The Choir of New College, Oxford University

Discography

 

 

Agnus Dei 1 : Music of inner harmony

A miscellany of choral favourites by Allegri, Bach, Elgar, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rachmaninov etc., directed by Edward Higginbottom; Erato 0630 14634-2; released 1996

 

Agnus Dei 2 : Music to soothe the soul

A further selection of choral favorites including works by Albinoni, Bach, Bizet, Brahms, Bruckner, Fauré, Monteverdi, Schubert etc., directed by Edward Higginbottom

Agnus Dei vols 1 & 2 (2-CD set); Erato 3984 21659-2; released 1998

 

Bach : Magnificat / Christmas Oratorio (part 1)

A CD included with the BBC Music magazine, December 1996.

The Choir of New College Oxford / Soloists / Orchestra of the King's Consort,

directed by Edward Higginbottom 

 

Bach:  St. John Passion

The Choir of New College Oxford/Soloists/Collegium Novum, directed by Edward Higginbottom; The Daily Telegram CD of the Week, May 2003; Editor’s Choice,

The Gramophone, June 2003; Naxos 8.557296-97 (2-CD set);

 

Bluebird : Music of contemplation

Works by Grieg, Messiaen, Pärt, Rossini, Stanford (The Blue Bird) etc.

The Choir of New College Oxford / Capricorn Ensemble,

directed by Edward Higginbottom;  Decca 28946 68702; released 2000

 

Boyce : David's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan

The Choir of New College Oxford / Soloists / The Hanover Band,

directed by Graham Lea-Cox;

World premiere recording ASV GAU 208; released 2000

 

Boyce : Ode for St Cecilia's Day (1739)

The Choir of New College Oxford / Soloists / The Hanover Band,

directed by Graham Lea-Cox;

World premier recording ASV GAU 2000; released 2000

 

Boyce : Secular Masque / Three Ode Overtures

The Gentlemen of New College Oxford / Soloists / The Hanover Band,

directed by Graham Lea-Cox;

World premiere recording ASV GAU 176; released 1998

 

Boyce : Select Anthems

By the waters of Babylon / Turn thee unto me O Lord / The Lord is King / O give thanks / O praise the Lord / O where shall wisdom be found? etc., directed by Edward Higginbottom;

CRD 3483

 

Britten : Ceremony of Carols (opus 29)

and Holst (Four Old English Carols), H K Andrews (Before dawn),

Leighton (Lulla lullay), and carols by Carter, Joubert, Wishart and others

directed by Edward Higginbottom       (also c/w CRD 3443 & CRD 3462)  CRD 3490

released 1984   (3-CD set) CRD 5001

 

Byrd : Cantiones Sacrae (1575)

Aspice Domine / Dominum secundum actum meum / O lux beata trinitas / Peccantem me quotidie / Siderum rector / Tribue Domine, etc

directed by Edward Higginbottom       (also c/w CRD 3420 & CRD 3439)  CRD 3492

released 1996  (3-CD set) CRD 5003

 

Byrd : Cantiones Sacrae (1589)

Domine secundum multitudinem / Domine te iurasti / In resurrectione tua / Ne irascaris / O quam gloriosum / Tristita et anxietas / Vigilate, etc

directed by Edward Higginbottom       (also c/w CRD 3439 & CRD 3492)  CRD 3420

released 1983 (3-CD set) CRD 5003

 

Byrd : Cantiones Sacrae (1591)

Laudibus in sanctis / Domine, salva nos / Haec dies / Cunctis diebus / Miserere mei, Deus / Fac cum servo tuo / Exsurge, Domine etc

directed by Edward Higginbottom       (also c/w CRD 3420 & CRD 3492) CRD 3439

released 1986 (3-CD set) CRD 5003

 

Cameron : Missa Celtica

texts from C6-C11 Ireland & Wales, C16-C19 Scotland, Brittany and Cornwall, and the ordinary of the Mass, with soloists, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of New College Oxford, directed by John Cameron Erato 3984 25494-2; released 1999

 

Carols from New College

A recital of well-known hymns and carols, including The angel Gabriel, Ding dong! merrily, The holly and the ivy, In dulci jubilo, Rocking, etc

directed by Edward Higginbottom       (also c/w CRD 3462 & CRD 3490)  CRD 3443

released 1985; (3-CD set) CRD 5001

 

Christmas at New College

A compilation of favourite carols and hymns, including Silent night /

On Christmas night / Rocking / Hark! the herald angels sing

directed by Edward Higginbottom       (from CRD 3443 and CRD 3462) CRD 3508

released 1998

 

