PHOENIX RECORDINGS

The Phoenix Chamber Choir has a long tradition of sharing the wonderful gift of music with its audiences These recordings are a part of the choir as much as their concerts are.

For more information please contact us. CDs and/or MP3s can be ordered following the appropriate links below.

— Denotes Canadian Composers

  1. Water Night (1995): Eric Whitacre [b. 1970] 3:34
  2. Immortal Bach (Komm süsser Tod, BWV 478): J. S. Bach, arr. Knut Nystedt [b. 1915] 3:26
  3. Esto les digo (2001): Kinley Lange [b. 1950] 2:41
  4. Karitas habundant: Hildegard von Bingen [1098-1179] 2:08
  5. Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst (1945): Rudolph Mauersberger [1889-1971] 4:59
  6. Lux aurumque (2000): Eric Whitacre [b. 1970] 2:59

    From Missa Tiburtina (1985): Giles Swayne [b. 1946]
  7. Kyrie 3:00
  8. Benedictus 3:54
  9. Dona nobis pacem 3:01

  10. Kondakion (From On Leaving, 1999): Galina Grigorjewa [b. 1962] 1:47
  11. Let Our Mouths be Filled with Thy Praise •Da ispolnyatsya usta nashi 2:35
    [From Prayers from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom]: Dmitry V. Smirnov [b. 1952]
  12. Evening Prayer[From Hänsel und Gretel]: E. Humperdinck, arr. Phil Mattson 1:50
  13. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (1982): G. Mahler, arr. Clytus Gottwald [b. 1925] 5:06
  14. Nocturne Tagore (2001): Thierry Machuel [b. 1962] 4:09

    From Exercitia Mythologica: Jan Novak (1921-1984)
  15. Minerva :55
  16. Tityrus 2:02
  17. Terpsichore 2:24

  18. El Paisanito: Argentinean Folksong, arr. Ward Swingle [b. 1927] 3:57
  19. I Can Tell the World: Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan [1957-2003] 3:09
  20. Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal: Traditional Hymn, arr. Alice Parker [b. 1925] 2:07
  21. Goodnight, It’s Time to Go: Carter/Hudson, arr. Kirby Shaw 3:36
The Road Less Travelled CD cover

The Road Less Travelled

[Recorded 2007 - Released 2008]

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live from Europe

2 CDs [2002]
"This two-CD set is a genuine ear-opener, fuelled by passion and ability that are impossible to fake." The Georgia Straight

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CD 1

  1. Ave Verum Corpus Colin Mawby
  2. O Crux Knut Nystedt
  3. Jesu, Dulcis Memoria Tomás Luis de Victoria
  4. O Rubor Sanguinis Hildegard von Bingen
  5. Bogoroditsye Dyevo Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. O süsses Licht Ramona Luengen
  7. Die Stimme des Kindes Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
  8. Deep River Arranged Norman Luboff
  9. I Got Shoes Arranged Robert Shaw-Alice Parker
  10. Hortabagy Arranged György Ligeti
  11. Schein uns, du liebe Sonne Arranged Arnold Schoenberg
  12. Ei, du Lutte Arnold Schoenberg
  13. Dat du min Leevsten büst Arranged Hellmut Wormsbacher
  14. Eb fél, kutya fél Arranged György Ligeti

CD 2

  1. O Quam Amabilis Pierre Villete
  2. Panis Angelicus Pierre Villette
  3. Tenebrae Factae Sunt Carlo Gesualdo
  4. De Profundis Jozsef Karai
  5. Agneau de Dieu Rupert Lang
  6. Crucifixus Antonio Lotti
  7. Ergebung Hugo Wolf
  8. Irischer Segenswunsch Markus Pythik
  9. Shenandoah Arranged James Erb
  10. Joshua Fought the Battle Arranged Jonathan Rathbone
  11. It Don't Mean a Thing Arranged Anders Edenroth
  12. Goodnight, It's Time to Go Arranged Kirby Shaw
1.The Huron Carol
Trad Canadian
arr Robert B Anderson

2.In the Bleak Mid-winter
William Llewellyn;Gustav Holst
3.Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Michael Praetorius/Jan Sandstr?m
4.Uns ist ein Kind geboren
Heinz Werner Zimmerman
5.Carol of the Stable Dog
Corlynn Hanney
6.How Far Is It to Bethlehem
Trad English arr Alice Parker &
Robert Shaw

7.Coventry Carol
Trad arr Jonathan Rathbone
8.Here We Come A Caroling
Trad arr Phil Mattson
9.The Little Road to Bethlehem
Michael Head
10.Hodie Christus natus est
Niels la Cour
11.A Boy Was Born
Benjamin Britten
12.A Christmas Carol
Charles Ives
13.Jingle Bells
Trad arr Gordon Langford
14.Home for the Holiday
Dianna Griffiths
15.Quelle est cette odeur agr?able?
Trad French arr Donal Patriquin
16.Natiitas tua
plainchant
17.Ave MariaJavier Busto
18.There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
14th c Anon John Joubert
19.O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen
20.Christmas Angel(608k)
Corlynn Hanney
21.Silent Night
Franz Gruber arr Miles Ramsay
The Huron Carol

