Tenebrae's Brahms and Bruckner motets album, recently nominated for BBC Music Magazine Choral disc of the year, features one of Bruckner's most famous and beautiful motets, Locus Iste.The profits from the sale of Tenebrae's 'Brahms and Bruckner Motets' album on Signum Classics will go towards Macmillan Cancer Support to aid their incredible work.

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Bruckner - Locus Iste

To celebrate the announcement of Tenebrae's 'Brahms and Bruckner Motets' being BBC Music Magazine's recording of the month (November 2015), we are delighted to share this fantastic work by Brahms. One of three motets from his 'Fest- Und Gedenksprüche'.

The profits from the sale of Tenebrae's 'Brahms and Bruckner Motets' album on Signum Classics will go towards Macmillan Cancer Support to aid their incredible work.

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Brahms - Fest- Und Gedenksprüche, Op. 109  III. Wo Ist Ein So Herrlich Volk

Revel in the yuletide spirit with this wonderful collection of repertoire that provides a musical breath of fresh air at Christmas, heralding the extraordinary talents of some of the most dedicated and less well-known individuals from English choral music. 

Listen to Christopher Robinson's 'Rejoice And Be Merry' from Tenebrae's 'A Very English Christmas' album, released under the choir's own label: Bene Arte.

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Robinson - Rejoice And Be Merry

Christus Factus Est, one of Bruckner's most popular motets is recorded by Tenebrae as part of their Brahms and Bruckner motets disc. The profits from the sale of Tenebrae's album on Signum Classics will go towards Macmillan Cancer Support to aid their incredible work.

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Bruckner - Christus Factus Est

Tomás Luis de Victoria’s requiem mass for six
voices, written in 1603 and published in 1605,
is a masterpiece. This exquisite recording won the BBC Music Magazine award in 2012. 

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Victoria – Requiem Mass, 1605 – Taedet Animam Meam

The album, Allegri Miserere (Signum Classics, 2006) showcases Tenebrae's near-flawless technique and ethereal beauty in music that ultimately reflects hope and faith. 

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Allegri – Miserere

Songs of Farewell (Signum, 2011) is a rich brocade of British part songs and choral music. Centred on Parry's Songs of Farewell, this disk also contains works by Tavener, Sullivan, Holst, Rodney Bennet, Howells, Elgar and Vaughan Williams. 

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Parry – Lord, Let Me Know Mine End

Inspired by rare manuscripts collected by Nigel Short, Russian Treasures (Bene Arte 2014)is a programme of both popular and rare choral works by Russian composers, displaying Tenebrae's renowned passion and precision at its best. 

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Chesnokov – Tebe Poyem

Inspired by by the rare manuscripts discovered by Nigel Short, Russian Treasures (Bene Arte 2014)contains the well-known and unknown choral works of Russian composers. 

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Golovanov – Slava Ottsu (Yedinorodnï)

Path of Miracles (Signum, 2006) was a newly commissioned work for Tenebrae from Joby Talbot. It is set in four movements - Roncesvalles, Burgos, Leon and Santiago - and is the musical expression of the great Pilmigrage to Santiago. 

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Talbot – Sample From Movement 4 (Santiago)

Path of Miracles (Signum, 2006) was a newly commissioned work for Tenebrae from Joby Talbot. It is set in four movements - Roncesvalles, Burgos, Leon and Santiago - and is the musical expression of the great Pilmigrage to Santiago.  

Recording venue: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London

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Talbot – Sample From Movements 1 (Roncesvalles) and 3 (León)

A Tender Light,( Decca 2012)features the music of the contemporary composer, Paul Mealor. 
"...the highly impressive Tenebrae directed by Nigel Short pull out all the vocal stops at the right moments."  Gramophone Magazine

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Mealor – A Spotless Rose

The Medieval Chant and Tallis Lamentations (Bene Arte, 2014) recording features Nigel Short and Tenebrae Consort. Described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘majestically dark and intense,’ this disk promises an abundance of musical richness and sensitivity achieved through Tenebrae Consort’s passion and precision. 

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Plainchant – Hymn For Passiontide - Pange Lingua Gloriosi

Plainchant – Chapter - Tu In Nobis Es – Respond - In Manus Tuas

Tenebrae returns to the sublime music of Tomas Luis de Victoria on Signum with this recording of his timeless Tenebrae responses. The works mix the words of the Gospels with other texts commenting on collective suffering written around the 4th century, and would traditionally have been performed as part of a moving service in which candles are slowly extinguished to mark the progress and suffering of Christ that forms the Passion story. 

This disk was awarded the Gramaphone Magazine Editor's Choice in December 2013. 