Christmas Music : For unto us a child is born

A Christmas recital of Poulenc's four Christmas motets, works by Schein, Scheidt and Schütz, and well-known carols and christmas music directed by Edward Higginbottom       (also c/w CRD 3443 & CRD 3490);  CRD 3462  (3-CD set) CRD 5001; released 1989

 

Christmas, A journey through [Nativitas]

The Christmas Story from the Annunciation to Epiphany told in well-known traditional carols, and works by Bruckner, Joubert, Howells, Poulenc and other composers : directed by Edward Higginbottom  Erato 0630 19350-2; released 1997

 

Coronation Anthems / Fireworks Music : Handel

Fireworks music on period instruments, and four coronation anthems The King's Consort, The Choir of New College Oxford and soloists

directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66350; released 1989

 

Coronation Anthems

Music from the coronations of James II (1685) to George III (1761) including works by Croft, Boyce, Handel, Purcell etc. With The Academy of Ancient Music / directed by Edward Higginbottom Decca 0289 470-2262-2; released 2002

 

Croft : Select Anthems

God is gone up / Hear my prayer / I will sing unto the Lord / O Lord I will praise thee / O Lord, rebuke me not / We will rejoice in thy salvation, etc

directed by Edward Higginbottom CRD 3491; released 1994

 

du Caurroy : Masterpieces of the Renaissance - Volume 3

Eustache du Caurroy  Requiem Mass / Ave Virgo gloriosa /

Christe, qui lux es / Memento nostri / Victimae Paschali, and other motets

directed by Edward Higginbottom  CRD 3518

first issued in 1997 on  Collins Classics 14972

 

Duruflé : Requiem Mass

Fauré, Requiem Mass

Capricorn Ensemble / David Burchell organ /

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom  CRD 3466

 

Early one morning

An anthology of folksong from both sides of the Atlantic, including some well-known arrangements and others made especially for this recording

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom  Erato 0630 19065-2

released 1997

 

English Cathedral Classics

a compilation of works from 10 CRD New College Choir recordings spanning works from Taverner and Tye to Wesley and Stanford

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom  CRD 3507

released 1998

 

Evensong at New College, Oxford

Bruckner: locus iste / Stanford: Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in A /

Smith: Versicles & responses / Wesley: Ascribe unto the Lord /

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom; 

Proudsound PROU 121; released 1988

The Georgian Anthem

Anthems by William Boyce (inc O where shall wisdom be found?) /

Greene (inc Thou visitest the earth) / John Stanley /  William Hayes

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom;  Meridian 84151

released 1989

 

Gibbons : The Second Service and anthems

including : O clap your hands / O God, the King of Glory / O Lord in Thy wrath / See, see the Word is incarnate / Sing unto the Lord

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom  CRD 3451

released 1988

 

Greene : Select Anthems

O clap your hands / God is our hope and strength / Let God arise / Lord let me know mine end / Thou visitest the earth, etc

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom  CRD 3484

 

Handel : Alexander Balus

Lynne Dawson / Catherine Denley / Charles Daniels / Michael George

Choir of New College Oxford / Choir of King's Consort / King's Consort

directed by Robert King  Hyperion CDA 67241/2; released 1997

 

Handel : Deborah

Yvonne Kenny / Susan Gritton / Catherine Denley / James Bowman /

Michael George / Choir of New College Oxford / The Choristers of

Salisbury Cathedral / The King's Consort : directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66841/2

released 1993

 

Handel : Joseph and his Brethren

Yvonne Kenny / Catherine Denley / John Mark Ainsley / James Bowman / Michael George / New College Choir / Choir of The King's Consort / The King's Consort : directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 67171/3; released 1996

 

Handel : Joshua

Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / Michael George

Choir of New College Oxford / Choir of The King's Consort /

The King's Consort : directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66461/2; released 1991

 

Handel : Judas Maccabaeus

Jamie MacDougall / Emma Kirkby / James Bowman / Michael George

Choir of New College Oxford / The King's Consort

directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66641/2; released 1992

 

Handel : The Occasional Oratorio

Susan Gritton / Lisa Milne / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley /

Michael George / Choir of New College Oxford / Choir of The King's

Consort / The King's Consort : directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66961/2

released 1995

 

Handel : Fireworks Music / Coronation Anthems

Fireworks music on period instruments, and four coronation anthems The King's Consort, The Choir of New College Oxford and soloists

directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66350; released 1989

 

Handel : Music for Royal Occasions

Gillian Fisher / James Bowman / John Mark Ainsley / Michael George

Choir of New College Oxford / Choir of The King's Consort /

The King's Consort : directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66315; released 1989

 

Howells : Choral & Organ Music - Volume 1

Sequence for St Michael / Hymn for St Cecilia / King of Glory /

House of the mind / New College Service / O pray for the peace...

