Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
The Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, is one of Britain's most active and versatile collegiate choral groups. The choir performs often, tours widely, and has recorded a large catalog of albums. It has also spawned successful offshoots: the Gonville Girls, the Caius Men (both featuring a cappella pop and jazz vocal arrangements), and the small vocal-instrumental Caius Consort. Comprising 24 singers (young adults, mixed genders) and two organists, the Choir of Gonville and Caius College traces its origins to the late 19th century, when the composer Henry Wood was its first director -- or, to use the choir's own terminology, Precentor. The current Precentor is Geoffrey Webber, a musicologist specializing in Dietrich Buxtehude and one of the figures responsible for enlarging the choir's repertory far beyond the usual a cappella Renaissance choral music and Romantic and contemporary compositions of similar texture. A glance at the choir's recordings reveals composers as diverse as Joseph Rheinberger, Leonardo Leo, and Judith Weir, as well as plainchant and collections of choral music from Switzerland and Brazil. The choir sings five times a week, including at three chapel services and at six annual College Feasts, at Gonville and Caius College. They mount tours of Britain and beyond several times a year, and have performed as far afield as Bogotá, Colombia and Hong Kong. Their recordings and performances have both explored forgotten repertories from the musical past and championed contemporary composers such as Weir, Robin Holloway, and Cheryl Frances-Hoad. The choir began recording for the ASV label in 1995 with the rare Puccini Requiem mass and Janáček's Mass in E flat major. The group has also recorded extensively for the Delphian label, releasing up to three albums annually in the 2010s. The Choir of Gonville and Caius College issued an album of choral music by Julian Anderson on Delphian in 2018.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Cantique De Noël: French Music for Christmas from Berlioz To Debussy
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Oct. 19, 2018
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Supersize Polyphony
Armonico Consort, Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Signum Records on May 24, 2019
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Missa sopra Ecco Sì Beato Giorno: Gloria
Armonico Consort, Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Mar. 15, 2019
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Dormi Jesu: A Caius Christmas
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Sep. 15, 2014
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Judith Weir: Choral Music
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Aug. 22, 2011
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Puccini: Requiem / Janacek: Mass in E flat
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on Jan. 1, 1995
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Rodion Shchedrin: The Sealed Angel
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Choir of King's College London, Clare Wills
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Mar. 30, 2009
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Haec Dies: Byrd & The Tudor Revival
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Jul. 2, 2012
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Romaria: Choral Music from Brazil
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Delphian Records on May 4, 2015
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The Anthems of Charles Wood, Vol. 2
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Priory Records on Jan. 16, 2002
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Wesley: Sacred Choral Music
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on Apr. 1, 1996
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The Anthems of Charles Wood, Vol. 1
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Timothy Uglow, Gavin Roberts, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Priory Records on Jan. 12, 2000
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Deutsche Motette
Choir of King's College London, Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Jul. 1, 2013
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Child: Sacred Choral Music
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on Jan. 1, 1998
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Into This World This Day Did Come
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Oct. 19, 2009
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Ave Generosa
Armonico Consort, Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Signum Records on Feb. 1, 2019
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British Church Composers, Vol. 1: John Sanders
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Thomas Hewitt Jones, Francesca Massey, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Priory Records on Jan. 10, 2004
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Julian Anderson: Choral Music
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Jul. 20, 2018
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Michael Wise: Sacred Choral Music
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on May 26, 2008
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William Turner: Sacred Choral Works
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
Classical - Released by Delphian Records on Jun. 18, 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo