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Alex Prior: June 2004 - June 2005
(Private , VHS
) 2005
Featuring
Alex Prior
This new video features Alex's performances
from June 2004 through June 2005. It is a 3 hour video featuring Alex singing, recording, conducting,
performing his own pieces for piano and orchestra and much more...
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Ave Verum
(Brilliant Classics 6323, DVD
) 2002
Featuring
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
CONDUCTOR: Christopher Robinson. Ave Verum (Mozart). Insanae et vanae curae (Haydn). How lovely are Thy dwellings (Brahms). Ave Verum (Byrd). Ave maris stella (Grieg). Denn er hat seinen Engeln (Mendelssohn). Where Thou reignest (Schubert). Bring us O Lord God (Harris). O! for a closer walk with God (Stanford). Crucifixus (Lotti). Pie Jesu Domine (Durufl?). O salutaris hostia (Rossini). Cantique de Jean Racine (Faur?). Thou O God art praiset (Boyle). Hymn of the Cherubim (Rachmaninov). Ave Maria (Parsons). Panis angelicus (Franck). Ave verum (Elgar). Thou will keep him (S.S.Wesley).
Available at
Amazon UK
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Bach: Mass in b minor
(Image Entertainment , DVD
) 2000
Featuring
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Recorded in 2000 at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig where the composer worked as cantor for 25 years, this performance of Bach's Mass in B minor commemorates the 250th anniversary of his birthday. The program features conductor Georg Christoph Biller, the cantor of St. Thomas Church, and soloists Ruth Holton, Matthias Rexroth, Christoph Genz and Klaus Mertens, the Gewandhausorchestra and the men and boys of the Thomanerchor Liepzig.
Available at
Crotchet UK
Available at
SendIt UK (PAL)
Available at
Amazon US (NTSC)
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Bach: Passion
(Brilliant Classics 92519, DVD
) 2005
Featuring
King's College Choir, Cambridge
TRACKS: Johannes Passion - St John Passion BWV245 - 1725 Version. Matthaus Passion - St Matthew Passion BWV244.
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Cleobury
ARTISTS: John Mark Ainsley Catherine Bott Michael Chance King's College Cambridge Choir
Available at
Amazon US
Available at
Crotchet UK
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Born in Bethlehem
( , Film/TV
) 1984
Featuring
Aled Jones
First broadcast on 1984-12-24. The BBC Welsh Chorus & Aled Jones sing popular carols from the sites of the Nativity story in Bethlehem. Also contains 3 peotry readings from Isla Blair. Aled sings "The Little Road To Bethlehem", "O Holy Night", "Ave Maria". Aled Jones & BBC Welsh Chorus: "Once In royal David's City".
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Carols For Christmas
(Kultur 14303, DVD
) 2004
Featuring
Aled Jones
60 min. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 24 popular carols performed by Aled Jones and Gerald Finley, with the Royal College Of Music Chamber Choir. Filmed at the Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral.
Available at
Amazon US
Available at
Amazon UK
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Carols From King's
(BBC/Opus Arte OA0815D, DVD
) 2001
Featuring
King's College Choir, Cambridge
150 mins. Recorded in 2000.
1) Christmas program televised in the UK in 2000, made up of carols and Christmas readings conducted by Stephen Cleobury;
2) a conversation among the three living Directors of Music at King's - Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, and Stephen Cleobury;
3) the first of such carol programs recorded in the chapel in 1954 conducted by Boris Ord.
Available at
Amazon UK
Available at
King's College Chapel Shop
Available at
Amazon US
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Choir of Magdalen College, The
( , VHS
) 1996
Featuring
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Directed by Bill Ives. Organ Scholars : Matthew Martin and Nicholas Shaw. Recorded and filmed in the Chapel of Keeble College Oxford, March 1996.
Crucifixus : Lotti
Wash me throughly : Wesley
A Litany : Walton
Magnificat in G : Purcell
Bist du dei mir : Bach
View me Lord : Wood
Salvator mundi : Tallis
Teach me O Lord : Byrd
O for a closer walk : Stanford
Blessed city : Bairstow
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Christmas Carols from England
(Kultur , VHS
)
Featuring
Simon Carney
York Minster Cathedral is the magnificent setting for this program of traditional Christmas music, featuring the King?s Singers, Benjamin Luxon, Moira Anderson, the Spinners, Choirboy of the Year Simon Carney, the Huddersfield Choral Society, and the Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Robin Stapleton. 50 mins.
