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Now available: 'A Year at St Edmundsbury' - St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir, Timothy Parsons, Richard Cook. Including four first recordings. CD, download, stream:

The Choir of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Timothy Parsons, Richard Cook - A Year at St Edmundsbury Listen to A Year at St Edmundsbury by The Choir of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Timothy Parsons, Richard Cook.

'I will lift up mine eyes' from the Girl Choristers of The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick now available on CD, download and streaming:

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A new release from the Choir of St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Book here for the launch concert tomorrow evening (Saturday 6 July): https://ow.ly/wykQ50SuBWO

The Cathedral Choir's new CD, A Year at St Edmundsbury, will be available at their concert on Saturday evening and from Monday, in the Cathedral Shop. There are still tickets available for the Summer Concert, which will feature Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs, sung by Vicar Choral Matthew Crowe, alongside additional music featured on the choir CD. Book here: https://ow.ly/wykQ50SuBWO

New releases coming soon!

Released this Friday: 'I will lift up mine eyes' - music for upper voices, sung by the The Girl Choristers of The Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, with Mark Swinton and Colin Millington (organ), directed by Oliver Hancock.

A beautiful collection of some of the most popular anthems for upper voice choirs. Some lesser-known music too, including a wonderful set of four short anthems by Paul Bryan receiving their first recording.

Two recordings (CD only) from the Choir of Wi******er Cathedral, directed by Andrew Lumsden currently on special offer on the Regent site. 'A Year at Wi******er' includes first recordings of two works written for Wi******er by former lay clerk, Donald Sweeney: Litany and Quem quaeritis - the latter work includes a virtuoso cameo performance on one of the Cathedral's great west door knockers by Dr Lumsden himself. 'A Wi******er Remembrance' includes the first recording of Philip Moore's massive work written for the Southern Cathedrals Festival: 'At the round earth’s imagined corners' with Fine Arts Brass.

Lovely first review of Sarah MacDonald's new recording of the Goldberg Variations. '... her interpretation lifted the notation from the score pages and drew me into the work in ways I hadn't anticipated... stylish and elegant, with excellent finger work.' CD, download, stream: https://smarturl.it/SMGV https://shorturl.at/kOhTK

Sarah Macdonald - J S Bach Goldberg Variations Listen to J S Bach Goldberg Variations by Sarah Macdonald.

Today's the day! We are delighted to release Sarah MacDonald's beautiful new recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, recorded in Ely Cathedral on the Cathedral's own recent Steinway D. The Cathedral's luminous and radiant acoustic adds a dimension not usually found in recordings on the piano.

The product of the Covid pandemic motivating Sarah to learn, perform and record this major work, it is accompanied by her written notes on each variation in the form of diarised entries, following her personal journey through the musical, medical, professional, and social challenges that occurred over time, as the lives of us all adapted in response to Covid 19. The entries are personal, self-effacing, and include a healthy dose of humour, illustrated with examples of her talent as a keen amateur photographer.

The booklet can be read or downloaded here: https://shorturl.at/03QnL

Get the recording (CD, download, stream) here: https://smarturl.it/SMGV

Sarah Macdonald - J S Bach Goldberg Variations Listen to J S Bach Goldberg Variations by Sarah Macdonald.

Coming soon! Sarah MacDonald (piano) plays the Goldberg Variations, recorded in Ely Cathedral.

Release date: 24 May 2024 2 CD set, Download, Stream.

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Lovely review of 'A Year at Newcastle' in the latest edition of BBC Music magazine, out today. Congratulations to Ian Roberts, Kris Thomsett, and the Choir of Newcastle Cathedral!

CD, stream, download: https://tinyurl.com/57tymp7n

Released today: 'A Year at Newcastle' - the first recording of the re-vitalised Newcastle Cathedral Choir under their Director, Ian Roberts, who was appointed in 2016, and has taken the choir to new heights.

Includes a number of first recordings. ‘Three Grace Anthems’ by Alan Gray (1885–1935). Recently rediscovered and newly-edited by a member of the choir, Matthew McCullough, each of the pieces is an absolute gem of a capella choral writing.

'Ubi caritas', by the Cathedral's Assistant Director of Music and organist for this recording, Kris Thomsett, is a radiant, multi-part setting, destined to enter the standard cathedral repertoire for Maundy Thursday.

William Drakett’s Evening Canticles from ‘The Wells Service’ were written for Matthew Owens and the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars of Wells Cathedral Choir. Taking plainsong tones as a starting point, Drakett writes masterfully and sympathetically, exploiting the luminous and resonant qualities of the choir’s lower voices.

