classical music: Jonathan Harvey

classical music: Jonathan Harvey

classical music:

Jonathan Harvey

Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh

Research Composer, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, ...

Polygram Records, 1993

An amazing reproduction of 17th century Vespers
Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort and Players have put together an entirely captivating re-creation of a Vespers service, the Catholic office of evening prayer, as it might have been performed at St. Mark's in Venice in the early 17th century. From the sacristy ...

Jonathan Harvey: Wheel of Emptiness

Dirk Noyen, François Deppe, ...

CyprÃ¨s, 2005

Wheel of Emptiness
Those familiar with Harvey's work and background will most likely find this release very gratifying. Superbly recorded and performed by an extraordinary ensemble, Ictus of Brussels. The first piece, `Wheel of Emptiness' is a premiere recording commissioned and ...

Newdance: 18 Dances (1996-97)

Milton Babbitt, William Bland, ...

Bridge, 1998

Makes me want to dance
This music was very good. I listen to a lot of classical guitar but this is much more upbeat. The music makes you want to move, it is hard to sit still. It was not what I was used to but i definatlly enjoyed it.

On Christmas Day: New Carols from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Edward Grint, Thomas Ades, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Latest from the King's College Choir
I am immensely fond of the various Christmas albums put out by the Choir of King's College at the University of Cambridge. They represent the English tradition at its finest. I especially like the variants of the 9 Lessons and Carols in which biblical lessons are ...

Hear My Prayer

Charles Gibbs, Nigel Beavan, ...

Hyperion UK, 1993

Both an excellent performance and an interesting selection
Every now and then, a cathedral chorister appears with a such a refined and musical voice that the director of music says "I'll have to make a CD of this one." One such chorister in the early 1990s was Jeremy Budd, who was particularly fortunate to be in the Choir of ...

Hear My Prayer - Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral
Felix Mendellsohn, Bernard Rose, ...

Musical Heritage Society

1.Felix Mendelsohn - Hear My Prayer ("O for the wings of a dove") 2. Bernard Rose - Feast Song for St. Cecilia 3. Johannes Brahms - Ye now are sorrowful 4. Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51), motet for chorus 5. Jonathan Harvey - Come Holy Ghost, plainsong hymn 6. John Tavener - Wedding Greeting (I will lift up mine ...

English Anthems: King's College Choir, Cambridge; Stephen Cleobury

King's College Choir - Cambridge

EMI Classics, 1993

Glorious!!
An earlier LP from King's in the 70's under the then Conductor Sir David Willcocks touched upon some of these choral'gems'. The present conductor Stephen Cleobury continues this tradition with some of the same and several 20th century anthems. Glorious singing of the ...

Durufle: Requiem
Daniel Collins, Daniel Parkes, ...

Harmonia Mundi, 2008

Jonathan Harvey: Body Mandala; Timepieces; Tranquil Abiding; White as Jasmine; Towards a Pure Land
Yann Ghiro, Jonathan Harvey, ...

Nmc Records, 2008

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series)

Richard Adler, Peter Allen, ...

Sony, 2004

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover
Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a ...

The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey
Robert MacDonald, Walter Alcock, ...

Hyperion UK, 2007

The Feast of St. Edward, King and Confessor at Westminster Abbey
Julian Empitt, Francis Brett, ...

Hyperion UK, 2006

Bach Cantatas, Vol. 6: Köthen/Frankfurt

Jonathan Brown, Peter Harvey, ...

Soli Deo Gloria, 2007

Bravo! BWV 77 Discussed further...
Again, Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists deliver. This particular set is recorded on location in Köthen and Frankfurt corresponding to the cantatas composed for the twelfth and thirteenth Sunday Trinity respectively. Vol. 6 Köthen/Frankfurt ...

Harvey: Piano Trio; Advaya; Dialogue and Song; Etc.

Gabriel Prynn, Jonathan Harvey, ...

Atma Classique, 2003

An uneven collection, but the best is very good
This disc collects six works--two major and four minor--by the English composer Jonathan Harvey (not to be confused with the English playwright of the same name). Harvey is unusual amongst English composers in his Francophile leanings--which have lead him to spent much ...

Jonathan Harvey: Song Offerings; Madonna of Winter and Spring

Jonathan Harvey, George Benjamin, ...

Nimbus Records, 2000

somewhat disappointing, Harvey should write through-composed
Madonna of Winter and Spring was composed in honour of Mary,mother of Jesus. The piece the jacket notes inform portrays the action of her soft,yielding influence of forces which are assertive,brutal and despondent,but her "touch" is felt from time to time. Such deep ...