The Waynflete Singers

Our CD of Delius's Mass of Life and Requiem has been re-released by Chandos with a new cover picture
(replacing the universally 'panned' picture of a foetus!) but with the same no: CHAN 9515

A full and atmospheric Chandos recording confirms this as a first choice" - The Guardian
"..pride of place goes to the present offering not least for its spectacularly superior sound transparently capturing
the stillest moments in a spaciousness gorgeously, gloriously, tumultuously filled at the climaxes" - Fanfare

Our recording of Gerald Finzi's In Terra Pax is the first track on Finzi Centenary double-CD available at mid-price in Decca's
new British Music Collection series Decca 468 807-2 (This track was included in our Christmas Fantasy CD - see below.)

Composer	Title of CD Label Number	Artists appearing with Waynflete Singers, Press notices and other details
various	O come let us adore him Herald HAVPCD231	Winchester Cathedral Choir, Resounding Brass, Stephen Farr David Hill
various	Songs of Praise The Christmas Album BBC WMEF 0049-2	Daniel O'Donnell, Sir Harry Secombe, Winchester Cathedral Choir and other choirs
Elgar	Dream of Gerontius Naxos 8.553885/6	Sarah Fryer, Matthew Best, William Kendall Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus David Hill. Monde de la Musique **** (highest rating) "Marvellous bargain account, with a solid British cast" - Sunday Times
Delius	A Mass of Life; Requiem Chandos CHAN 9515	Rebecca Evans, Joan Rodgers, Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Peter Coleman-Wright, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Richard Hickox "Both works are superbly performed ... excellent chorus" - Sunday Telegraph "This idealized light and air-filled sound brings a sharper, bright presence for the chorus (and its German words) ... The Hampshire chorus shine in the prominent role which the Chandos balance gives them, with ringing attack for all entries where it is needed, and singing as confident as it is sensitive ... really incisive, eager singing and playing" - Gramophone
Walton	Belshazzar's Feast London 448 134-2 Grammy Award Winner 1997	Bryn Terfel, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Andrew Litton "This disc could easily become an audiophile benchmark. Great credit must go to the splendidly trained choruses, whose diction and attention to details, especially dynamics, is amazing." - Fanfare "Exceptionally incisive choral and orchestral sound; a performance on a bigger scale than its rivals" - Gramophone "Choral singing is exceptionally fine" - BBC Music Magazine Grammy Award - 1997
Walton	The Centenary Edition	Inculdes Belshazzar's Feast and Coronation Te Deum Andrew Litton and David Hill A 4 CD box set featuring 2 Waynflete Singers recordings
various	A Christmas Celebration Virgin Classics 7243 5 61314 2	Winchester Cathedral Choir, Stephen Farr (organ), David Hill A compilation of seasonal fare
Orff	Carmina Burana Re-issued on Virgin double album VBD5 61510-2c/w Holst The Planets	Janice Watson, Donald Maxwell, James Bowman, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, David Hill Recorded after 1994 Proms performance - Bargain price double album
Various	Christmas Fantasy London 444 130-2 (deleted)	Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Dunnett (organ), David Hill Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols , Finzi's In terra pax and other seasonal fare
Mahler	Das Klagende Lied Chandos CHAN 9247	Joan Rodgers, Linda Finnie, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Robert Hayward, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bath Festival Chorus, Richard Hickox "Eminently enjoyable ... Choirs are on good, lusty form" - Gramophone ***** BBC Music Magazine
Delius	Sea Drift; Songs of Farewell; Songs of Sunset Chandos CHAN9214 Gramophone Choral Award - 1994	Bryn Terfel, Sally Burgess, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox "Choral performances technically immaculate" - Classic CD "The choir is first class" - BBC Music Magazine "Unequivocally ... the finest recorded post-Beecham Sea Drift ... choral singing from Hampshire's finest, rivalling Hickox's 1980 LSO Chorus, and surpassing Mackerras's Welsh forces ... a fuller, more present choral sound (and clear consonants) ... there's a lot more life in Hickox's last three songs, particularly the "Old Sailor" of the final song. Strongly recommended." - Gramophone Gramophone Choral Award - 1994
Vaughan Williams	Symphony no. 7 Sinfonia Antartica and Symphony no.8 in D mi Naxos 8.55073	Linda Russell, Ladies of the Waynflete Singers*, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Barkels "Fine contributions from the women of the Waynflete Singers ... This bargain-basement Naxos issue represents very decent value indeed." - Andrew Achenbach "Expansively chilly Antartica warmly recommended" - Classic CD *****
Vaughan Williams and Walton	O clap your hands Argo 436 120-2 (deleted)	Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Winchester Cathedral Choir; David Hill "The Waynflete Singers contribution to this immensely enjoyable disc deserves the fullest praise" - Gramophone
Parry, Stanford and Elgar	Jerusalem Argo 430 836-2 (deleted)	Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Winchester Cathedral Choir; David Hill "The thrill of a lifetime" - Classic CD "An inspirational recording" - The Sunday Independent "So many beautiful things in this release; surely the definitive performance of Blest Pair of Sirens; best buy" - Church Music This CD is unfortunately now deleted from the catalogue.
Parry	The British Music Collection: Sir Hubert Parry	Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Waynflete Singers / Winchester Cathedral Choir; David Hill Includes our recordings of I Was Glad and Jerusalem
Honegger and Poulenc	Une cantate de Noël, Mass in G Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël EMI Eminence CDEMX2275	English Chamber Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Waynflete Singers, Donald Sweeney, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Martin Neary. Recorded in the mid-1980s
Various	Abide With Me 50 Favourite Hymns Decca 452 252-2DF2	Features as last track on CD 2 Jerusalem originally from the Decca Argo recording above with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra David Hill Listen to Jerusalem (part) CD2 Track 25
Various	Christmas Fantasy London 444 130 2LH	Waynflete Singers / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Various	Love Divine: The Essential Hymns Collection Decca 460 848 2DH	Waynflete Singers / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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