CD Recordings
Advent Calendar
24 Advent Carols + 1 Bonus Track for Christmas Day
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown, conductor
Mary-Louise Aitken, soprano
Jeremy Carpenter, baritone
Douglas Knight, organ
Robert Pecksmith, organ
Keith Fairbairn, percussion
Stone Records 5060192780338
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The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford:
Soprano – Amelia Hamer, Elizabeth McMillan, Rebecca Nohl, Joanna Perkins, Katharine Piddington, Olivia Waring, Emily Winkler
Alto – Jenni Butler, Eleanor Makower, Laura Schack, Isabel Sinagola, Orly Watson, Glenn Wong
Tenor – Bertie Baigent, Antony Beere, David Bowe, Ian Buchanan, Sam Walker, Daniel Wyman
Bass – Matthew Kerr, Stephen O'Driscoll, Robert Pecksmith, Christoph Schnedermann, Stefan Schwarz, Toby Young
Producers: Alexander Van Ingen and Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Alexander Van Ingen
Technical Engineer: Dave Rowell
Editing: Matthew Bennett
Mixing and Mastering: Dave Rowell
Recorded 23-25 June 2013 at Keble College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Organ: Kenneth Tickell and Company – IV/P, 2011
The CD was released on 4 November 2013 and is available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Presto Music, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Tidal, Deezer, AWA and YouTube.
Review (Classical Iconoclast)
24 Advent Carols + 1 Bonus Track for Christmas Day
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown, conductor
Mary-Louise Aitken, soprano
Jeremy Carpenter, baritone
Douglas Knight, organ
Robert Pecksmith, organ
Keith Fairbairn, percussion
Stone Records 5060192780338
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- John Rutter (born 1945): The twelve days of Christmas [4:05]
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ (BWV 260) [1:03]
- John Rutter (born 1945): I saw three ships [2:23]
- Stephen Darlington (born 1952): Jacob’s Ladder [3:00]
- Peter Warlock (1894-1930): Bethlehem Down [4:00]
- Glenn L. Rudolph (born 1951): Veiled in darkness [3:46]
- Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012): Out of your sleep [1:40]
- Raymond Head (born 1948): Bogoroditsye Dyevo [5:25]
- Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Wie soll ich dich empfangen (BWV 248/5) [1:14]
- Malcolm Archer (born 1952): The Angel Gabriel [2:39]
- Elizabeth Poston (1905-1987): Jesus Christ the apple tree [2:56]
- Peter Cornelius (1824-1874): The three kings [2:33]
- Paul Sartin (born 1971): The Seven Joys of Mary [4:15]
- David Willcocks (1919-2015): Silent Night [3:17]
- Toby Young (born 1990): Advent Carol [2:41]
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 36/8) [0:48]
- Bob Chilcott (born 1955): Nova! nova! [2:21]
- Charles Wood (1866-1926): O thou, the central orb [4:18]
- David Willcocks (1919-2015): Rocking [2:01]
- Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907): A tender shoot [2:11]
- Harold Darke (1888-1976): In the bleak mid-winter [4:37]
- Charles Wood (1866-1926): Ding dong! merrily on high [1:54]
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht (BWV 248/12) [1:15]
- John Gardner (1917-2011): Tomorrow shall be my dancing day [1:54]
- Arthur Warrell (1883-1939): We wish you a merry Christmas [1:47]
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford:
Soprano – Amelia Hamer, Elizabeth McMillan, Rebecca Nohl, Joanna Perkins, Katharine Piddington, Olivia Waring, Emily Winkler
Alto – Jenni Butler, Eleanor Makower, Laura Schack, Isabel Sinagola, Orly Watson, Glenn Wong
Tenor – Bertie Baigent, Antony Beere, David Bowe, Ian Buchanan, Sam Walker, Daniel Wyman
Bass – Matthew Kerr, Stephen O'Driscoll, Robert Pecksmith, Christoph Schnedermann, Stefan Schwarz, Toby Young
Producers: Alexander Van Ingen and Matthew Bennett
Balance Engineer: Alexander Van Ingen
Technical Engineer: Dave Rowell
Editing: Matthew Bennett
Mixing and Mastering: Dave Rowell
Recorded 23-25 June 2013 at Keble College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Organ: Kenneth Tickell and Company – IV/P, 2011
The CD was released on 4 November 2013 and is available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Presto Music, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Tidal, Deezer, AWA and YouTube.
