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The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Harrison Cole & Stephen Layton - Duruflé: Requiem; Poulenc: Lenten Motets (2024)

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The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Harrison Cole & Stephen Layton - Duruflé: Requiem; Poulenc: Lenten Motets (2024)

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Harrison Cole & Stephen Layton - Duruflé: Requiem; Poulenc: Lenten Motets (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 198 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 131 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:02
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

One of the twentieth century’s best-loved choral works, Duruflé’s Requiem—a magical synthesis of the old (plainsong) and the new (a harmonic language appropriate to its time and place)—continues to cast its potent spell over performers and listeners alike. This new recording from Stephen Layton and his Trinity forces fully deserves to be regarded as ‘definitive’.

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (2008)

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Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (2008)

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Dettingen Te Deum; Zadok the Priest; Organ Concerto No.14 (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 270 Mb | Total time: 60:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67678 | Recorded: 2007

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is one of Britain’s great mixed choirs. Under its new director, the mercurial Stephen Layton, it has reached new heights of musical excellence in this latest disc for Hyperion. Accompanied throughout by the Academy of Ancient Music, the choir performs one of Handel’s most florid and dazzling works, the Dettingen Te Deum, which was written to celebrate King George II’s triumphal return from the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. As might be imagined, much of this work is thrillingly bellicose, but some highly cultivated writing shows the composer’s range, expressive versatility and imagination.

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a, 8 (2013)

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Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a, 8 (2013)

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 367 Mb | Total time: 74:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67926 | Recorded: 2012

Handel’s beautiful, intimate settings of liturgical texts written for the First Duke of Chandos are among his less well-known choral works—and are proved by this second volume from Trinity also to be among his loveliest. They are a perfect example of the composer’s English style heard in Acis & Galatea and oratorios such as Judas Maccabaeus.

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Anthems, Vol. 1 (2023)

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The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Anthems, Vol. 1 (2023)

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Anthems, Vol. 1 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 315 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 188 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:18:48
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

Exciting accounts of eight anthems spanning nearly two hundred years, with a welcome emphasis firmly on recent works.

Stephen Layton, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2013)

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Stephen Layton, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2013)

Stephen Layton, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 151:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 68031/2 | Recorded: 2012

Christmas Oratorio is topical, it’s also universal. It doesn’t require lights or tinsel or presents under the tree to instruct, inspire, and/or entertain, especially if it is presented in as fine a performance as this one fashioned by Stephen Layton and his cohort. Layton is the director of music at Trinity College, Cambridge (having succeeded Richard Marlow), and his choir is top-notch, as is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, mercifully identified as OAE. OAE’s roster is rife with such familiar names from the period instruments movement as Margaret Faultless (who is just that here) and Alison Bury. To mention Anthony Robson, oboe, and David Blackadder, trumpet, is not to slight any of the other players.

Stephen Layton, Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos. 7, 9 & 11a (2009)

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Stephen Layton, Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos. 7, 9 & 11a (2009)

Stephen Layton, Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos. 7, 9 & 11a (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 312 Mb | Total time: 66:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67737 | Recorded: 2008

In a year of Handel celebration and many new recordings, this is a welcome addition to the discography. Stephen Layton, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a stellar group of soloists—in fact, the best in solo Handel singing that this country has to offer—present a disc of three of the Chandos anthems which is sure to achieve the same critical and public acclaim as the recent Dettingen Te Deum from Trinity.

Polyphony, Stephen Layton - 'At Twilight': Choral music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg (1995) Reissue 2006

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Polyphony, Stephen Layton - 'At Twilight': Choral music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg (1995) Reissue 2006

'At Twilight': Choral music by Percy Grainger and Edvard Grieg (1995) Reissue 2006
Polyphony, conducted by Stephen Layton; David Wilson-Johnson, baritone; Paul Agnew, tenor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 243 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 173 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Hyperion/Helios | # CDH55236 | Time: 01:15:12

Grainger’s mastery of choral textures shines out of this wide-ranging collection of folk-song arrangements, each highly individual and memorable. Plus his friend Grieg’s finely scored religious settings. Superior performances by Stephen Layton and Polyphony.

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton - Eriks Esenvalds: Northern Lights & Other Choral Works (2015)

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The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton - Eriks Esenvalds: Northern Lights & Other Choral Works (2015)

Ēriks Ešenvalds - Northern Lights & Other Choral Works (2015)
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge; Stephen Layton, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 309 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 164 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Сontemporary, Choral | Label: Hyperion | # CDA68083 | Time: 01:07:46

The intensely practical choral music of the young Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds is steadily gaining appreciation across the world. The works on this new album owe their genesis to commissions from the United States, England and northern Europe and encompass ethereal expressions of uniquely arctic phenomena (listen for wine glasses turned—and tuned—to wondrously simple but devastating effect within the choral texture), American ballads and several works in the ‘Anglican tradition’, the fruits of the composer’s recent residency at Trinity College Cambridge. Trinity College Choir Cambridge here returns the compliment, as it were, with superlative performances of these varied and engaging works, all recorded under the watchful eye of the composer and conductor Stephen Layton.

