classical music: willcocks

classical music: willcocks

classical music:

Willcocks

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

Johann Sebastian Bach, Léo Delibes, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Good for relaxing pregnant women
I stumbled onto this album whilst searching bit torrent websites for classical music. I don't normally listen to classical music but thought it might be relaxing for my pregnant wife. After hearing the quality of the performances, the arrangement, and the recording I ...

Noel: Christmas at King's

Johann Sebastian Bach, Peter Cornelius, ...

Decca, 1995

The Best Christmas CD Ever
If you are seeking a CD of traditional Christmas music to help you 1) focus on the true meaning of the holiday and 2)draw near to God, this is it. The choral arrangements are alternately beautiful and powerful, delicate and majestic. There is a rich heritage of ...

Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2

Irving Berlin, J. Fred Coots, ...

Naxos, 1994

Essential Christmas Music
This album is wonderful. The blending of classical baroque pieces with original Christmas carols is a wonderful idea. My favorite is track number 3, "White Christmas." Take a listen!

Christmas Echoes, Vol. 2
Gary Wilson, Steve Burger, ...

Gothic Records, 2005

2003 Grammy nominee for Best Choral Performance! An assortment of carols from traditional to modern, in familiar and new arrangements, featuring America's preeminent choral ensemble, which retired in 2004 after a legendary 31 seasons. This album includes a cappella tunes as well as accompaniment for harp, guitar, organ, handbells, and other ...

Sacred Classics - Messiah, Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, Zadok the Priest, L'enfance du Christ

George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 2003

A wonderful and varied compilation of Sacred Choral Works
This is a 2 CD set and is one of my favorites. While this CD contains several pieces that the general public probably hears often (Handel's Messiah, Bach's Jesu Bleibet mein freund) it also contains some not well known pieces. Of particular quality is the recording ...

Hodie / Fantasia on Christmas Carols

John Shirley-Quirk, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ...

EMI Classics, 2000

An old friend
It is always a wonderful thing to find a beloved recording transfered to CD. My old LP is still on my shelves and has been there since 1973, though the recording dates from 1965. It is a fine performance of an unjustly neglected Christmas work. Vaughan Williams was 81 ...

Great Choral Classics from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Bernard Richards, Kenneth Heath, ...

Decca, 1998

Absolutely glorious!
These musical performances are done with consummate artistry. The attack, the phrasing, the tempi, the interpretations are all presented with professionalism and first-rate musicianship. The organ and the setting, as well as choir and director, are associated ...

The Best Carols in the World...Ever!

Gareth Morrell, Simon Vaughan, ...

EMI Classics, 2005

Title makes a big claim, but it absolutely delivers...
This album provides 2.5 hours of excellent carols, from excellent choirs and soloists, and with great sound. I was worried that a compilation this large, and with such an extravagent title, would be B-side offerings, but that's not the case at all. This isn't an ...

The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album

Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album

Decca, 2002

Beautiful music
This is a great, relaxing Christmas CD. I was looking for a Christmas CD to turn on when I put my baby to sleep. This was the PERFECT one!

Christmas Adagios

Gerald Finley, Adolphe Adam, ...

Decca, 2001

One of my very top 5 favorite holiday albums!
What a delightful surprise this 2 disc album was and I'm not a big fan of Christmas music. I loved all the selections and felt they were well performed. This is a true "must have" for any Christmas collection. Superior to many other compliations on the market. This ...

CHRISTMAS at King's College

Gareth Morrell, Stephen Varcoe, ...

EMI Classics, 1998

4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music
It's in there.. this is a great collection of Anglican Cathedral Christmas music. Highly recommended.

Haydn: The Creation; Missa in tempore belli

John Shirley-Quirk, Keith Harvey, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

a voice teacher and early music fan
A MOVING AND INSPIRATIONAL INTERPRETATION OF 'THE CREATION'. More than any other composition that Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) wrote, this work reflects his very early beginnings, a small peasant village in Austria, where people sang folksongs for the pure joy of ...

Allegri: Miserere; Palestrina / Willcocks, Kings College Choir

Gregorio Allegri, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, ...

Decca, 1999

religious and content
In a brief retort to the reviewer from Bakersfield, I do rather wish that you might refrain from refering to matters of religion, litergy, and "ritual" as being "stupid." Obviously, it meant something to Allegri. I'm not angry, but I am a bit vexed that you might say ...

The Psalms of David - Choir of King's College, Cambridge - Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger

Anonymous, Ivor Atkins, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Book of Psalms in Harmony(To be Continued)-By Choir Of Kings College Cambridge
Hey, This CD is awesome,a very great selection from the Book of Psalms. Along with some of my favorites-Psalm 24, Psalm 114,Psalm 134. Also very good arrangements and beautiful sung by one of the world's best-Choir of Kings College Cambridge in excellent sound ...

Best Loved Christmas Carols

Stephen Varcoe, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

a voice teacher and early music fan
ECLECTIC CAROLS THAT TRANSCEND THE COMMONPLACE Listening to these carols extracted from the various Festival and Nine Lesson services held in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge on Christmas Eve is incredibly inspiring and brings out the real meaning of ...