Review (Classical Iconoclast)
Also available
Requiem æternam
Robin Milford (1903-1959):
Mass for five voices, op. 84
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986):
Requiem, op. 9
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown, conductor
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Mark Stone, baritone
Guy Johnston, cello
Tristan Mitchard, organ
Stone Records 5060192780208
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The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford:
Soprano – Hannah Blyth, Katie Borg, Tal Katsir, Rebecca Nohl, Katharine Piddington, Amelia Walsh
Alto – Ellen Border, Jenni Butler, Amy McCourt, Samantha Miller, Clare Phipps
Tenor – David Bowe, John McElroy, Daniel Reeve, Robert Tilson
Bass – Simon Grange, David Hughes, Josh Jordan, Christoph Schnedermann, Stefan Schwarz, Samuel Talalay, Paul Zaba
Registrant – Douglas Knight
Produced by David Crown and James Percival
Engineered and edited by James Percival
Recorded 13-15 July 2011 at the Abbey Church, Douai Abbey, Berkshire, UK (tracks 1-9), and 11-12 July 2011 at Somerville College Chapel, Oxford, UK (tracks 10-15)
Organs: Kenneth Tickell and Company – III/P, 1994/1996 (tracks 1-9); Harrison & Harrison – II/P, 1937 (track 12)
Publishers: Durand Éditions Musicales (tracks 1-9); Cathedral Music (tracks 10-15)
Booklet notes © 2012 James Percival. English translations © 2012 Mark Stone
Front cover: photograph of Dresden in 1945
Inside front cover: photograph of the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford © 2011 Stefan Schwarz
Inside back cover: photograph of David Crown © 2010 Oxford Mail
Reverse inlay: photograph of the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford © 2011 Stefan Schwarz
Graphic design: Colour Blind Design
Our debut album was released on 17 September 2012 and the CD is available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Presto Music, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Tidal, Deezer, AWA and YouTube. The launch concert took place in Michaelmas Term 2012 (16th November 2012).
Review (Classical Iconoclast)
Robin Milford (1903-1959):
Mass for five voices, op. 84
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986):
Requiem, op. 9
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown, conductor
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Mark Stone, baritone
Guy Johnston, cello
Tristan Mitchard, organ
Stone Records 5060192780208
Download CD Booklet
The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford:
Soprano – Hannah Blyth, Katie Borg, Tal Katsir, Rebecca Nohl, Katharine Piddington, Amelia Walsh
Alto – Ellen Border, Jenni Butler, Amy McCourt, Samantha Miller, Clare Phipps
Tenor – David Bowe, John McElroy, Daniel Reeve, Robert Tilson
Bass – Simon Grange, David Hughes, Josh Jordan, Christoph Schnedermann, Stefan Schwarz, Samuel Talalay, Paul Zaba
Registrant – Douglas Knight
Produced by David Crown and James Percival
Engineered and edited by James Percival
Recorded 13-15 July 2011 at the Abbey Church, Douai Abbey, Berkshire, UK (tracks 1-9), and 11-12 July 2011 at Somerville College Chapel, Oxford, UK (tracks 10-15)
Organs: Kenneth Tickell and Company – III/P, 1994/1996 (tracks 1-9); Harrison & Harrison – II/P, 1937 (track 12)
Publishers: Durand Éditions Musicales (tracks 1-9); Cathedral Music (tracks 10-15)
Booklet notes © 2012 James Percival. English translations © 2012 Mark Stone
Front cover: photograph of Dresden in 1945
Inside front cover: photograph of the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford © 2011 Stefan Schwarz
Inside back cover: photograph of David Crown © 2010 Oxford Mail
Reverse inlay: photograph of the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford © 2011 Stefan Schwarz
Graphic design: Colour Blind Design
Our debut album was released on 17 September 2012 and the CD is available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Presto Music, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Tidal, Deezer, AWA and YouTube. The launch concert took place in Michaelmas Term 2012 (16th November 2012).
