Label: SIGNUM UK 067
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BO HOLTEN (b. 1948): Nowell Sing We now*; STEVE MARTLAND (b. 1959): Three Carols: From lands that see the sun arise; Make we joy; There is no Rose of such virtue*; CARL RUTTI (b. 1949): I wonder as I wander; JUDITH WEIR (b. 1954): Illuminare, Jerusalem; JUDITH BINGHAM (b. 1952): The Shepherd’s Gift*; FRANCIS GRIER (b. 1956): Corpus Christi Carol; THOMAS ADES (b. 1971): The Fayrfax Carol; CONRAD SUSA (b. 1935): The Shepherds Sing; JEAN BELMONT (b. 1939): Nativitas; JAMES MACMILLAN (b. 1959): Seinte Mari Moder Milde*; JOHN TAVENER (b. 1944): Today the Virgin; JERZY KORNOWICZ (b. 1959): Oczekiwanie (Waiting)*; RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT (b. 1936): Carol*; PETER MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934): One star, at last; JOHN HARBISON (b. 1938): O Magnum Mysterium*; ROXANNA PANUFNIK (b. 1968): Sleep, little Jesus, sleep; HOWARD GOODALL (b. 1958): Romance of the Angels*; JOHN HARLE (b. 1956): Mrs. Beeton’s Christmas Plum Pudding*

BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury
Robert Quinney, organ
When an ensemble like the BBC Singers, renowned for its commitment to the music of our time, sets out to record a Christmas CD you can be sure that the repertoire will include material rather different from the usual run of popular standards and arrangements! One star, at last includes eight new carols (six of them specially-commissioned by BBC Radio 3), several premiere recordings, and a selection of music – serious and light-hearted, contemplative and joyful – by some of the leading British, European and North American choral composers of the day. Composers include Martland, Weir, Ades, MacMillan, Tavener, Kornowicz, Rodney Bennet and Harle. *WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS!!

Label: SIGNUM UK 076
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Lamentations Jeremiae Prophetae – Primi Diei (Thursday in Holy Week)(5vv, 1585); Motet: In monte Oliveti (6vv, 1568); Motet: Vide homo (7vv, 1594); Requiem – Missa pro defunctis (4vv, 1578); Absolve, Domine (Mode VIII)

Collegium Regale/Stephen Cleobury
During the last thirty years of his life, Orlande De Lassus was the most celebrated composer in Europe. From the time that he took up the duties of maestro di cappella in the court of the Dukes of Bavaria at Munich, he began to be called ‘prince of musicians’ and ‘the divine Orlande’. The pieces selected for this recording represent Lassus’s treatment of them of death during the mature period. The first group considers the death of Christ; the second, the death of a Christian. Stephen Cleobury is associated with two of the most famous choirs. As Director of Music at King’s College, Cambridge and Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, he also works with leading symphony orchestras and period instrument ensembles.

Label: SIGNUM UK 112
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 – 1958): On Wenlock Edge
IVOR GURNEY (1890 – 1937): Ludlow and Teme
IAN VENABLES (*1955): Songs of Eternity and Sorrow, Op. 36

Andrew Kennedy, tenor; Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano; Dante Quartet: Krysia Osostowicz, violin; Giles Francis, violin; Judith Busbridge, viola; Bernard Gregor-Smith, cello
Andrew Kennedy performs Vaughan Williams’ great and innovative work, On Wenlock Edge, nearly one hundred years after its premiere performance in 1909. Written for tenor, piano and string quartet Williams explored a chamber combination previously unexplored by other English composers. Followed by Ludlow & Teme and Songs of Eternity & Sorrow Op.36 by Ivor Gurney & Ian Venables, this disc provides the listener with renditions from three great English composers ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present day, performed beautifully by Andrew Kennedy, Simon Crawford-Phillips & the Dante Quartet.

Label: SIGNUM UK 126
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*WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING!
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps; Fantaisie; Le Merle noir; Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes; Morceau de lecture à vue*

Matthew Schellhorn, piano
Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra: James Clark, violin; Philippe Honoré, violin; Rachel Roberts, viola; David Cohen, cello; Kenneth Smith, flute; Barnaby Robson, clarinet
Marking one hundred years since the birth of the composer, Signum Classics are proud to announce the release of a collection of Messiaen's chamber work, featuring Matthew Schellhorn in collaboration with the Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen wrote of Schellhorn, “An excellent pianist and an excellent exponent...everything is played as Messiaen wished it.”

Label: SIGNUM UK 127
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WILLIAM BYRD (ca. 1540 - 1623): Cibavit eos; TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA (1548 - 1611): O magnum mysterium; THOMAS WEELKES (ca. 1576 - 1623): Alleluia, I heard a voice; When David heard; ARVO PART (*1935): Magnificat; GUSTAV HOLST (1874 - 1934): Nunc Dimittis; GABRIEL JACKSON (*1962): O sacrum convivium; ANTON BRUCKNER (1824 - 1896): Christus factus est; CHARLES WOOD (1866 - 1926): Nunc Dimittis (in B flat); ROBERT WALKER (*1946): As the apple tree; CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852 - 1924): Ye choirs of New Jerusalem

The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London/Rupert Gough
Samuel Rathbone, organ
Choral music from the sixteenth-century, right up to the late-twentieth-century features on this beautiful eleven-track album, with stunning performances from The Choir of Royal Holloway. The Chapel Choir was established in 1886 for women’s voices & became a mixed choir in 1965. Forty-three years on and the choir have made 14 CD recordings & have toured most European countries, under the guidance of Rupert Gough, who began his musical training as a chorister at the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Place.