The Huron Carol

[1999]
"*****Magic! Everything a Christmas album should be?" The Vancouver Sun

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Live in Copenhagen

Live In Copenhagen

[Recorded 1996 - Released 1997]
"They make a beautiful and perfectly blended sound...[and] are capable of singing the most demanding music. Rhythmically difficult works are sung with natural ease, but even more impressive is the group?s ability to deal with harmonically challenging music. Cole Porter?s Let?s Do It, which the choir delivers with classy aplomb, is dazzling, and it quite rightly brought the house down." Classical Music Magazine

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1.Beata Virgo (1974)
David Griffiths
2.O Lacrimosa (1993)
Ramona Luengen
3.Magnificat (1982)
Giles Swayne
4.O!Kosmos (1973)
Claude Vivier
5.Spring is here
Rogers & Hart
arr. Courtland Hultberg

6.Lullaby of Birdland
Shearing and Forster
arr. Ron Smail

7.Bonjour: et puis
quelles nouvelles?

Orando de Lassus
8.Le Pont Mirabeau (1977)
Lionel Daunais
9.From Les Chansons
des Roses
(1993)
  En Une seule fleur
   Contre qui, rose
Morten Lauridsen
10.From Les Illusions Fanc?e (1988)
   Gondolar
   Le Jardin d'antan
Jacques H?tu
11.Fred Hviler (1987)
Trad Danish,
Niels la Cour

12.When I fall in love
A. Selden
arr Cortland Hultberg

13.Fix me, Jesus
Trad American
arr Augistis O. Hill

14.Shenandoah
Trad American
arr James Erb
15.Let's do it
C Porter
arr Ken Malucelli
1.Among the leaves
arr John Byrt
2.Bayl?ro
arr Geoff Richards
3.?! Kosmos
Claud Vivier
4.Io Tacer?
Carlo Gesualdo
5.Itene ? miei sospiri
Carlo Gesualdo
6.L'amour de moi
arr Ward Swingle
7.Crucifixus
Antonio Lotti
8.There is sweet music
Edward Elgar
9.Soupir
Maurice Ravel
10.Brigg Fair
Percy Grainger
11.Ich bin der welt
abhanden gekommen

Mahler
arr Clytus Gottwald

12.Am I blue?
arr Gene Puerling
13.From Reincarnations
  Mary Hynes
   Anthony O'Daly
   The Coolin
Samuel Barber
14.And so to sleep again
arr Cortland Hultberg
O! KOSMOS

O! Kosmos

[1994]

To music - 10th Anniversary

To Music - 10th Anniversary

[1993]

1.Londonderry Air
arr Peter Knight
2.Five Childhood Lyrics
John Rutter
3.Kung Liljekonvalje
David Wilkander
4.To music
Elliot Carter
5.Heart not so heavy
Elliot Carter
6.Musicians wrestle
everywhere

Elliot Carter
7.Beaufort Scale
Aulis Sallinen
8.The Bluebird
Charles Stanford
9.The Silver Swan
Orlando Gibbons
10.Gi? torna a rallegrar l'aria e la terra
Luca Marenzio
11.Ecco mormorar l'onde
Claudio Moneverdi
12.Trois Chansons
Claude Debussy
13.O Crux
Knut Nystedt
14.Magnificat
Gilles Swayne
15.My Lord, what a mornin'
arr Harry burleigh
1.The Christmas Song
Torme
arr Cortland Hultberg

2.Christmas Lullaby
Graeme Wearmouth
3.Nigh Bethlehem
A Burt / B Burt
4.La Virgen Lava Panales
Trad Mexican
arr Cortland Hultberg

5.Bring a Torch
Trad French
arr Parker / Shaw

6.A Quiet Chamber
Luther
arr W Anderson

7.Child of Wonder
Corlynn Hanney
8.Carol of the Russian
Children

Trad
arr G Pitcher

9.Fum Fum Fum
Trad Mexican
arr Cortland Hultberg

10.Baloo loo Lammy
Trad Scottish
arr R Heller

11.So Blest a Sight
Trad
arr Parker / Shaw

12.Deck the Halls
Trad
arr Miles Ramsay

13.Ah Bleak and Chill
A Burt / B Burt
14.Jingle Bell Rock
Beal / Boothe
arr Robert Jordan

15.Carol of the Bells
Leontovich / Wilhousky
16.Lo! How a Rose
Michael Praetorius
17.Hacia Belen
Trad Mexicn
arr Cortland Hultberg

18.O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Plainsong
arr Stephen Chatman

19.Christmas is...
Maxwell / Faith
arr Paul Nash

20.Jesu Parvule
A Burt / B Burt
21.It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Trad
arr Miles Ramsay>
arr Miles Ramsay

22.Patapan
Burgundian Carol
arr M Shaw

23.No?l Nouvelet
Old French
arr Marquis / Hultberg

24.Here , Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild
Trad French
arr Parker / Shaw

25.The Coventry Carol
Trad English
26.Let it Snow
Cahn / Styne
arr Sheryl de Coste>

27.Christmas Angel
Corlynn Hanney
28.La Viene la Vieja
Trad Mexican
arr Cortland Hultberg

29.Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Martin / Blane
arr Brian Griffiths

30.Silent Night
Gruber
arr Miles Ramsay

Christmas Is

Christmas is...

[1992]