Edward Higginbottom, director and organ soloist CRD 3454; released 1989

 

Howells : Choral & Organ Music - Volume 2

Missa Aedis Christi / A spotless rose / Sing lullaby etc

Organ : Paean / Preludio 'Sine nomine' / Psalm Prelude set 1 No 1

Edward Higginbottom, director and organ soloist CRD 3455; released 1991

 

In Excelsis : a cappella music across five centuries

Works by Cornysh, Ludford, Pygott, Tallis, Taverner and Sheppard

juxtaposed with 20th-century works by Jonathan Harvey,

John Tavener and Giles Swayne : directed by Edward Higginbottom Erato 0927-44657-2

released 2002

 

Josquin : Motets, Anthems and Sequences

Inviolata / Stabat Mater dolorosa / Virgo salutiferi / Salve Regina /

Veni sancte spiritus / Virgo prudentissima / Praeter rerum seriem

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom Meridian 84093

released 1985

 

MacMillan & British Contemporaries

Including Christus Vincit, On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin; Ecce Beatam Lucem (Dove); Prayer of St. Augustine (Grier); Surrexit Christus (O’Regan)

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom Avie 2085

 

Matthew Locke : Anthems, Motets and the Oxford Ode

including Be thou exalted Lord /How doth the city / Super flumina

Babylonis / O be joyful in the Lord : The Parley of Instruments /

The Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Edward Higginbottom Hyperion CDA66373

released 1990

The Malta Manuscripts

Some of the unpublished 17th-century manuscripts from Medina Cathedral in Malta, including works by Amati, Carissimi, Monteverdi and Rubino;

directed by Edward Higginbottom Studio SM D2473; released 1995

 

Masterpieces of the Renaissance Volume 3 : Paris

Eustache du Caurroy  Requiem Mass / Ave Virgo gloriosa /

Christe, qui lux es / Memento nostri / Victimae Paschali, and other motets;

directed by Edward Higginbottom  CRD 3518

first issued in 1997 on Collins Classics 14972

 

Missa Celtica : John Cameron

texts from C6-C11 Ireland & Wales, C16-C19 Scotland, Brittany and Cornwall, and the ordinary of the Mass, with soloists, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of New College Oxford, directed by John Cameron; Erato 3984 25494-2; released 1999  (premier recording)

 

Mondonville : Grands Motets

Grands motets: De profundis / Venite exultemus, and three petits motets

Gillian Fisher / Charles Daniels / Stephen Varcoe / London Baroque /

The Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Edward Higginbottom

Hyperion CDH 55038; released 2000

first issued in 1988 on Hyperion CDA 66269

 

Motets en Espace

40-part motets by Tallis and Striggio, and works by de Monte, du Caurroy, Guerrero, Lassus, Victoria and others sung by the combined forces of New College Choir and the Maîtrise Nationale de Versailles  K617  :  K617 010; released 1991

 

Nativitas : a journey through Christmas

The Christmas Story from the Annunciation to Epiphany told in well-known traditional carols, and works by Bruckner, Joubert, Howells, Poulenc and other composers : directed by Edward Higginbottom; Erato 0630 19350-2; released 1997

 

O Sing unto the Lord

Bainton: And I saw a new heaven ; Britten: Missa brevis ; Harvey: I love the Lord ; Stanford: Mag & nunc in G ; Purcell: O sing unto the Lord, etc

Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Edward Higginbottom

Proudsound PROU 114; released 1986

 

Pergolesi : Marian Vespers

An reconstruction of music from a thanksgiving service in 1732 :

Sophie Daneman / Noemi Kiss / Academy of Ancient Music /

Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Edward Higginbottom; Erato 0927 46684-2

released 2002

 

The Plague and the Moonflower : Richard Harvey

An oratorio for the new millennium with the theme of the struggle for the survival of our planet in the face of apathy, pollution and greed.