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Victoria – Responsories For Holy Saturday Nocturn III - Astiterunt Reges Terrae

Victoria – Responsories For Holy Saturday Nocturn II - O Vos Omnes

Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and conducted by Nigel Short, Tenebrae records (Warner Classics, 2004)  Mozart’s Requiem and Ave Verum Corpus and Haydn’s Insane et vanae curae in a sublime performance. 

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Mozart – VIII Sequenti - Lacrimosa Feat. Chamber Orchestra Of Europe

Mozart – III Sequenti - Dies Irae Feat. Chamber Orchestra Of Europe

Will Todd is one of the UKs most popular and performed modern choral composers. Nigel Short conducts superlative performances of his works by his BBC Music Magazine Award-winning choir Tenebrae and the English Chamber Orchestra. 

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Todd – The Lord Is My Shepherd Feat. English Chamber Orchestra

A live recording (LSO Live, 2012) of the Faure's Requiem performed by Tenebrae and the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. The Requiem was preceded by a selection of Bach’s Chorales interspersed with his Partitia in D minor, performed by Gordan Nikolitch, leader of the London Symphony Orchestra. Heralded as 'devastatingly beautiful' by Gramophone (UK), this disc won the Classical FM's Album of the Year award in 2012.

Conductor: Nigel Short
Soloist: William Gaunt

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Fauré – Libera Me Feat. London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble

A live recording (LSO, 2007) of Handel's Messiah with Tenebrae, Sir Colin Davis and the LSO, An invigorating performance - tailored with drama and musical precision and heralded as 'jaw-dropping beautiful' by The Guardian.  

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Handel - For Unto Us A Child Is Born Feat. London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble

'Thou My Love Art Fair' is taken from Tenebrae Consort's 2016 release, 'Sun, Moon, Sea and Stars' (Bene Arte Records) featuring songs and arrangements exclusively by Bob Chilcott.

Soloist: Stephen Kennedy

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Chilcott - Thou, My Love, Art Fair

Tenebrae are delighted to be releasing a disc of sacred works by celebrated British composer Alexander L'Estrange.

Pre-order album: http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Eagles-Wings-Alexander-LEstrange/dp/B01953YRZQ

Album launch concert:
http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/events/2016/04/07/on-eagles-wings-album-launch


L'Estrange - My Song is Love Unknown (extract)

Tenebrae is excited to launch a new album part songs from the British Isles on 30th September 2016 on its Bene Arte label. 

To mark #Shakespeare400, here is a little exclusive from Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'Over Hill, Over Dale' from his Three Shakespeare Songs, which will feature on this new album entitled 'Music of the Spheres'.

Find out more about Bene Arte Records here: http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/choral-development/bene-arte

Vaughan Williams – Over Hill, Over Dale - Three Shakespeare Songs

One of the highlights of Tenebrae Consort's disc of songs and arrangements by celebrated composer Bob Chilcott.

"Kick your shoes off, sit back and enjoy."  - The Guardian

http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/recordings/sun-moon-sea-and-stars

George Gershwin arr. Bob Chilcott – Fascinating Rhythm

Accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and conducted by Nigel Short, Tenebrae sings the Kyrie Mozart’s Requiem.

https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/recordings/mozart-requiem

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem In D Minor K626 - II Kyrie

Following a string of five-star reviews for their previous discs of 20th-century French choral music and Renaissance polyphony the professional chamber-choir Tenebrae go from strength to strength with this recording of a movement from Hubert Parry's Songs of Farewell.

http://www.tenebrae-choir.com/recordings/hubert-parry-songs-farewell

Parry - My Soul, There Is A Country

Murrill's 'O Mistress Mine' is the opening track to Tenebrae's latest release, 'Music of the Spheres'. 

You can purchase a copy of the CD through Tenebrae's online shop here: https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/recordings/music-of-the-spheres-part-songs-of-the-british-isles

In this disc Tenebrae brings you the glories of part song ranging from exquisite miniatures about the natural world and human experience to captivating masterpieces marrying text and song. Shakespeare, Shelley, Byron, Tennyson and Milton are the inspiration of renowned composers such as Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Holst and more. As with other Bene Arte releases, Tenebrae aims to marry well-known works alongside less-familiar repertoire.

Herbert Murrill - O Mistress Mine

Tenebrae's recording of Judith Bingham's 'The Drowned Lovers' from the choir's 2016 release, 'Music of the Spheres'.

Soloist: Martha McLorinan

https://www.tenebrae-choir.com/recordings/music-of-the-spheres-part-songs-of-the-british-isles

Bingham - The Drowned Lovers - Tenebrae

Tenebrae perform a new commission by Judith Bingham: A Walk With Ivor Gurney.

A Walk With Ivor Gurney Disc 1

A Walk With Ivor Gurney

One of the world’s finest vocal ensembles, under the direction of Nigel Short, renowned for its passion and precision

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