Review (Classical Iconoclast)
The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas
Somerville College Choir, Oxford
Will Dawes, conductor
Luca Morgante, organ and piano
Resonus Classics RES10310
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1. Cecilia McDowall (born 1951): O Oriens [4:00]
2. Abbie Benis (born 1980): Behind the clouds [4:02]
3. Anna Semple (born 1997): Drop down, ye heavens [2:12]
4. Pamela Decker (born 1955): Veni, veni Emmanuel [3:22]
5. Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980): There is no rose [3:51]
6. Kerensa Briggs (born 1991): A tender shoot [2:10]
7. Sarah Caley (born 1995): Ivy, chief of trees [3:36]
8. Judith Bingham (born 1952): The Dawn of Redeeming Grace [4:45]
9. Joanna Marsh (born 1970): O magnum mysterium [4:30]
10. Errollyn Wallen (born 1958): Peace On Earth [3:45]
11. Yshani Perinpanayagam (born 1983): In Bethlehem above [1:44]
12. Shru Rajasekar (born 1996): Star of Rohini [4:20]
13. Sarah Quartel (born 1982): This endris night [3:50]
14. Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968): Adeste fideles [2:32]
15. Tamsin Jones (born 1972): Verbum caro factum est [3:11]
16. Judith Weir (born 1954): My Guardian Angel [2:23]
17. Janet Wheeler (born 1957): Ding Dong Diggety! [2:53]
18. June Nixon (born 1942): The holly and the ivy [3:04]
19. Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (born 1992): Alleluia! A New Work is Come on Hand [1:42]
20. Cecilia McDowall (born 1951): Gaude et laetare [3:44]
Somerville College Choir, Oxford:
Soprano – Hannah Andrusier, Kaia Cochran, Ismay Forsyth, Steph Garre, Rosie Thorogood, Niamh Robinson-Wakefield, Jemima Storey, Emma Walker, Angie Wya
Alto – Trina Banerjee, Kathryn Boast, Sadie Bosher, Michelle Chan, Caroline Murphy-Racette, Vivian Ng, Elisabeth Siegel, Phoebe Tealby-Watson
Tenor –Jarek Jankowski, Franco Lopez, Sacha Meadowcroft, Luca Morgante, Andrew Orr, Nikita Ostrovsky, Dhruv Sengupta
Bass – Jack Abbott, Robert Clark, Tristan I’Anson-Sparks, Augustine McMahon, Luke Mulholland, Jonathan Pratt, Asher Sandbach, Jacob Timmins, Isaac Walton
Audience Choir in Track 16:
Ruth Akinradewo, Katie Bank, John Boyd, Claire Cockcroft, Gwendoline Davenport, Jack Evans, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Eileen Gartside, Cosima Gillhammer, Chloe Green, Peter Groves, Adina Henson, Luca Morgante, Jonathan Pratt, Steve Rayner, Jake Reading, Virginia Ross, Rex Sandbach, Ruth Sandbach, James Standfield, Jake Sternberg, Sean Telford, Amanda Thomas, Toby Thorogood, Joe Waymouth
Producer: Adrian Peacock
Engineer: Dave Rowell
Editors: Adrian Peacock, Will Brown & Matthew Bennett
Executive Producer: Adam Binks
Session Photography: Hugh Warwick
Recorded 22-24 June 2022 at Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Organ: JW Walker & Sons – II/P, 1994
The CD was released on 4 November 2022 and is available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Presto Music, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Tidal, Deezer, Resonus Classics and YouTube.
Somerville College Choir, Oxford
Will Dawes, conductor
Luca Morgante, organ and piano
Resonus Classics RES10310
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1. Cecilia McDowall (born 1951): O Oriens [4:00]
2. Abbie Benis (born 1980): Behind the clouds [4:02]
3. Anna Semple (born 1997): Drop down, ye heavens [2:12]
4. Pamela Decker (born 1955): Veni, veni Emmanuel [3:22]
5. Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980): There is no rose [3:51]
6. Kerensa Briggs (born 1991): A tender shoot [2:10]
7. Sarah Caley (born 1995): Ivy, chief of trees [3:36]
8. Judith Bingham (born 1952): The Dawn of Redeeming Grace [4:45]
9. Joanna Marsh (born 1970): O magnum mysterium [4:30]
10. Errollyn Wallen (born 1958): Peace On Earth [3:45]
11. Yshani Perinpanayagam (born 1983): In Bethlehem above [1:44]
12. Shru Rajasekar (born 1996): Star of Rohini [4:20]
13. Sarah Quartel (born 1982): This endris night [3:50]
14. Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968): Adeste fideles [2:32]
15. Tamsin Jones (born 1972): Verbum caro factum est [3:11]
16. Judith Weir (born 1954): My Guardian Angel [2:23]
17. Janet Wheeler (born 1957): Ding Dong Diggety! [2:53]
18. June Nixon (born 1942): The holly and the ivy [3:04]
19. Ghislaine Reece-Trapp (born 1992): Alleluia! A New Work is Come on Hand [1:42]
20. Cecilia McDowall (born 1951): Gaude et laetare [3:44]
Somerville College Choir, Oxford:
Soprano – Hannah Andrusier, Kaia Cochran, Ismay Forsyth, Steph Garre, Rosie Thorogood, Niamh Robinson-Wakefield, Jemima Storey, Emma Walker, Angie Wya
Alto – Trina Banerjee, Kathryn Boast, Sadie Bosher, Michelle Chan, Caroline Murphy-Racette, Vivian Ng, Elisabeth Siegel, Phoebe Tealby-Watson
Tenor –Jarek Jankowski, Franco Lopez, Sacha Meadowcroft, Luca Morgante, Andrew Orr, Nikita Ostrovsky, Dhruv Sengupta
Bass – Jack Abbott, Robert Clark, Tristan I’Anson-Sparks, Augustine McMahon, Luke Mulholland, Jonathan Pratt, Asher Sandbach, Jacob Timmins, Isaac Walton
Audience Choir in Track 16:
Ruth Akinradewo, Katie Bank, John Boyd, Claire Cockcroft, Gwendoline Davenport, Jack Evans, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Eileen Gartside, Cosima Gillhammer, Chloe Green, Peter Groves, Adina Henson, Luca Morgante, Jonathan Pratt, Steve Rayner, Jake Reading, Virginia Ross, Rex Sandbach, Ruth Sandbach, James Standfield, Jake Sternberg, Sean Telford, Amanda Thomas, Toby Thorogood, Joe Waymouth
Producer: Adrian Peacock
Engineer: Dave Rowell
Editors: Adrian Peacock, Will Brown & Matthew Bennett
Executive Producer: Adam Binks
Session Photography: Hugh Warwick
Recorded 22-24 June 2022 at Exeter College Chapel, Oxford, UK
Organ: JW Walker & Sons – II/P, 1994
The CD was released on 4 November 2022 and is available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Presto Music, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Tidal, Deezer, Resonus Classics and YouTube.
