Choir of New College Oxford
The New College Choir, Oxford, also known as the Choir of New College, Oxford, is one of England's most venerable and venerated ensembles, with an unbroken tradition dating back to the late 14th century. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the choir has become internationally prominent, with wide-ranging tours and a large catalog of recordings.
Oxford's New College, which has had that name for more than 600 years, was founded in 1379 and has featured choral singing in its splendid New College Chapel ever since the building was constructed -- shortly after the College was established. The number of boy choristers has remained constant at 16; the boys receive top-flight educations at the New College School and develop unusually deep musical skills, including the ability to sight-sing from Renaissance partbooks. The choir's primary function, since the beginning, has been to sing for choral Evensong daily and in other liturgical services during Oxford's school term. In addition to the boy choristers, there are 14 adult clerks, eight of whom have lately been Oxford undergraduates ("academical clerks"), while the other six are professional singers known as lay clerks or singers from the town. This basic configuration dates back to the 1380s and set the pattern for other collegiate choirs across England. A number of the most famous figures in British music have passed through the choir either as boys or as adult clerks; these include countertenor James Bowman, tenor James Gilchrist, and conductor Jeremy Summerly. An early CD-era recording by the group was William Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae (1589), which appeared on the CRD label in 1983.
Records of the College's directors of music stretch back to 1597. Prominent directors in the choir's modern life have been David Lumsden (1958-1976), who inaugurated the choir's touring activities, and Edward Higginbottom (1976-2014), who brought the choristers to new musical levels and built a strong recording program. The choir's current director of music is Robert Quinney, who also serves as organist; he is assisted by singing teacher Bronwen Mills. The New College Choir, Oxford, has toured extensively through Europe, North and South America, and Australia, as well as across Britain. Its catalog of recordings now numbers well over 100 items, which have appeared on a wide variety of labels, including, notably through the 2010s, Novum. The choir moved to Linn Records in 2020 for the collection John Sheppard: Media Vita. After a pandemic recording hiatus (the group did make video recordings, the New College Choir, Oxford, returned in 2023 on Linn with the album New College: Commissions & Premieres.
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Motets en espace
Maîtrise Nationale de Versailles, Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom, Gary Cooper, Michel-Marc Gervais
Classique - Paru chez Phaia Music le 28 oct. 2016
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Handel: Deborah
Choir of New College Oxford, The King'S Consort, Robert King
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 nov. 1993
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Fauré & Duruflé Requiems
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 1997
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Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae(1591)
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 1994
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Cantiones Sacrae (1575)
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 6 juin 2007
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Purcell: Verse Anthems
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 2000
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Taverner, Tallis: The Western Wind Mass, Mater Christi, Votive Antiphons, Motets and Responds
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 2002
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Howells: Choral Music
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 1991
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Sancte Deus
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez Warner Classics International le 11 août 2000
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For Unto Us a Child is Born
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 déc. 1989
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de Monte: Mass Si Ambulavero & Motets
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 2003
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The Georgian Anthem
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 2006
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The Gate of Heaven: Favorite Anthems from New College
Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney, Timothy Wakerell, Unknown Artist
Classique - Paru chez Novum le 5 mai 2017
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Select Anthems
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 janv. 1994
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Handel: Music for Royal Occasions
The King'S Consort, Robert King, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 10 févr. 1989
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Thomas Tomkins: The Third Service, Anthems and Voluntaries
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 1 juil. 1999
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Locke: Anthems, Motets & Ceremonial Music (English Orpheus 3)
The Parley Of Instruments, Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 21 août 1991
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Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, Vol. 15
Choir of New College Oxford, Christopher Glynn, Edward Higginbottom
Classique - Paru chez Priory Records le 12 déc. 1996
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Howells: Choral And Organ Music
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez CRD Records le 15 mai 2007
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Claude Le Jeune: Missa Ad placitum, Benedicite & Magnificat
Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 mai 1991
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Cantiones Sacrae
Classique - Paru chez Blue Pie Records USA le 1 janv. 1983
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