora of emotions over and over again. The beautiful melodies flowing from this CD conjure up melacholy, joy, sadness and wonder. They crystalise the most common human ...