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ID: RES10152
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York & John Scott (conductor)
One of the world’s leading liturgical choirs, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys of Fifth Avenue, New York, with their renowned director John Scott, begin a major new collaboration with Resonus Classics with this new and exciting recording of Motets by J.S. Bach.
Representing a vital cornerstone of Baroque choral repertoire these seven Motets are often emotive, joyous, intensely virtuosic, and are some of the most accomplished and sublime of Bach’s many musical achievements. |
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ID: RES10157
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Sara Cutler (harp) & John Scott (conductor)
Sent to press just days before his untimely death in August 2015, John Scott's last recording is Dancing Day, a programme of works for Christmas, made with his beloved Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys of Fifth Avenue, New York.
Recorded in the home of the choir in Manhattan, the recording is centred around two works for treble voices and harp performed annually by the boys of the choir under John's direction - Benjamin Britten's inimitable A Ceremony of Carols and John Rutter's companion piece Dancing Day.
Completing a compelling disc that features medieval texts and themes are further works for treble voices - Britten's A New Year Carol and Patrick Hadley's I sing of a maiden. The boys are joined by the men of the choir for works by Matthew Martin, Philip Ledger and William Mathias. Also included is John's own arrangement of the simple traditional Dutch carol King Jesus hath a garden, penned whilst organ scholar of St John's College, Cambridge.
'The abiding impression is one intimacy, innocence and wonder [...] T |
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ID: RES10174
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Requiem
Subcollection: Choir
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York; Orchestra of St Luke's; John Scott (conductor)
Continuing their ongoing series with Resonus Classics, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release a compelling and powerful recording of choral works by French composer Gabriel Fauré, including his iconic Op. 48 Requiem.
Featuring the version accompanied by chamber orchestra and organ, the choir and Scott are joined for Fauré’s best-known work by the excellent New York-based Orchestra of St Luke’s.
Also featured on this recording are a selection of shorter works including the celebrated Cantique de Jean Racine and the striking Messe Basse for upper voices. |
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ID: RES10184
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York; Concert Royal; John Scott (conductor & solo organ)
Continuing their ongoing series with Resonus, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release this compelling programme of choral works by Henry Purcell, which also features the acclaimed period instrument ensemble Concert Royal.
This collection of sacred works by Henry Purcell features some of the composer’s best-known choral works framed by the large scale works O sing unto the Lord, Z44 and the Te Deum in D major, Z232. Completing this collection is the organ Voluntary in G major, Z720, in a striking performance by John Scott. |
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ID: RES10187
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection: Choral Collection
Subcollection: Choir
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys and John Scott
Meg Bragle (mezzo), Frederick Teardo (organ), Anna Reinersman (harp), Maya Gunji (percussion)
Continuing their ongoing series with Resonus, the Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York and conductor John Scott release an album of celebrated as well as more recent American choral music.
Featuring music from the last seven decades, this engrossing recording celebrates the very best of American choral works with music from Leonard Bernstein, Randall Thompson, Aaron Copland, Nico Muhly, Samuel Barber, Daniel Castellanos, Ned Rorem, and former Saint Thomas music director Gerre Hancock. |
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