Missa Festiva
Ad Fontes – 2022
Flor Peeters was one of the most significant Catholic composers of the twentieth century, whose deeply spiritual œuvre incorporates elements of Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony. This recording celebrates his Latin choral music, a perfect assimilation of the motu proprio of Pope Pius X in 1903, which was unjustly neglected following the Second Vatican Council but is now sung in both Catholic and Protestant churches throughout the world. This album, which includes a number of premiere recordings, also features the popular Missa Festiva, to which Rupert Gough has added brass parts in line with those written by the composer for the Entrata Festiva. These dramatic works, brought to life by the Choir of Royal Holloway, are contrasted with eucharistic motets and the smaller-scale Missa In honorem Sancti Josephi, which showcase the full breadth of Peeters’ idiomatic style.
A Winter’s Night
Signum Records – 2020
This recording brings together a number of seasonal Christmas works, some of which have been arranged specially for this release. these are interspersed with a selection of popular carols which have formed an integral part of Winchester College Chapel Choir’s core repertoire for many years.
”It’s stunning”
Alexander Armstrong, Classic FM
Flare
Signum Records – 2020
Features music composed by Joanna Marsh, who the Guardian described as one of today’s leading composers for voice. Performers include BBC Singers and Symphony Orchestra, Choir of Royal Holloway College, and London Mozart Players
Flux
NMC Records – 2017
New music by five Rambert Dance Fellows. Composers include Gavin Higgins, Mark Bowden, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Kate Whitley and Quinta.
“Played by Onyx Brass with perfectly balanced wit and melancholy”
The Guardian
Parry Choral Music
Hyperion – 2015
Choral music of C.H. Parry arranged for brass and organ, including I was Glad and Coronation Te Deum. Won Music Web International Record of the Month (September 2015). Featuring the Choir of Westminster Abbey, conducted by James O’Donnell.
“An awesome majesty of sound”
The Telegraph
Phillip Cooke Choral Music
Regent Records – 2014
This recording is the first devoted to the choral music of Phillip Cooke. Featuring a selection of both sacred and secular works, the disc includes his largest choral work to date, The Hazel Wood. Performed by the Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, directed by Sarah MacDonald.
The Far Theatricals of Day
Fleet Street Records – 2003
Compositions for choir, brass, and organ including music by Jonathan Dove and Timothy Jackson. Featuring the Choir of St. Bride’s Church, directed by Robert Jones.
Music for Chris
2001
A celebration of the life of Christopher Horn, a founder member of Onyx Brass, this recording brings together a number of ensembles performing music by Brahms, Wagner and the immense ‘Festmusik der Stadt Wien’ by R. Strauss. All proceeds go to The Christopher Horn Trust. Ensembles performing include London Symphony Orchestra Brass, London Brass and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Brass.