Recorded in New College Chapel, Oxford, March & July 2006
Playing time : 59:40   DDD

Since New College choristers have been around for over six hundred years, you might be forgiven for thinking that everything about their lives is very traditional. Happily this is not the case: being a chorister these days is cutting-edge, and traditions are only as long as the memory of the oldest chorister, a mere five years. The Choir does not rely on a static repertory, or indeed on a fixed way of doing things. Both change in response to challenges, circumstances, and personnel. In recent years New College choristers have sung in many places around the globe, and recorded on average two CDs a year, most famously the best-selling Agnus Dei.

This programme of music for treble voices is eclectic not only in its variety of repertory but also in its contexts, from church, to theatre, to music room. It provides a snapshot of New College trebles in the year 2005/06.

Recorded in the church of Saint-Martin de Hoff, Sarrebourg, France, July 2007
Playing time : 63:13   DDD

The music of Nicholas Ludford has been discovered only relatively recently.This CD of a cappella music was recorded in the glorious acoustic of St Martin de Hoff on the outskirts of Sarrebourg, a perfect environment for this extraordinary 16th century music. It includes the Missa benedicta et venerabilis with plainsong propers and the votive anthems Domine Jesu Christe and Ave cuius conceptio.

Reviews

" ...here [the New College trebles] show how much young singers can achieve in the way of cohesiveness, coherence and sheer persuasiveness of melodic shape. More please."

The Gramophone

" Performances are exemplary...and show New College on the top of its form. ...a stunning set of trebles."

***** Goldberg Early Music Magazine

" A must for lovers of choral music."

***** Classic FM Magazine

Recorded in New College Chapel, Oxford

Playing time : 68:49   DDD