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Songs of Angels
Music from Magdalen College (1480-1560)


Choir of Magdalen College Oxford
directed by Bill Ives


 

"These young choral scholars are an impressive group of musicians"

Jeremy Summerly, BBC Radio 3 CD Review

    Read what reviewers said about Magdalen’s previous performances:

"Hallelujah for Magdalen Choir"

 Trinidad Gazette, September 2001

       

"PERFECTION. What more can one say, or write, of the Magdalen College Choir?"

Trinidad Newsday, 7 September 2001

          "...a thrilling, perfectly timed performance"

Oxford Times, 26 May 2000

"Director Bill Ives conducts his forces with an assured sense of balance between parts ... adult and boy choristers sing with unerring pitch and fine phrasing"

ClassicsToday.com, 26 May 2000


Performance Notes

Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
Director: Bill Ives

Choristers
Henry Scarlett
Samuel Henderson
Christopher McQuitty
Michael Hickman
James Doig
Adam Blackwell
Robi Bhattacharya
Benjamin Goodall
Billy Harpin
Robert Henderson
William Roome
Daniel Smith
Michal Czepiel
Stefan Roberts
Nicholas Tollemache
Nicholas Doig

Altos
Magid El-Bushra
Daniel Parkes
Matthew Rogers
Daniel von Wachter

Tenors
Brian Chapman
Noel Hunwick
Andrew McAnerney
Ambrose Neville
William Tallon
David Willey

Basses
Paul Hedley
Pavel Jiracek
James Macpherson
Daniel Robson
Gregory Sanderson
Adam Smyth

Organ
Duncan Ferguson

Editions:

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 8-10 by David Skinner (Waynflete Music, Magdalen College, Oxford OX1 4AU)

Tracks 3 and 6 by Nick Sandon (Antico Edition, PO Box 1, Moretonhampstead, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 8UA; www.anticoedition.co.uk

 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                         
                           

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Choir of Magdalen College Oxford
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Release date: 10th February 2003
Order code: SIGCD038
Barcode: 635212003824
 

 

Order Code:
    SIGCD038

Barcode:
    635212003824

Release date:
    1st December 2002

Recorded:
    21–22 March 2002 (tracks 1, 4, 6, 9, 10)
    1–3 July 2002 (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8)
    Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford  

Engineering:
    Andrew Hallifax

Producer:
    David Skinner

Editor:
    Julia Thomas (Finespline, Ltd)

Booklet Notes:
    David Skinner

Translations:
    French: Robert Bagur
    German: Margarete Forsyth

Text and translation editor:
    Christine Darby

Booklet cover design:
    ATX Design Associates

Booklet layout and typesetting:
    Jan Hart

Copyright:
    © Copyright 2002 Signum Records Ltd


 

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