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50 Words For Snow
Music by Kate Bush. (Fish People, 2011)
1. Snowflake (feat. Albert McIntosh)
2. Lake Tahoe (feat. Stefan Roberts & Michael Wood)
3. Misty
4. Wild Man (feat. Andy Fairweather Low)
5. Snowed In At Wheeler Street (feat. Sir Elton John)
6. 50 Words for Snow (feat. Stephen Fry)
7. Among Angels
DVD: Ecce Cor Meum
2007 Classical Brit Award Winner (Best Album).
Kate Royal (Soprano), The Choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford, The Choristers of King’s College, Cambridge, The London Voices, The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Conducted by Gavin Greenaway. Music by Sir Paul McCartney.
William Byrd: Second Service and Consort Anthems
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford & Fretwork. Directed by Bill Ives. (Harmonia Mundi, 2007)
Stefan Roberts (treble), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Ryan Leonard (organ).
1. Arise, O Lord (Help Us, O God)
2. O God, That Guides The Cheerful Sun
3. Alack, When I Look Back
4. In Nomine à 5 (II)
5. Second Service (Magnificat)
6. Fantasia in D Minor
7. Second Service (Nunc Dimittis)
8. In Nomine à 5 (IV)
9. Blessed Is He That Fears The Lord
10. Thou God That Guid’st
11. O Lord, Make Thy Servant Elizabeth
12. Fantasia in A Minor
13. Lord, In Thy Wrath
14. In Nomine à 5 (V)
15. Have Mercy Upon Me, O God
16. Why Do I Use My Paper, Ink & Pen?
17. Prevent Us, O Lord
Sir Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum
2007 Classical Brit Award Winner (Best Album).
Kate Royal (Soprano), The Choristers of Magdalen College, Oxford, The Choristers of King’s College, Cambridge, The London Voices, The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Conducted by Gavin Greenaway. (EMI Classics, 2006)
1. Spiritus
2. Gratia
3. Interlude (Lament)
4. Musica
5. Ecce Cor Meum
Grayston Ives: Listen Sweet Dove
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Directed by Bill Ives (the composer). (Harmonia Mundi, 2006)
1. There Is A Land of pure Delight
2. Ego Sum Panis Vivus
3. In Pace
4. Lord, Is It I?
5. A Song of Divine Love
6. Lullaby
7. Missa Brevis: Kyrie
8. Missa Brevis: Gloria
9. Missa Brevis: Sanctus & Benedictus
10. Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei
11. A Song Of Christ’s Glory
12. The Edington Service: Magnificat
13. The Edington Service: Nunc Dimittis
14. Psalm 23
15. Precessional
16. Listen Sweet Dove
17. Nos Autem Gloriari Oportet
18. Canterbury Te Deum
Nine Lesson and Carols
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Directed by Bill Ives. (The Gift of Music, 2006)
1. Once In Royal David’s City
2. Bidding Prayer
3. The Truth Sent From Above
4. Reading: God Announces in the Garden of Eden…
5. De Profundis
6. Reading: God Promises to Faithful Abraham that…
7. O Remember Adam’s Fall
8. Reading: Christ’s Birth and Kingdom are Foretold by Isaiah
9. Riu Riu Chiu
10. Reading: The Peace That Christ Will Bring Is Foreshown
11. How Beautiful Upon The Mountains
12. Reading: The Angel Gabriel Salutes The Blessed Virgin Mary
13. Es Is Ein Ros’ Entsprungen
14. Reading: Saint Matthew Tell Of The Birth of Jesus
15. Unto Us Is Born A Son
16. All Sons of Adam
17. Sweet Was The Song
18. Reading: The Shepherds Go To The Manger
19. Rise Up, Shepherd
20. Reading: The Wise Men Are Led By The Star
21. There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob (Stefan Roberts, treble solo)
22. Reading: Saint John Unfolds The Mystery of the Uncarnation
23. All This Time
24. Collect for Christmas Eve
25. Adeste Fidelis
26. Blessing
27. Paean
Deep Blue
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford & The Berlin Philharmonic. Music by George Fenton. (Sony, 2005)
1. Bounty Hunters
2. Airwaves
3. Beach In Patagonia
4. Metamorphosis
5. Surf and Sand
6. Coral Riches
7. Free To Roam
8. Kelp Forest
9. Kaleidoscope
10. Polar Landscape
11. Flying Emperors
12. Wolf Pack
13. Wanderers
14. Showtime
15. Mounting Pressure
16. Spinning Baitball
17. Deep Blue
Christopher Tye: Latin and English Church Music
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Directed by Bill Ives. (Harmonia Mundi, 2005)