CD, download, streaming (currently exc Spotify): https://smarturl.it/AYAN

The first of our two new releases for February 2024: 'Like to a flower' - the second album devoted to the beautiful sacred choral music of Annabel Rooney - The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge, directed by David Rowland.

These beautiful and approachable settings of traditional texts bring a fresh and original voice to the growing repertoire of sacred choral music by female composers. Features music for Evensong, anthems and motets for all the seasons of the church’s year, together with a Mass for upper voices.

Annabel's music has been performed by many choirs in the UK and overseas, including Exeter and Ely Cathedrals, Bath Abbey, York Minster, the Chapel Royal, and King’s Voices and broadcast on Choral Evensong on Radio 3. Her music is published by Selah, and Oxford University Press, notably in the ‘Breath of Song’ anthology of music by women composers.

Reviews of the first volume of Annabel Rooney's music ‘As a seed bursts forth’ (REGCD525): ' I want to hear more of Annabel Rooney’s compositions.’ American Record Guide, September 2019; ‘... these committed performances left me wanting to look out for more from Annabel Rooney.’ Organists’ Review, September 2019

Released Friday 9 February: REGCD570 - CD, download stream: https://smarturl.it/LTAF

'Blazing magnificence. No one plays this sort of repertoire better than Trotter... this expertly recorded recital is a fitting tribute to Britain’s greatest living organist.' Gramophone, January 2024.

Released today: the second of our new Christmas releases: Bath Baroque Christmas - The Choir of Bath Abbey, Réjouissance, conducted by Huw Williams. Music for Advent through to Midnight Mass from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Many of the tracks accompanied by the excellent period-instrument ensemble, Réjouissance, led by Simon Jones. A Christmas disc unlike any other! CD, download, streaming (currently exc Spotify): https://smarturl.it/BBC

The first of our new Christmas releases is now available: 'Sweet was the Song' – Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Carleton Etherington organ, Simon Bell director – featuring many first recordings of new music from the 21st century.

Every year since 2006, Dean Close Schools have commissioned a new Christmas carol. On this album, nine of these commissioned works are featured, with first recordings of works by Alexander L’Estrange, Owain Park, Kerensa Briggs, Ben Ponniah, Malcolm Archer, Carleton Etherington, and Neil Cox, together with ten other contemporary choral and organ works.

CD, download, streaming: https://smarturl.it/SWTS

Today (Monday) at 1.00pm at Town Hall. Continuing to celebrate 40 years as Birmingham City Organist, Thomas Trotter's lunchtime recital features a number of works from his new release 'A Celebration':

Lunchtime Organ Concert with Thomas Trotter | B:Music Birmingham City Organist since 1983, Thomas Trotter is one of the world’s top-ranking virtuoso organists and was awarded the 2020 Queen’s Medal for Music.

Lovely review of 'A Year at Llandaff' in yesterday's Yorkshire Times: '...a wonderful recording.'

Yorkshire Times

"...this one stands out for creating an atmospheric experience, spotlighting a versatile and talented composer..."

Lovely first review of our new album 'Love Illuminates' - choral music by Joanna Gill, from the The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, directed by Sarah MacDonald:

Yorkshire Times

Recording works by Bryan Kelly earlier in the week at West Road Concert Hall with The Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Sarah MacDonald. Further pieces for upper voices and organ recorded in Selwyn College Chapel afterwards. Brilliant engineering from Myles Eastwood Eastwood Records.

A beautiful new recording from the Choir of Llandaff Cathedral: 'A Year at Llandaff' - directed by Stephen Moore, with Aaron Shilson, organ. Available from the cathedral from tomorrow and on wider release from early August.

Our new CD has arrived!!

‘A Year at Llandaff’ (produced by Regent Records) will be launching after the Eucharist this coming Sunday (9 July) and will be on sale at the cathedral!

Congratulations to composer Joanna Gill who has been commissioned to write 'A Song of Thanksgiving and Dedication' - a tribute to Her Majesty the Queen - to be premiered at the Honours of Scotland national service at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, next Wednesday, and broadcast live on BBC1 at 2.15pm!

University music to welcome King Charles III to Scotland | News | The University of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen music will be showcased as Scotland marks the official welcome of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a special ceremony on Wednesday 5 July.

Our new release of choral music by Joanna Gill 'Love Illuminates', with the Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, directed by Sarah MacDonald is being featured during Richard Allinson’s Drive time show from 4pm tomorrow - Friday - on Scala Radio.