Narrator, soloists, choirs and orchestra : directed by Richard Harvey Altus Records ALU 001

released 1999

 

Purcell : Complete Anthems and Services : Volume 1

O sing unto the Lord / O praise God in his holiness / Let mine eyes run down / My beloved spake etc.  Soloists / The King's Consort /The Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Robert King  Hyperion CDA 66585; released 1992

 

Purcell : Complete Anthems and Services : Volume 2

Blessed are they that fear the Lord / Behold now, praise the Lord /

Te Deum & Jubilate in D, etc. Soloists / The King's Consort /

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Robert King

Hyperion CDA 66609; released 1992

 

Purcell : Complete Anthems and Services : Volume 4

Since God so tender a regard / Awake, ye dead / The earth trembled /

Sing unto God / My heart is inditing, etc       Soloists / The King's Consort / The Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66644; released 1993

 

Purcell : Complete Anthems and Services : Volume 5

O Lord, rebuke me not / How long, great God / O God the king of glory / Rejoice in the Lord alway; etc       Soloists / The King's Consort /

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Robert King Hyperion CDA 66656

released 1993

 

Purcell : Complete Odes and Welcome Songs : Volume 2

Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) / Who can from joy refrain? (1695)

Soloists / The King's Consort / The Choir of New College Oxford

directed by Robert King  Hyperion CDA 66349

released 1989

 

Purcell : Complete Odes and Welcome Songs : Volume 8

Come ye sons of Art / Welcome, viceregent of the mighty king /

Why are all the Muses mute?     Soloists / The King's Consort /

The Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Robert King  Hyperion CDA 66598

released 1992

 

Purcell : Sacred Music

Blow up the trumpet in Sion / Jehova quam multi sunt hostes mei / Out of the deep / Now that the sun, etc : Rufus Müller tenor /

The Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Edward Higginbottom  Meridian 84112

released 1988

 

Purcell: Verse Anthems

My heart is inditing / O sing unto the Lord / Rejoice in the Lord alway /

Praise the Lord O Jerusalem / My beloved spake : Band of Instruments /

Choir of New College Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom CRD 3504; released 2000

 

Rejoice in the Lamb

Byrd: Ave verum / Bairstow: Blessed city / Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb / Duruflé: Four motets / Gibbons: O clap your hands / Handel: As pants the hart / Wise: The ways of Zion / directed by Edward Higginbottom.  Proudsound PROU 125, released 1989

 

Sancte Deus : A journey through the Renaissance

An aural panorama of the Renaissance, including Victoria, Ave Maria / Tallis, Spem in alium / Josquin, Inviolata / Lassus, Resonet in laudibus / Gombert, Lugebat David, etc : directed by Edward Higginbottom  Erato 8573-80239-2 released 2000

 

Tallis : Votive anthems & motets

Thomas Tallis, Audivi vocem de caelo / Honor, virtus, potestas / O sacrum convivium / Sancte Deus / Salvator mundi; John Taverner, The Western Wind Mass.  CRD 3372

 

John Tavener : Total Eclipse / Agraphon

Patricia Rozario ; John Harle ; Christopher Robson ; James Gilchrist

Academy of Ancient Music ; The Choir of New College Oxford

directed by Paul Goodwin; World premier recording Harmonia Mundi HMU 907271

released 2001

 

Taverner : Western Wind Mass

John Taverner, The Western Wind Mass / Mater Christi; Thomas Tallis, Audivi vocem de caelo / O sacrum convivium / Sancte Deus / Salvator mundi, etc.  Directed by Edward Higginbottom. CRD 3372

 

Tomkins : The Third Service

The Third Service (Te Deum / Jubilate /Magnificat / Nunc dimittis) /

Know you not / O Lord, let me know mine end / Oh, that the salvation

directed by Edward Higginbottom CRD 3467

 

Vaughan Williams : Mass in G minor

and works by Harris (Faire is the heaven), Harvey, Howells (Take him, earth, for cherishing), Leighton and Rose (Feast song for St Cecilia). Directed by Edward Higginbottom  Meridian 84123; released 1992

 

Vespers : Giovanni Pergolesi

An reconstruction of music from a thanksgiving service in 1732 :

Sophie Daneman / Noemi Kiss / Academy of Ancient Music / Choir of New College Oxford : directed by Edward Higginbottom.  Erato 0927 46684-2, released 2002

 

Wesley : Anthems

Ascribe unto the Lord / Blessed be the God and Father / Thou wilt keep him / Wash me throughly / The Wilderness, etc.  Directed by Edward Higginbottom.  CRD 3463