Solo Recordings
Robert Pecksmith - The Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar
This portrait of the newly built Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar includes music by Bach, Liszt, Reger, Parry, Leighton, Duruflé, Howells, Gowers, Pärt and Elgar as well as the premier recording of a new work by Somerville Choir alumnus Bertie Baigent.
JUBAL CD 150301
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Available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Amazon Germany, Deezer, Tidal and JUBALmusic
Producer: Horst Brauner (Berlin)
Co-Producer: Stefan Schwarz (Oxford)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter (Berlin)
Photos: Anke Gerlach, Stefan Schwarz
Booklet Notes: Joachim Stade, Robert Pecksmith, Stefan Schwarz
Translations: Stefan Schwarz
In collaboration with Orgelbau Waltershausen
Recorded 10 August 2014 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche), Weimar, Germany
Organ: Orgelbau Waltershausen - III/P, 2011
This portrait of the newly built Franz Liszt Memorial Organ in Weimar includes music by Bach, Liszt, Reger, Parry, Leighton, Duruflé, Howells, Gowers, Pärt and Elgar as well as the premier recording of a new work by Somerville Choir alumnus Bertie Baigent.
JUBAL CD 150301
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Available for purchase and streaming from Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, Amazon Germany, Deezer, Tidal and JUBALmusic
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 [6:07] - MP3 Preview
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Fugue in C minor, BWV 546 [5:53] - MP3 Preview
- Bertie Baigent: Bright spark, shot from a brighter place (Premier Recording) [4:58] - MP3 Preview
- Franz Liszt: Ave Maria von Arcadelt, S. 659 [5:45] - MP3 Preview
- Hubert Parry: Chorale Prelude on St. Cross (from Seven Chorale Preludes, Set II) [4:16] - MP3 Preview
- Kenneth Leighton: Paean [4:20] - MP3 Preview
- Max Reger: Benedictus, op. 59/9 [4:24] - MP3 Preview
- Maurice Duruflé: Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des Heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons, op. 12 [3:13] - MP3 Preview
- Herbert Howells: Master Tallis's Testament (from Six Pieces for Organ) [6:27] - MP3 Preview
- Patrick Gowers: An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary [2:51] - MP3 Preview
- Arvo Pärt: Annum per annum [8:00] - MP3 Preview
- Edward Elgar: Nimrod (arr. William H. Harris) [4:20] - MP3 Preview
Producer: Horst Brauner (Berlin)
Co-Producer: Stefan Schwarz (Oxford)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter (Berlin)
Photos: Anke Gerlach, Stefan Schwarz
Booklet Notes: Joachim Stade, Robert Pecksmith, Stefan Schwarz
Translations: Stefan Schwarz
In collaboration with Orgelbau Waltershausen
Recorded 10 August 2014 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche), Weimar, Germany
Organ: Orgelbau Waltershausen - III/P, 2011
Robert Pecksmith - Jubilation
Charity Compilation CD
Organ Music and Orchestral Arrangements of Organ Works
JUBAL CD 201001
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International Release: 1 December 2020
Available from the CD label JUBAL
Track Listing (tracks featuring Robert Pecksmith)
3. Percy Whitlock: Fanfare (from Four Extemporisations) [7:52]
11. Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 [6:23]
Producer: Horst Brauner, Stefan Schwarz (tracks 3 & 11)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter
Booklet Notes: Horst Brauner
Charity Compilation CD
Organ Music and Orchestral Arrangements of Organ Works
JUBAL CD 201001
Download CD Booklet
Download CD Back Cover
International Release: 1 December 2020
Available from the CD label JUBAL
Track Listing (tracks featuring Robert Pecksmith)
3. Percy Whitlock: Fanfare (from Four Extemporisations) [7:52]
11. Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 [6:23]
Producer: Horst Brauner, Stefan Schwarz (tracks 3 & 11)
Mixing and Mastering: Jörg Ritter
Booklet Notes: Horst Brauner
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