Available at
Vision Video
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Christmas Glory with Kiri Te Kanawa
( , Film/TV
) 1998
Featuring
Edward Burrowes
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London
From Sir Christopher Wren's spectacular St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Christmas Glory with Kiri Te Kanawa brings viewers a traditional Christmas concert commemorating the 300th anniversary of this architectural masterpiece. Kiri Te Kanawa leads a distinguished cast of stars in readings. John Scott directs the Choir of St. Paul?s Cathedral, with soloist treble Edward Burrowes, baritone Stephen Roberts and countertenor Stephen Bowman. Selections include "Once in a Royal David's City," "Oh Holy Night" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
YouTube - Balualow clip
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Christmas with the Vienna Boys Choir
(Laser Light LL 80502, VHS
) 1995
Featuring
Die Wiener S?ngerknaben
35 min. Performed by the Vienna Boys Choir, Augarten palace, under the direction of Georg Stangelberger and Marco Ozbic. 15 songs in English and German, including traditional carols and Christmas-related pieces such as "Joy to the World," "Deck the Halls," "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," and "The Little Drummer Boy." The program takes a look at the choir in formal performance and rehearsal, and also provides some special yuletide scenes of the boys preparing for holiday festivities -- bringing in a tree, putting up decorations, eating treats, and enjoying other Christmas customs.
Reissued on DVD as the second half of "Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir - The Vienna Boys' Choir"
Available at
Videoflicks
Info and clips at Almost Angels
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Christmas With Winchester College Chapel Choir
(Naxos 2110512, DVD
) 2006
Featuring
Winchester College Quiristers
With Sara Macliver (soprano), Winchester College Chapel Choir, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra / William Lacey
This selection of music for Christmas brings together East and West in the collaboration of Winchester College Chapel Choir and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded live in Hong Kong in December 2004, this disc features a selection of perennial favourites from the Baroque period, including Bach cantatas and Handel?s Messiah, and three exquisite modern carols.
Running Time: Concert: 99:32. NTSC: Region 0. Sung texts included
MDT
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Dreamland "Special Edition"
(Musicrama , VHS
) 2001
Featuring
Michael Junior
45 mins. Recorded in October, 1999, Michael performs twelve songs in concert: the introductory and finale songs with Lotti, but the rest is him performing solo. Identical to the previously released PBS video aside from one extra track. The Special Edition has an extra song, "Nur Die Schwane Wissen Wo" which was performed at a zoo with white swans.
Available at
Amazon US
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Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
(Polygram 440-071262, VHS
) 1993
Featuring
King's College Choir, Cambridge
110 min. A host of Carols from King`s College Choir conducted by Stephen Cleobury.
Includes: Once In Royal David's City, O Come All Ye Faithful, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, The Seven Joys Of Mary and Silent Night.
Also included is a 50 minute documentary on the life of a chorister at King`s College.
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Gloria in Excelsis Deo
(TDK recording DVCHTBC, DVD
) 2002
Featuring
Thomanerchor Leipzig
59 mins. Recorded 1995.
A camera team accompany the choir of St Thomas' in Leipzig over several months as they progress from the entrance examination to graduation. The choir then perform works by composers who are connected with the history of the choir. These include Schein, Schutz, Mendelssohn Bartoldy, Reger and Bach.
Christmas songs, interviews with Biller and the choristers, views of choir school life.
Available at
JPC
Available at
amazon.de
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Karl Jenkins, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
(EMI Classics , DVD
) 2005
Featuring
Tomos Xerri
Videotaped during a live performance in Cardiff, Wales in January 2005, this is one of the most moving choral/orchestral performances I have ever seen. Welsh composer/performer Jenkins began as a jazz soloist after studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Later he won awards for his advertising music, including the catchy theme for De Beers diamonds. He has now topped the classical charts around the world for his Adieamus choral projects and various classical works such as these. The UK?s Classic FM service presented him with an award for ?outstanding service to classical music,? and this year he was awarded an OBE by the Queen.
Available at
Amazon UK
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King's at Christmas
(London/Polygram 12623, VHS
) 1993
Featuring
King's College Choir, Cambridge
The festival of nine lessons and carols from King's College, Cambridge for the first time on video. Televised around the world since 1954, the program includes a variety of yule-tide favorites.
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Magnificat and a bit of Bach
(Drakensberg Music , DVD
) 2005
Featuring
Drakensberg Boys Choir
A brand new DVD from the Drakensberg Boys' Choir performing LIVE!
The first DVD ever from the Drakenberg Boys' Choir shows a live performance of favourite pieces from Bach and features John Rutters' "Magnificat"
1 Kommet,Eilet Und Laufet - From Easter Oratorio. BWV 249
2 Wenn Soll Es Doch Geschehen - From Ascension Oratorio. BWV 11
3 Preis Und Dank - From Easter Oratorio. BWV 249
4 Magnificat - By John Rutter
Total Playing Time: 53 Minutes
Available at
Available only from the Choir's website
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Mozart Celebration, A
(Euroarts Music International 2055168 , DVD
) 2006
Featuring
Die Wiener S?ngerknaben
68 minutes + 60 minutes documentary. Recorded live at the Domkirche St. Stephan, Vienna 27 Jan 2006. The performance celebrates the Mozart's 250th birth anniversary.
Available at
Amazon UK
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New Born King, The (1986)
(Beckman Home Video , VHS
) 1992
Featuring
Aled Jones
Westminster Cathedral Choir
60 min, Baritone Benjamin Luxon, Boy Soprano Aled Jones, actor Emlyn Williams and the Westminster Cathedral Choir perform "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," "Adeste Fidelis," and "Good King Wenceslas," in this celebration of the holiday season filmed at Westminster Cathedral.
