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The Sacred Flame - Cambridge Singers   

I'll be honest, my mental image of the Cambridge Singers is of rather heavy handed singing, suitable for John Rutter's jolly carols, but not exactly competition for the Sixteen. However in this collection of Renaissance and Baroque they have proved they can do subtlety too. The Monteverdi pieces bounce along with just enough lightness. There's a wonderful range of the best music here. Gesualdo's O vos omnes, for example, is full of 'he can't do that!' moments - it's electrifying. Buxtehude's chunky and jubilant Magnificat adds a little light relief among the exquisite likes of Victoria and Josquin Desprez... and it runs through neatly through Schütz to the (relatively) trendy 'new' music of Mr Bach.

All in all a great collection.

Johann Sebastian Bach

• Christmas Oratorio
• Easter Oratorio (full score)
• St John Passion
• St John Passion (full score)
• St Matthew Passion
• Magnificats in D and E flat
• Mass in B minor
• Sleepers Wake!

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Mass in C
• Mass in D (Missa Solemnis)

Hector Berlioz

• Requiem
• Te Deum
• The Childhood of Christ

Arthur Bliss

• Shield of Faith

Johannes Brahms

• German Requiem

Benjamin Britten

• Rejoice in the Lamb
• St Nicholas

Andrew Carter

• Laudate Dominum - soprano, SATB choir

Aaron Copland

• In the Beginning - mezzo-soprano, SATB choir, based on the first chapter of Genesis

Maurice Durufle

• Requiem - main challenger to Faure in the French romantic requiem stakes

Anton Dvorak

• Stabat Mater

Edward Elgar

• The Apostles
• Caractacus
• The Dream of Gerontius
• The Kingdom

Gabriel Faure

• Cantique de Jean Rascine
• Requiem

Gerald Finzi

• In Terra Pax

George Frederick Handel

• Belshazzar
• Dixit Dominus
• Judas Maccabeus
• Messiah
• Messiah (full score)

Haydn

• The Creation

Herbert Howells

• An English Mass
• Coventry Mass
• Hymnus Paradisi
• Hymnus Paradisi (full score)
• Missa Sabrinensis
• Requiem
• Sine Nomine

Karl Jenkins

• Requiem - increasingly popular and powerful piece

Morten Lauridsen

• Lux Aeterna

Kenneth Leighton

• Crucifixus pro nobis

Andrew Lloyd Webber

• Requiem

Maunder

• Olivet to Calvery - the other ‘great’ high Victorian oratorio. Not quite the Crucifixion, but still...

Mendelssohn

• Elijah

Mozart

• Grand Mass (Grosse Messe) in C minor
• Requiem

Pergolesi

• Stabat Mater

Francis Poulenc

• Stabat Mater

John Rutter

• Gloria
• Mass of the Children - premiered in 2003, for Sop & Baritone solo, children's choir, adult's choir and orchestra (this is the vocal score)
• Mass of the Children - premiered in 2003, for Sop & Baritone solo, children's choir, adult's choir and orchestra (this is the children's choir part only)
• Psalmfest - nine movement work for soprano and tenor solists and SATB
• Requiem
• Te Deum

John Stainer

• Crucifixion - the ultimate Victorian oratorio
• Crucifixion (pack of 50 words copies)
• The Story of the Cross

Igor Stravinsky

• Symphony of Psalms - Stravinsky's superb choral work. Easier than much of his heavy duty music, yet very powerful

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky

• Liturgy of St John Chrysostom - SATB

Ralph Vaughan Williams

• Dona Nobis Pacem
• Hodie

Guiseppe Verdi

• Requiem

Antonio Vivaldi

• Gloria in D - RV 589

William Walton

• Belshazzar's Feast

Choral works

Longer pieces for special occasions. Unless marked otherwise these are vocal scores for voice parts and piano reduction. Click the name of the piece to see details or buy.

John Blow

• God spake Sometime in Visions - SSAATBBB, Organ