Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
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Schütz: The Christmas Story, Etc / Oxford Camerata
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American Record Guide (11-12/97, p.194) - "...Among the soloists, tenor Paul Agnew and soprano Anna Crookes are excellent in every way....Summerly has a wonderful feel for Schütz, his Oxford group is very fine, and the music is wonderful."
Fauré: Requiem, Etc / Summerly, Beckley, Gedge, Et Al
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The appearance of Faur�'s Requiem in the 1880s, a decade during which the composer's most successful compositions were songs and piano pieces, can on I y be explained by the fine choral music which preceded it. The Messe basse represents Faur� at his most practical. Written in conjunction with the French composer and organist Andr� Messager (also at one time assistant to Widor at St Sulpice) during a holiday in Normandy in 1881, the Messe basse was composed for the modest forces of a local church. A setting of the motet O salutaris hostia and the Kyrie were Messager's contribution; the remaining movements of the Ordinary, without the Credo, were set by Faur�. When revising the score in 1906 Faur� adapted the violin and harmonium accompaniment for organ, at the same time excising the Gloria and replacing Messager's Kyrie with one of his own. The final version of the Messe basse is one of the few existing settings of the mass for female voices and organ. The youthful Cantique de Jean Racine dates from 1865 when Faur� was studying with Saint-Sa�ns at the Ecole Niedermeyer in Paris. The Cantique earned Faur� a premier prix in composition and is a testament to the young composer's melodic genius and to his penchant for rich textures. This recording is an attempt to move Faur�'s liturgical music from the concert hall to the church. In particular, the reconstruction of nineteenth-century French ecclesiastical pronunciation and the restoration of Faur�'s preferred phrasing are just two of the most useful elements in the search for the composer's intentions. To those familiar with the more expansive versions of Faur�'s Requiem there will inevitably be unfamiliar textures in this performance. However, few of Faur�'s romantic gestures are lost in the chamber version, and moreover, the reserved translucence of the instrumentation emphasizes the fact that the Requiem -and indeed all the choral music recorded here - was originally designed for liturgical performance.
Early Music - Heavenly Revelations - Hildegard Von Bingen
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Apr 27, 1995
Hildegard Von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
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Apr 29, 1992
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Obrecht: Missa Caput, Etc / Summerly, Et Al
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Jan 07, 1998
Classical Music
Dufay: Missa L'homme Armé, Etc / Summerly, Oxford Camerata
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Apr 07, 1995
DUFAY: Missa L' homme arme
Cardoso: Requiem Masses
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Feb 10, 1993
LOBO, D. / CARDOSO: Portuguese Requiem Masses
Early Music - Josquin: Missa L'homme Armé, Etc / Summerly
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Josquin: Missa L'Homme Arme / Ave Maria / Absalon, Fili Mi
Weelkes: Anthems / Summerly, Oxford Camerata
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Jan 12, 1996
WEELKES: Anthems
Tomkins: Choral And Organ Music / Summerly, Cummings, Et Al
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Nov 01, 1999
Classical Music
Schütz: Psalmen Davids / Summerly, Cummings, Oxford Camerata
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Jul 12, 1996
SCHUTZ: Psalmen Davids
Renaissance Masterpieces / Summerly, Oxford Camerata
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May 27, 1994
RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECES
Purcell: Full Anthems & Organ Music, Etc / Oxford Camerata
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Feb 13, 1995
PURCELL: Full Anthems / Music on the Death of Queen Mary
An Introduction To Early Music - Hildegard Of Bingen, Et Al
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Aug 28, 1995
Introduction to Early Music (An)
