Roderick Williams with choral gems for Sunday afternoon.
Roderick presents his selection of music for many voices including favourite choral classics, new discoveries and music to delight and intrigue.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Vedi, le fosche notturne (Il Trovatore)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.- DG.
- 413 448 2.
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Anton Bruckner
Locus iste
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Performer: Collegium Vocale Gent. Performer: La Chapelle Royale.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMC-901322.
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Christopher Monks & Armonico Consort
Wraggle Taggle Gipsies, O! (arr. Webber)
- Signum.
- SIGCD447.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Regina coeli in C major, K276
Conductor: Philip Simms. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Tallis Chamber Choir.- Novalis.
- 1500642.
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Bohuslav Martinů
Our Lady's Breakfast
Conductor: Marcus Creed. Performer: Vokal Ensemblet.- OUR Recordings.
- 6220671.
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Benjamin Britten
Sound the Flute (Spring Symphony)
Conductor: Richard Hickox. Performer: London Symphony Chorus. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Southend Boys’ Choir.- CHANDOS.
- CHAN-8855.
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Eric Whitacre
Seal Lullaby
Conductor: Eric Whitacre (1970). Performer: Christopher Glynn. Performer: Eric Whitacre Singers.- DECCA.
- DECCA-2743209.
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Osvaldo Golijov
The Annointment; Why? (St. Mark Passion)
Conductor: Roberto Spano. Performer: Biella Da Costa. Performer: Reynaldo González Fernández. Performer: Members of the Simón BolÃvar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Performer: Orquesta La Pasión. Performer: Schola Cantorum de Venezuela.- DG.
- 00289 4777461.
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Edvard Grieg
Ved Rondane (12 Songs, Op.33)
Conductor: Grete Pedersen. Performer: Norwegian Soloists Choir.- BIS.
- sacd-1661.
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Edward Elgar
The Challenge of Thor (The Saga of King Olaf)
Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus.- Chandos.
- chsa5149.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Pulchra es, amica mea
Performer: The Sixteen.- Coro.
- CoroCOR16091.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea
Conductor: Harry Christophers. Performer: The Sixteen.- Coro.
- CoroCOR16091.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Kyrie (Mass in A major, BWV 234)
Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Performer: Japan Bach Collegium.- BIS.
- BIS-2121.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Antiphon (5 Mystical Songs)
Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Performer: Soloists of The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: London Philharmonic Choir.- Chandos.
- CHAN8590.
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- Sun 20 May 2018 16:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3
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