Recent CD Recordings
Following successful recordings for the Naxos and Signum labels, the choir now records exclusively for Hyperion Records. The first Hyperion release, Hail Queen of Heaven, features the contemporary Latvian composer Rihards Dubra. Time is Endless, samples the music of Lithuanian composer Vytautas Miškinis, and March 2012 will see the release of Endless Border, a new disc featuring the music of Swedish composer, Bo Hansson. Future projects include a disc of Peter Philips double choir motets with the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble in January 2012, and music by Estonian and Latvian composers with the Britten Sinfonia in June.
All the CDs listed here are available for purchase directly from the choir with secure payment via PayPal. All sales support the work of the choir.
Alternatively, individual tracks from Hyperion recordings can be purchased on the Hyperion Records website.
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Vytautas Miškinis: Time is Endless (2010)
Time is endless, released in November 2010, features music from Lithuanian composer Vytautas Miškinis. His music, while bearing identifiable Lithuanian roots, is a synthesis of different influences carefully shaped and moulded with an experienced understanding of choral orchestration. The overall effect Hyperion describe as "luscious, radiant and exotic".
"Rupert Gough has wrought wonders with his Egham choristers... such compelling and committed singing, this benchmark recording has whetted my appetite for much more. Enjoy!"
Editor's Choice - Gramophone, Dec 2010
This CD is available at £13.50 (inc. P&P)
Rihards Dubra: Hail, Queen of Heaven
This recording represents a selection of pieces by Latvian composer Rihards Dubra, from early experimentation to fully formed style - a style that fuses minimalism and neo-romantic melodies with the inflections and philosophy of Gregorian, Medieval and Renaissance music.
"Royal Holloway's fabulous choristers and their inspired conductor convey the purity and spiritual fervour of Dubra's ear-catching output."
Classic FM Magazine, Dec 2009
This CD is available at £13.00 (inc. P&P)
Carson Cooman: The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky) (2009)
The Revelations of Divine Love (Metaphors from Sea and Sky), a new oratorio by young American composer Carson Cooman, was commissioned for the Choir of Royal Holloway. The oratorio sets texts of the early English mystic Julian of Norwich.
This is a live concert recording of the US premiere given in Harvard with the Buttrick Sinfonia. This is a US release and can only be purchased outside of the US directly from The Choir of Royal Holloway via this website.
This CD is available at £13.00 (inc. P&P)
Carson Cooman: Sacred Choral Music (2008)
Young American Carson Cooman is a prolific composer. His music is more harmonically advanced than his fellow countrymen Lauridsen and Whitacre, yet his music remains immediately accessible to the listener, and begs repeated listening.
This CD is available at £7.00 (inc. P&P)
O Sacrum Convivium (2008)
Rupert Gough's first recording with Royal Holloway Choir, the 'sacred banquet' of music spans the 16th to 21st centuries. It includes Arvo Pärt’s Magnificat, Holst's Nunc Dimittis, and pieces by Byrd, Bruckner, Stanford and Weelkes. The title track is Gabriel Jackson's setting of O sacrum convivium.
"careful and accurate... they blend perfectly, they shade sensitively, they appear to work with like mind towards an agreed ideal of choral sound.
What more can one ask for?"
Gramophone, May 2008
"The mixed choir of Royal Holloway College makes a truly fabulous sound under the direction of Rupert Gough. The title track... is a serene vehicle for these beautifully pure voices."
The Times, March 2008
This CD is available at £12.00 (inc. P&P)
Grands Jeux (2007)
This is the first full CD recording of the Chapel's 3-manual Harrison and Harrison organ, by the College Organist, Rupert Gough. The repertoire has been carefully chosen to suit the French-inspired characteristics of this remarkable instrument. The CD includes Suite Brève by Jean Langlais, Quatre pièces sur des cantiques Bretons by Jean-Dominique Pasquet and ten lively Provencal Noëls written in a neo-baroque style by Guy Morançon.
This CD is available at £9.00 (inc. P&P)
