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In stock now. The first recording of the only surviving work written by an orphan of the Ospedale della Pietà. Agata’s Cantata shares the stage with Allegri’s famous Miserere, and other Italian masterworks: Palestrina – Tu es Petrus and Missa Aeterna Christi munera – and Allegri – Christus resurgens. …more/less
Director: Douglas Lawrence Recording: Martin Wright, Move Records MCD 660 2019–2024
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Gordon Kerry opens this CD with a setting of William Shakespeare’s 33rd Sonnet. Shakespeare describes how the morning light performs a ‘heavenly alchemy’ on the landscape. Works by seven other Australian composers follow, each of them conjuring their own alchemy. The voices of individual singers are like base metals, which, given the right circumstances, undergo a seemingly magical transformation into a choral sound of pure gold. …more/less
1 Alchemy Gordon Kerry 2 Kondalilla Stephen Leek 3 Power in Stillness Christine McCombe 4 A Lexicon of Dreams Christine McCombe 5–6 Fern Hill Luke Speedy-Hutton 7 Earth, from Gagudju Man Tom Henry 8 Sacred, from Gagudju Man Tom Henry 9 Return to Earth, from Gagudju Man Tom Henry 10 I had a dream Brenton Broadstock 11 Unspoken Luke Hutton 12 Time Passages Alan Holley 13 A Traveller, from English Eccentrics Malcolm Williamson 14 The Quacks, from English Eccentrics Malcolm Williamson
Director: Douglas Lawrence Recording: Martin Wright, Move Records MCD 660 2015–2024
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Appropriate for all-year-round listening, this will make a perfect Christmas gift. In Europe through the centuries, Christmas has been marked with vibrant and joyous music making. Serious composers have competed to write music with maximum popular appeal for adults and children alike. This is a historical “pick of the pops” from the late 1400s to the end of the Baroque period, recorded live in concert. …more/less
1 Ave Maria: Josquin 2 Gloria Missa Pange Lingua: Josquin 3 O Magnum Mysterium: Victoria 4 O Magnum Mysterium: Gabrieli 5 Resonet in Laudibus: Eccard 6Hodie Christus natus est: Sweelinck (click to watch) 7 Vom himmel hoch: Luther 8 In dulci jubilo: Scheidt 9 Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen: Praetorius 10 Singt und klingt: Praetorius 11 Ein Kind geborn: Praetorius/Gesius 12Hallelujah: Hammerschmidt (click to watch) 13 O Jesulein Süß: Bach (Elspeth Bawden) 14 Pastorale: Bach (Elizabeth Anderson) 15 Lobet den Herrn: Bach 16 In dulci jubilo: Bach/Walter
17 The Angel Gabriel: Basque Carol, arranged Willcocks“There are riches to be found in obscure corners of the choral canon. The Australian Chamber Choir’s A Baroque Christmas offered a program almost entirely drawn from these lesser-known seasonal works, championing a sublime repertoire that is all too often neglected” – Maxim Boon, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2018
Director: Douglas Lawrence Organ: Elizabeth Anderson Recording: Move Records, 2020
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Motets by JS Bach’s uncles Johann Michael and Johann Christoph give an insight into the influences that shaped JS Bach’s genius. These two works provide a lively contrast with two Motets and a Cantata by JS Bach. …more/less
1 Das Blut Jesu Christi: Johann Michael Bach 2–12 Motet for five-part mixed choir Jesu meine Freude (BWV 227) Johann Sebastian Bach 13–15 Motet for two four-part mixed choirs: Singet dem Herren ein neues Lied (BWV 225) JS Bach 16Lieber herr Gott, wecke uns auf: Johann Christoph Bach 17–24 Cantata for Easter Sunday Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4) JS Bach
Director: Douglas Lawrence Recording: Move Records, 2011,2012
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The Australian Chamber Choir’s first CD, recorded in 2010 and 2011, covers the choir’s wide-ranging repertoire, from the Renaissance to the present day, with works from Germany (Bach, Schütz), England (Byrd, Bennet, Britten), Italy (di Lasso, Gastoldi, Gesualdo, Monteverdi) and Australia (Thomas Kristof, Philip Nunn and Steven Hodgson). …more/less
1 Selig sind die Toten: Heinrich Schütz 2 Ave verum corpus: William Byrd 3 Exultate justi: Ludovico Viadana 4 O vos omnes: Carlo Gesualdo 5 Beatus vir: Claudio Monteverdi 6 A Boy was Born: Benjamin Britten 7 Hymn to the Virgin: Benjamin Britten 8 In dulci jubilo: Johann Sebastian Bach 9 O magnum mysterium: Thomas Kristof 10 By-by Lullaby: Steven Hodgson 11 I heard the owl call my name: Philip Nunn 12 Vedi l’Aurora: Orlando di Lasso 13 Caccia d’Amore: Giovanni Giaccomo Gastoldi 14 Weep, o Mine Eyes: John Bennet 15 Matona mia Cara: Orlando di Lasso
Director: Douglas Lawrence Recording: Martin Wright, Move Records 9 May 2011
Tracks 1, 2, 5-10 and 14 licensed courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2010
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