1. Omnes gentes plaudite manibus
2. In Pace In Idipsum
3. Dum Transisset
4. I Life My Heart To Thee, My God
5. Save Me, O God
6. Praise Ye The Lord, Ye Children
7. Rubum Quem
8. Magnificat
9. Nunc Dimittis
10. Christus Resurgens
11. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
12. Miserere Mei, Deus
13. Amavit Cum Dominus
14. Paccavimus Cum Patribus Nostris
Orlando Gibbons: With A Merrie Noyse
2005 Grammy™ Award Nominated CD (Best Small Ensemble).
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Directed by Bill Ives. (Harmonia Mundi, 2004)
1. This Is The Record of John
2. Almighty and Everlasting God
3. A Voluntary
4. Second Service (Morning): Te Deum
5. Second Service (Morning): Jubilate Deo
6. A Hymns and Songs for the Church: Song 1
7. A Fancy for Double Organ
8. Hymns and Songs for the Church: Song 9
9. Second Service (Evening): Magnificat
10. Second Service (Evening): Nunc Dimittis
11. O Clap Your Hands Together
12. Great King of Gods
13. See, See, The Word Is Incarnate
Songs of Angels
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford. Directed by Bill Ives. (Signum Records, 2002)
1. Collaudemus Magdalene lachrymas (Sarum Chant)
2. Stabat Mater
3. Quales Sumus
4. Aspice Domine
5. Resurrexi III
6. Inclita sancte Marie Magdalene (Sarum chant). Appleby: Magnificat.
7. Confessio et pulchritudo
8. Dum transisset Sabbatum
9. Lord’s Prayer
10. Libera Nos
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Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow
"50 Words For Snow is an astounding piece of work unlike anything else." MTV.com, 2011"Nothing else here is nearly as bad, despite a litany of odd choices: on "Lake Tahoe" another 10-minute-plus mammoth, Bush pairs up with choral singer Stefan Roberts; on "Snowflake," her son sings from the snowflake's point of view; and Stephen Fry shows up on "50 Words for Snow" to recite the titular words as Bush croons over him. As absurd as it sounds, all of this is somehow perfect and eerily charming. 50 Words for Snow is a success not only because it's so challengingly bold and peculiar, but because it repackages Bush's usual idiosyncrasies in an entirely new form. It succeeds as a transitional work, but first and foremost as its own singular world—a hushed, magnificent snow globe full of strange stories and characters." Slant Magazine, 2011"Lake Tahoe, featuring classical singers Stefan Roberts and Michael Wood, is a chilly choral ghost story based around the urban myth of the cold Californian mountain lake, whose bottom is rumoured to be lined with perfectly preserved bodies. The smoky and sparse feel of the piano puts us somewhere between minimal modern classical and Carole King or Laura Nyro." NME Magazine, 2011" For all the subtle beauty of the orchestrations, there's an organic, live feel, the sense of musicians huddled together in a room, not something that's happened on a Bush album before. That aside, 50 Words for Snow is extraordinary business as usual for Bush, meaning it's packed with the kind of ideas you can't imagine anyone else in rock having. Taking notions that look entirely daft on paper and rendering them into astonishing music is very much Bush's signature move. There's something utterly inscrutable and unknowable about how she does it that has nothing to do with her famous aversion to publicity. Better not to worry, to just listen to an album that, like the weather it celebrates, gets under your skin and into your bones." The Guardian, 2011"50 Words For Snow continues on a dreary path as “Lake Tahoe” fades in. For this piece, Bush teams up with Stefan Roberts’ harmonious voice to bring forth a chilling and haunting duet. Despite its title, 50 Words For Snow isn’t a frigid release." The Aquarian Weekly, 2011"The album begins with the beautiful fall of a song called 'Snowflake', before getting operatic, strange and even more sublime with 'Lake Tahoe' which is as deep and decedent as the place itself, it's that kind of picturesque music." EEC, 2011"On 'Lake Tahoe' birds caw, barely audibly, in the tundra left by the receding piano, a pair of choristers occasionally make aptly religious-sounding contributions, and Bush provides a meandering, striking vocal. The comparison might seem incongruous, but – with the arguable exception of PJ Harvey's Let England Shake – there hasn't been a pop record this intriguingly abstract since Scott Walker's The Drift." The Quietus, 2011"Some of the serious lifting on “Lake Tahoe” is handled by two classical singers, Stefan Roberts and Michael Wood, with their Schubert-like passages alternating with bluesier ones sung by Bush. These are slow, long songs, given coherence and momentum by Bush’s piano lines, gracefully reminiscent of Keith Jarrett. From austere, absurd materials, the cumulative effect is remarkable." Uncut Magazine, 2011"The whole album has a truly hypnotic feel; it never rushes, takes its time, and lays out the songs with a quiet determination. Musically, the slow, contemplative musings remind of Antony And The Johnsons delicacy and it's all very beautiful to hear. A spellbinding record for quiet times." DB Magazine, 2011William Byrd: Second Service and Consort Anthems
“…Magdalen’s own Stefan Roberts, who seems astoundingly musically aware for his age…”
“The performances from [Covey-Crump] and Roberts are treats, none more so than RCC’s evocative word-painting in Blessed is he and Roberts’ floating vibrato in O God, that guides the cheerful sun.”
BBC Music Magazine, 2007
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