BREAKING
NEWS:
Due to the take over of Sanctuary/ASV Gaudeamus by Universal we are unable at the moment to obtain stocks of the following titles. (see right)
This is a temporary situation, so watch this space for updates.
Discography
The Complete Carver
All 3 of the CDs below in a presentation slip-case, and at a very attractive price. (ASV CDGAX 319)
The Complete Works of Robert Carver
Robert Carver Vol I
Robert Carver Vol I
Volume I of Cappella Nova's trail-blazing series - "a superb achievement" (CD Review - CD of the Month). Features the 10-part Mass and 19-part 0 bone Jesu. Currently also available on cassette. (ASV CDGAU 124)
Robert Carver Vol II
Robert Carver Vol II
Volume II features the celebrated Mass L'Homme arme. "This is really beautiful music!" (American Record Guide). Currently also available on cassette. (ASV CDGAU 126)
Robert Carver Vol III
Robert Carver Vol III
More marvellous music by Scotland's Renaissance genius, including the 5-part Mass Fera pessima. Currently also available on cassette. (ASV CDGAU 127)
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Columba, Most
Holy of Saints
Columba, Most Holy of Saints
Scottish Medieval plainchant, as preserved in the Inchcolm Antiphoner. "The recording has real atmosphere and captures the full richness of the singing" (Classic CD). (ASV CDGAU 129)
Laudes Deo
Laudes Deo: Motets by Robert Johnson
Johnson, the Scottish composer who fled to England accused of heresy, represents the generation after Carver. "A dazzling display of vocal virtuosity" (BBC Music Magazine) (ASV CDGAU 154)
Sacred Music for
Mary Queen of Scots
Sacred Music for Mary Queen of Scots
The Mass Cantate Domino (attrib. Carver), described by Early Music News as "a sumptuous work of great beauty and sonority". Plus psalm-settings (sung in early Scots) by Angus and Peebles. (ASV CDGAU 136)
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The Miracles of St Kentigern
The Miracles of St Kentigern
"Alan Tavener's superb choir unearths early-Medieval chant in a sparse, simple style - a beautiful sound" (The Scotsman). Clarsach (played by William Taylor) with voices and bells in the performance of chants from the Sprouston Breviary harks back to the bardic story-telling traditions. (ASV CDGAU 169)
Wings of Wisdom
Wings of Wisdom
Canty, the female voices of Cappella Nova, singing haunting Medieval plainsong by Hildegard of Bingen and anonymous Scots. Special guests Gillean McDougall (reader) and William Taylor (Medieval harps and organistrum) add to the magical atmosphere of this unique disc. "The singing on this recording is gorgeous" (American Record Guide). (RTCD002)
Nou lat us sing
A Scottish Christmas
Nou lat us sing - A Scottish Christmas
Capturing the spirit of our Carols by Candlelight concerts, this unique collection features Gaelic carols, traditional Scottish tunes, 16th & 17th century Scottish motets and Christmas songs, and carols written specially for Cappella Nova by Herbert Sumsion and John Tavener. "You could not do better than find this in your stocking" (Church Music Quarterly). (RTCD001)
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Scottish Twentieth
Century Choral Music
Scottish Twentieth Century Choral Music
A unique collection of works commissioned by Cappella Nova in the 1980s - the virtuoso White on White by Lyell Cresswell for 18 soloists; the luminous 12-part Motet In Memoriariam Robert Carver by Ronald Stevenson; and the rhapsodic, gaelic Psalm of the Land by William Sweeney. (CKD014)
The Thistle
and The Rose
The Thistle and The Rose
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the marriage of King James IV of Scotland to Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, in 1503, this disc features yet more rare gems from the Carver Choirbook in world premiere recordings.
The vivid, masterly Mass Deus Creator Omnium (anonymous, but possibly by Walter Frye) is the main work, alongside Carver’s exquisite, virtuoso Mass for Three Voices (sung by members of Canty).
"The best thing about this disc is Cappella Nova’s singing. It has a fluency and directness, purity and a palette of colour that combine to reveal the music’s extraordinarily expressive fusion of simplicity and elaboration." (The Daily Telegraph) (ASV CD GAU 342)
Flame of Ireland
Flame of Ireland
Canty sing the world premiere recording of the ‘highlights’ of Matins for the Feast of St Brigit from a medieval Irish manuscript. Accompanied on the medieval wire-strung clarsach (Celtic harp) by William Taylor, the sequence of beautiful responsories, lections and antiphons tell stories of this most intriguing of saints as they might have been heard in medieval Ireland.
(ASV CD GAU 354)
Felix Femina
Felix Femina
Canty’s gorgeous CD of 13th century Scottish polyphony from the St Andrews Music Book. Reconstructing a Lady Mass as it might have been heard in the time of Robert the Bruce with exquisite and rare music recorded here for the first time. Featuring William Taylor on medieval clarsach, this recording opens a bejewelled window onto the distant past. "Irrestibly attractive” (The Daily Telegraph)
Tenebrae
Tenebrae
A magnificent recording of world premieres by Scotland’s foremost living composer including the Missa Brevis, Strathclyde Motets and Tenebrae Responsories.
To read the glowing reviews for this CD visit:
Tenebrae reviews
(CKD301)
Apostle of Ireland
Apostle of Ireland: A medieval Irish Office for St Patrick
Canty reconstruct a 15th century Irish Office for St Patrick’s Feast Day.
More wonderful medieval music from the same stable as ‘Flame of Ireland’.
A medieval Irish Office for St Patrick
To be released on the Divine Art label in March 2008’
Purchasing Information
Most of our CDs are available worldwide. Please enquire at your local CD store or online. If you have difficulty obtaining any of them, please contact us. They can also be purchased direct from us (details below).
1/R, 172 Hyndland Road
GLASGOW
G12 9HZ
UK
20th Century Scottish Choral Music
Nou Lat us Sing - A Scottish Christmas
Wings of Wisdom (original version with readings)
These, and all our other CDs, are obtainable direct from us for £12.50 each (plus 10% postage & packing if ordered from outside the UK). We are not yet able to take credit card orders, so it is necessary to enclose a £ (sterling) cheque or money order payable to Cappella Nova with your order.