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Perry Como's Irish Christmas (1993)
(Wienerworld WNR2049 , VHS
) 1999
Featuring
Palestrina Choir
83 min. Perry Como marked his 60th Anniversary in show business with his first-ever Christmas concert in Ireland in 1993. Features the boys of the Palestrina choir, and the chorus of the Glasnevin Musical Society.
Songs of interest include "Suantrai" and "Christ is Born" with the Boys of the Palestrina choir, and "O Holy Night" with the Chorus of the Glasnevin musical society with a Boy Soprano from the Palestrina choir.
The CD Audio version does not include "Suantrai" and "O Holy Night".
Available at
Amazon UK
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Poulenc - Stabat Mater
(BBC Opus Arte OA 0817D, DVD
) 2002
Featuring
Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
Francis Poulenc's STABAT MATER is a haunting piece of music composed after the death of one of his closest friends brought Poulenc to the shrine of the Black Madonna of Rocamadour. This performance combines soprano Judith Howarth, the BBC Philharmonic, and the choirs of St. John's, Clare and Gonville, and Caius Colleges.
Available at
Tower Records
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S?ngerknaben, Die
( , Film/TV
) 1995
Featuring
M?nchner Domsingknaben
Regensburger Domspatzen
German fiction series, consisting of six half-hour television episodes, following the adventures of a group of boys at a choir school. On-screen performances supported by the Munich Cathedral Boys Choir; the singing of the actors was dubbed by the Ratisbone Cathedral Boys Choir (Regensburger Domspatzen).
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Sing Along Carols
(Rel Records RELV027, VHS
) 1995
Featuring
The Choir of Paisley Abbey
Fifty minutes of all your favourite carols including: 'Hark The Herald Angels', 'The First Noel', 'Ding! Dong! Merrily On High', 'Away In A Manger' and more.
Available at
SendIt.com
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Sing Freedom
( , DVD
) 2004
Featuring
Drakensberg Boys Choir
A LIVE recording by John Fletcher and the Drakensberg Boys' Choir to celebrate a decade of democracy in South Africa.
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Songs of the Season at Grace Cathedral
( , DVD
)
Featuring
Grace Cathedral Choir San Francisco
Songs of the Season at Grace Cathedral is the first video release by the choir, and features their signature performances of the Christmas favorites ?Joy to the World,? ?O Holy Night,? and ?Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,? as well as other carols. Within the stunning majesty of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, the choir is accompanied by harp, flute, and the cathedral?s world famous 7,347 pipe Aeolian-Skinner organ. Produced by GraceCom Media Ministry, this program aired several times during the 2004 and 2005 holiday seasons on KRON4 San Francisco.
Available at
Grace Cathedral
Video clip at Dale Tracy's website
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Tavener - Fall And Resurrection
(Opus Arte OA0841D , DVD
) 2000
Featuring
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, London
Starring: Patricia Rozario, Michael Chance, Martyn Hill, Stephen Richardson, BBC Singers, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox. A new work by Sir John Tavener dedicated to The Prince Of Wales and recorded in St Paul's Cathedral, London.
Available at
Amazon UK
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Vienna in Music
(London/Polygram 071206, VHS
)
Featuring
Die Wiener S?ngerknaben
92 min. Directed by Peter Lokynski, these two made-for-TV films shot in Vienna, offer visual interpretations of Viennese polka and waltz melodies. Sung by the Vienna Boys' Choir, accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic under the direction of Willi Boskovsky.
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Voices From The Holy Land
(BBC V4124, VHS
) 1985
Featuring
Aled Jones
Aled Jones and the BBC Welsh Chorus bring to life music both sacred and secular, set against a backdrop of locations in the Holy Land. Aled sings on tracks 2,4,6,8,10,12,15. Soundtrack is BBC REC 564. 60 min.
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Weihnachtskonzert
( , DVD
)
Featuring
Dionizy Płaczkowski
Polskie Slowiki
Conductor: W. Alexander Krolopp. Soloists:
Jacek Szafarkiewiez - Soprano: Member of the Nachtigallen.
Danuta Nowak-Tolezinsaka - Mezzo Soprano.
Wojcieeh Maciejowski - Tenor.
Krizisztof Szaniecri - Bass.
Dionizy Placzkowski in the bonus part (Christmas songs)
Available at
Festival Turne
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Winchester Carols
(IMC Vision Ltd. IMC042, VHS
) 1987
Featuring
Winchester Cathedral Choir
60 min. Tracklist includes: 'Once In Royal David's City', 'We Three Kings', 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen', 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem' and 'First Noel'. Musical director Martin Neary.
Available at
SendIt UK
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World Choir, The
( CF101, VHS
)
Featuring
Oliver Sammons
90 mins. Featuring the voices of thousands from the National Rugby Stadium of Wales; Cardiff Arms Park. Singers include: Tom Jones, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Tenor Dennis O'Neill and Choirboy Of The Year Oliver Sammons. Tracklist includes: 'Nessum Dorma', 'Green Green Grass Of Home' and 'Memory'.
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