Polyphony, Stephen Layton - American Polyphony: Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Thompson (2015)

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Polyphony, Stephen Layton - American Polyphony: Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Thompson (2015)

Polyphony, Stephen Layton - American Polyphony: Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Thompson (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 337 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 171 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67929 | Time: 01:14:08

An all-too-rare new recording from Polyphony and Stephen Layton presents highlights from the choral repertoire by four twentieth-century American giants: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Randall Thompson. Framed by Thompson’s understated favourites Alleluia and Fare Well, the programme includes Bernstein’s Missa brevis, Copland’s early set of four motets, and—of course—Barber’s inimitable Agnus Dei.

Michala Petri - Sunleif Rasmussen: Territorial Songs, Works for Recorder (2021)

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Michala Petri - Sunleif Rasmussen: Territorial Songs, Works for Recorder (2021)

Michala Petri - Sunleif Rasmussen: Territorial Songs, Works for Recorder (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 310 Mb | Total time: 72:31 | Scans included
Classical | Label: OUR Recordings | # 6.220674 | Recorded: 2011-2020

Beginning with his expansive concerto for recorders and large orchestra, Territorial Songs (2008-09), Rasmussen sought to expand the instrument's persona and possibilities, freeing it from its historic associations with the music of the Renaissance and Baroque, pushing it into new territories. In this mission, the composer has been exceptionally fortunate to have as muse and musical partner one of the greatest recorder players ever, Michala Petri. The current project represents an overview of works composed from 2009 to 2020. All are scores featuring the recorder: as concerto soloist with a symphony orchestra, (Territorial Songs), a string ensemble (Winter Echoes), an obbligato in a complex choral setting ('I' ), chamber music (Flow), and unaccompanied (Sorrow and Joy Fantasy), each work a milestone in Rasmussen's musical development .

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony - Karl Jenkins: Miserere - Songs of Mercy and Redemption (2019)

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Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony - Karl Jenkins: Miserere - Songs of Mercy and Redemption (2019)

Stephen Layton, Britten Sinfonia, Polyphony - Karl Jenkins: Miserere - Songs of Mercy and Redemption (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 243 Mb | Total time: 50:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 4818580 | Recorded: 2019

Sir Karl Jenkins continues his 75th birthday year celebrations with a brand-new album, Miserere: Songs of Mercy and Redemption, released on 11th October. The new work, released on Decca Records, is dedicated to all who have suffered or perished during the conflicts in the Middle East over the last 70 years. Jenkins was motivated by the desperate situation for the millions of people displaced and impacted by the cruel effects of war and hoped the healing and uniting powers of music could be used to bring together people from different religions.

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Stanford: Choral Music (2017)

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The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Stanford: Choral Music (2017)

The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Stanford: Choral Music (2017)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 370 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 189 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:21:02
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

A programme spanning the variety and sheer emotional range of Stanford’s Anglican choral music (with a notable contribution from Owain Park in the Fantasia and Toccata for organ). You are unlikely to hear quite so stirring a rendition of ‘St Patrick’s Breastplate’ for some time to come…

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Gerald Finzi: Choral Works (2019)

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Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Gerald Finzi: Choral Works (2019)

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Gerald Finzi: Choral Works (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 289 Mb | Total time: 74:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA68222 | Recorded: 2017, 2018

A cluster of choral miniatures culminating in one of Finzi’s most intense, visionary masterpieces: this is some of the most exquisite English choral writing of the last century.

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music (2020)

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Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music (2020)

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 305 Mb | Total time: 70:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | CDA68266 | Recorded: 2018-2020

The stylistic pluralism which informs so much contemporary choral writing pays rich dividends in the work of Jaakko Mäntyjärvi—a thrilling programme of some exciting, accessible, contemporary music.

Trinity College Choir, Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music (2020)

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Trinity College Choir, Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music (2020)

Trinity College Choir, Cambridge & Stephen Layton - Mäntyjärvi: Choral Music (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 296 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 168 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:10:54
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Hyperion Records

The stylistic pluralism which informs so much contemporary choral writing pays rich dividends in the work of Jaakko Mäntyjärvi—a thrilling programme of some exciting, accessible, contemporary music.