Winchester Cathedral Choir
The Winchester Cathedral Choir is one of the most celebrated ensembles active in England's great tradition of choirs consisting of boy choristers and adult lay clerks. In addition to performing music for services at the cathedral, the choir gives concerts, broadcasts often on BBC television and radio, and has amassed a large discography.
The Winchester Cathedral Choir as a fixed institution probably dates back to the late 14th century; an organist was listed as having been paid in 1402. Music has certainly been heard at the cathedral, however, since its founding in the year 1079; it is one of Britain's oldest and most imposing cathedral structures. The group currently includes 22 boy choristers, who come from all over the United Kingdom and beyond. Aged between 8 and 13, they attend the cathedral's own Pilgrims' School and receive a general education as well as a scholarship covering 60 percent of the school's fees. Each chorister goes through a probationary period during which he wears a red cassock and white ruff, graduating to all white when he takes his place in the choir. The ranks of the choristers are filled by open audition, and prospective choristers and their parents can visit the cathedral's music department at any time to learn more. The boy choristers are joined by 12 adult male lay clerks, who are professional singers and are paid a cathedral salary. For larger works, the choir may be joined by the 20-member Cathedral Girls' Choir (founded in 1999), the Cathedral Nave Choir (which sings non-service music), and the Cathedral Youth and Junior Choirs.
The Winchester Cathedral Choir has been conducted since 2002 by Andrew Lumsden. The group has a long list of recordings dating back to the LP era; in the late 2010s the choir has recorded mostly for the Hyperion, PentaTone Classics, Eloquence, and Regent label. In 2019, on Hyperion, the choir released an album devoted to the choral music of John Tavener.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Tavener: Angels & Other Choral Works
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 29/03/2019
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Purcell: Funeral Sentences
Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Brandenburg Consort, Baroque Brass Of London, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1994
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Fantasy
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1979
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Walton/Vaughan Williams: O Clap Your Hands
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1992
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Advent in Winchester "O Come Emmanuel"
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden, Sarah Baldock, organist
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Griffin Records em 01/01/2006
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The last sleep of the Virgin & Thunder entered her
David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Chilingirian Quartet
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 06/04/2009
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jerusalem: Parry, Stanford & Elgar
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/10/1991
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1998
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Handel: 4 Coronation Anthems/Dixit Dominus etc.
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1997
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Handel: Four Coronation Anthems; Anthem for the Foundling Hospital
Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 03/10/1994
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tye: Missa Euge bone & Other Sacred Music
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 25/09/1990
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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast; Coronation Te Deum
Bryn Terfel, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/2011
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
John Blow: Anthems (English Orpheus 32)
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 01/10/1995
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tallis: Spem in alium & Other Choral Works
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 15/02/1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Celebration
Classical - Lançado por RCA Camden em 12/10/1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Golden Age of English Cathedral Music
James Lancelot, Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Viols of the Consort of Musicke, Martin Neary
Classical - Lançado por Decca (UMO) em 01/01/1983
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Celebration
Classical - Lançado por RCA Camden em 12/10/1990
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orlando Gibbons: Anthems
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 01/04/2000
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Haydn: Harmoniemesse & Little Organ Mass
Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Brandenburg Consort, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 01/10/1991
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Stanford: Sacred Choral Music
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 26/10/2012
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Howells: The Winchester Service & Other Late Works
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 31/05/2011
Qualidade de CD de 16 bits 44.1 kHz - Stereo