Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
The Clare College Choir, Cambridge, lacks the centuries-long tradition of other British university choirs. Despite this, the choir has been an unusually reliable producer of figures that have gone on to influential careers in the British choral scene.
Choral singing at Clare College, Cambridge, dates to 1866 when a choir was formed of undergraduates singing the lower lines of music, joined by boys recruited from local schools for the treble line. The arrangement with the boy singers came to an end in 1966, and for several years, the choir struggled without singers for the top line. The current Clare College Choir, with mixed-voice undergraduate singers, was founded in 1971 by music fellow Peter Dennison. He was succeeded by John Rutter in 1975. Rutter departed in 1979 to devote more time to composition, but the choir has continued to perform his music frequently. Rutter was replaced by Timothy Brown, who remained music director until 2010; the present music director is Graham Ross. The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, consists of 25 to 30 members, mostly College undergraduates, but also includes community volunteers. Many are choral scholars, singers who are given voice scholarships and are required to perform in the choir for regular Evensong and Compline services as well as special holiday concerts. Two organ scholars take part in directing the choir as well. In addition to Rutter, the Clare College Choir has spawned a variety of other influential musical figures, including conductors Roger Norrington and Ivor Bolton, and harpsichordist Richard Egarr. The choir tours annually or more than once per year, mostly in Europe and the U.S., but also in East Asia.
The Clare College Choir, Cambridge, has a large discography. The group has attracted external labels, some of them major, rather than issuing music on an in-house imprint. Since a 2006 recording of Handel's Messiah, HWV 56, the choir has often recorded for Harmonia Mundi. The choir's repertory is large, mostly focused on contemporary British choral music but also extending to many other repertories. In 2020, the group released an album of music by Arvo Pärt, Peteris Vasks, and James Macmillan with the Dmitri Ensemble on Harmonia Mundi.
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Ice Land: The Eternal Music
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson, Graham Ross
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 11 févr. 2022
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Rolling River: American Choral
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross, Iestyn Davies
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 31 mars 2023
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Carols From Cambridge: The Very Best Sacred Christmas Carols
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Classique - Paru chez Decca (UMO) le 1 janv. 2013
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Lux de caelo: Music for Christmas
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross, Dmitri Ensemble
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 27 oct. 2014
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Graham Ross, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 16 oct. 2020
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Sigur Rós: Fljótavik (Arr. for Violin and String Orchestra)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson, Graham Ross
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 28 janv. 2022
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Arvo Pärt: Stabat
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Dmitri Ensemble, Graham Ross
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 27 mars 2020
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Haec dies: Music for Easter (Bonus Track Version)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 4 mars 2016
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Sævarsson: Requiem - II. Kyrie
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Dmitri Ensemble, Carolyn Sampson, Graham Ross
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 14 janv. 2022
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Mater Ora Filium: Music for Epiphany (Bonus Track Version)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Musique vocale sacrée - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 7 oct. 2016
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Thorvaldsdottir: Þann heilaga kross
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Musique chorale (pour chœur) - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 15 avr. 2022
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The Holly and the Ivy
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge, John Rutter
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1979
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Remembrance
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and Graham Ross
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 21 oct. 2016
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Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross and Nicolas Haigh
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 28 oct. 2013
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Silent Night - 25 Carols of Peace & Tranquility
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, The Choir of St John’s Cambridge, Winchester Cathedral Choir
Classique - Paru chez Decca Music Group Ltd. le 1 janv. 1998
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Rutter: Gloria - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Poulenc: Quatre petites prières
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Timothy Brown, Corydon Singers & Matthew Best
Classique - Paru chez Brilliant Classics le 1 avr. 2009
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Reformation 1517-2017
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross, Clare Baroque
Musique vocale sacrée - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 25 août 2017
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O lux beata Trinitas
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Musique vocale sacrée - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 18 mai 2018
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Reflection - Choral Music from Clare College Cambridge
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Classique - Paru chez Heritage Records le 1 janv. 2010
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Stabat Mater dolorosa: Music for Passiontide (Bonus Track Version)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Classique - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 24 mars 2014
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Mater Ora Filium: Music for Epiphany
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Musique vocale sacrée - Paru chez harmonia mundi le 7 oct. 2016
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo