BACH: Cantatas for Solo Alto

Hyperion Helios CDH55312

Gott soll allein, BWV 169 : Vergnügte Ruh, BWV 170 : Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54

James Bowman countertenor
James O'Donnell solo organ
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord, organ

BACH: Mass in B Minor

Hyperion CDD 22051

Manuel Mrasek, Matthias Ritter sopranos
Maximilian Fraas, Matthias Schloderer altos
Anthony Rolfe Johnson tenor
Michael George bass
Tölzer Knabenchor
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

BACH: Six Trio Sonatas

Hyperion CDA 66843

David Woodcock, Simon Jones violins
Jane Norman viola
David Watkin cello
Katharina Spreckelsen oboe & oboe d'amore
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord, organ

BACH: The Violin Concertos

Hyperion CDA 66380

Violin concertos in A minor and E major : Double violin concerto in D minor : Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor

Catherine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch violins
Paul Goodwin oboe
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord

BACH and TELEMANN: Oboe Concertos

Hyperion Helios CDH 55269

Bach Oboe concerto in F : Oboe d'amore concerto in A : Telemann Oboe concerto in D minor : Oboe d'amore concerto in G

Paul Goodwin oboe, oboe d'amore
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord

ESSENTIAL BACH

Hyperion KING5
 
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen : Zwar ist solche Herzensstube : Andante from Trio Sonata : Erbarme dich : Adagio from Concerto in C minor : Gloria in excelsis from Mass in B minor : Siciliano from Oboe concerto : Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern : Sinfonia to Cantata 169 : Schafe können sicher weiden : Vivace from Concerto for two violins : Vergnügte Ruh' : Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B minor
 
Gillian Fisher soprano
James Bowman countertenor
Paul Goodwin, Katharina Spreckelsen oboes
Elizabeth Wallfisch, Catherine Mackintosh violins
James O'Donnell organ
Tölzer Knabenchor
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

BLOW: Countertenor Duets

Hyperion CDA 66253

Purcell Sound the trumpet : In vain the am'rous flute : O solitude : Sing, sing ye druids : O dive custos : No, resistance is but vain : Hark how the songsters : Incassum lesbia : Blow Ah heav'n, what is't I hear : An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell

James Bowman, Michael Chance countertenors
The King's Consort
Robert King director, chamber organ, harpsichord

BOCCHERINI: Stabat Mater

Hyperion CDA 67108

Astorga: Stabat Mater

Susan Gritton, Sarah Fox sopranos
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
Paul Agnew tenor
Peter Harvey bass
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

COUPERIN: Trois Leçons de Ténèbres

Hyperion CDA 66474

Magnificat : Laetentur coeli : Venite exultemus

James Bowman, Michael Chance countertenors
Mark Caudle bass viol
Robert King chamber organ

DOWLAND and others: Awake, sweet Love

Hyperion Helios CDH 55241

Dowland Can she excuse : Flow my tears : A Fancy : Sorrow stay : Queen Elizabeth her Galliard Go nightly cares : Now, o now : Preludium : A Fantasie : Say love if ever : The Frog Galliard Awake sweet love : Tell me true love Campion Author of light : Oft have I sighed Anon Come, tread the paths : In terrors trapp'd Ford Since first I saw your face Johnson Eliza is the fairest queen Danyel Eyes look no more : I die when as I do not see : Thou pretty bird Ferrabosco Pavin

James Bowman countertenor
David Miller lutes
Consort of Viols of The King's Consort

GABRIELI and others: Lo Sposalizio

Hyperion CDA 67048 (two CDs)

The Ceremonial Wedding of Venice to the Sea as it might have been celebrated on Ascension Day, c.1600

Part I
Single tolling bell of San Marco : Drums : Anonymous: Trumpet fanfare "Rotta" : A Gabrieli Vieni, vieni Himeneo : Guami Canzona XXIV : Kapsberger Kapsberger : A Gabrieli Cantiam de Dio : Drums : A Gabrieli Canzona La Battaglia : G Gabrieli Lieto Godea : after Piccinini Variazioni sopra La Folia : Gussago Canzon XIX La Leona : after 17th century examples Variazione sopra La Ciaccona : G Gabrieli Udite, chiari et generosi figli : Viadana Canzon La Veneziana : Anon Trumpet Fanfare Imperiale prima and Drums

Part II
Tolling church bell : Anon Trumpet Fanfare Imperiale Seconda : G Gabrieli Kyrie à 12 : A Gabrieli Gloria à 16 : A Gabrieli Intonatione Settimo tono : Massaino Canzon per otto tromboni : Plainsong Sursum corda : G Gabrieli Sanctus à 12 : A Gabrieli Intonatione Primo tono : Monteverdi Christe adoramus te : G Gabrieli Sonata XX à 22 : The bells of Venice

Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HUMMEL & HAYDN: Trumpet Concertos

Hyperion CDA 67266

Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat : Michael Haydn Trumpet Concerto in C : Leopold Mozart Trumpet Concerto in D : Johann Wilhelm Hertel Trumpet Concerto no 1 in E flat : Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E

Crispian Steele-Perkins keyed and natural trumpets
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

KNÜPFER: SACRED MUSIC

Hyperion CDA 67160

"Bach's Contemporaries", vol 2
Vom Himmel hoch : Was mein Gott will : Wenn mein Stündlein : Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht : Quaemadmodum desiderat cervus : Super flumina Babylonis : Jesus Christus unser Heiland : Die Turteltaube
 
Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram sopranos
James Bowman, Robin Blaze countertenors
James Gilchrist, Charles Daniels  tenors
Michael George, Peter Harvey basses
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

KUHNAU: Sacred Music

"Bach's Contemporaries", vol 1
Hyperion CDA 67059

Ihr Himmel jubilirt von Oben : Weicht ihr Sorgen aus dem Hertzen : Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern : Gott, sei mir gnädig : Tristis est anima mea : O heilige Zeit

Deborah York, Marianne Hellgren, Lisa Beckley, Susan Hamilton sopranos
James Bowman, Robin Blaze countertenors
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Peter Harvey, Colin Campbell basses
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

MICHAEL HAYDN: Requiem & Mass

Hyperion CDA 67510

Requiem pro defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo
Missa in honorem Sanctae Ursulae

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Hilary Summers alto
James Gilchrist tenor
Peter Harvey bass
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

MONTEVERDI: Sacred Music, volume 1

Hyperion CDA67428

Dixit Dominus Primo à 8 : Confitebor Primo à 3 : Beatus vir I à 6 : Laudate Pueri primo à 5 : Laudate Dominum à 5 : Christe redemptor omnium : Magnificat primo à 8 : Messa à 4 da Cappella

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram sopranos
Rogers Covey-Crump, Nicholas Mulroy, Daniel Auchincloss high tenors
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Peter Harvey, Robert Evans basses
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor 

MONTEVERDI: Sacred Music, volume 2

Hyperion CDA 67438

Exultent caeli : Venite, siccientes : Currite populi : Ego dormio : Messa à 4 voci : Cantate Domino : O beatae viae : Laudate Dominum : Letaniae della Beata Vergine

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram sopranos
Rogers Covey-Crump high tenor
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Peter Harvey bass
Choir Of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

MONTEVERDI: Sacred Music, volume 3

Hyperion CDA 67487

Dixit Dominus II : Sancta Maria : Lauda Ierusalem : Memento Domine David : Confitebor tibi “alla Francese” : Christe, adoramus te : Salve Regina II : Nisi Dominus I : Cantate Domino : Ecce sacrum paratum : Gloria in excelsis Deo

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram sopranos
Daniel Auchincloss, Rogers Covey-Crump high tenors
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Peter Harvey, Robert Evans basses
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

MONTEVERDI: Sacred Music, volume 4

Hyperion CDA 67519

Laetatus sum (I) : Salve Regina : Domine, ne in furore tuo : Salve Regina (I) : Dixit Dominus domino meo (II) : Sanctorum meritis (II) : Adoramus te, Christe : Beatus vir :
Exulta filia sion : Magnificat (II) : Salve, O Regina, O Mater : Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes (III)
 
Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Cecilia Osmond sopranos
Daniel Auchincloss, Rogers Covey-Crump high tenors
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Peter Harvey, Robert Evans basses
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

MONTEVERDI Vespers (1610)

The Complete 1610 Collection
Hyperion CDA67531/2

Deus in adiutorium : Dixit Dominus : Nigra sum : Laudate pueri : Pulchra es : Laetatus sum : Duo Seraphim : Nisi Dominus : Audi caelum : Lauda Ierusalem : Sancta Maria : Ave maris stella : Magnificat a 7 : Magnificat a 6 : Missa In illo tempore

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram sopranos
Daniel Auchincloss, Nicholas Mulroy high tenors
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Peter Harvey, Robert Evans, Robert Macdonald basses
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

MOZART: Exsultate Jubilate!

Hyperion CDA67560

Regina Coeli K108 : Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de Confessore K339) : Sub tuum praesidium K198 : Sancta Maria, mater Dei K273 : Exsultate, jubilate K165 : Agnus Dei (from ‘Coronation’ Mass K317) : Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de Domenica K321) : Regina Coeli K127

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

MOZART: The Epistle Sonatas

Hyperion Helios CDH55314

Ian Watson solo organ
Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti violins
Jane Coe cello
Classical orchestra of The King's Consort
Robert King continuo organ, conductor

PERGOLESI: Stabat Mater

Hyperion CDA 66294

Salve Regina in A minor : In coelestibus regnis

Gillian Fisher soprano
Michael Chance countertenor
The King's Consort
Robert King director, chamber organ

ROSSINI Petite Messe Solennelle

Hyperion CDA67570

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Hilary Summers alto
Andrew Tortise tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams bass
Gary Cooper 19th-century piano
Matthew Halls 19th-century piano
Mark Williams harmonium
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor 

SCARLATTI & HASSE: Salve Regina

Hyperion CDA66875

D Scarlatti Su le sponde del Tebro : O di Betlemme altera : A Scarlatti Infirmata vulnerata

Deborah York soprano
James Bowman countertenor
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

SCHELLE: Sacred Music

Hyperion CDA 67260

"Bach's Contemporaries", vol 3

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele : Wohl dem, der den Herr fürchtet : Aus der Tiefen : Herr, lehre uns bedenken : Gott, sende dein Licht : Komm, Jesu, Komm : Christus, der ist mein Leben : Christus ist des Gesetzes Ende : Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Lisa Beckley, Julie Cooper sopranos
James Bowman, Robin Blaze countertenors
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist, Angus Smith, Matthew Vine tenors
Peter Harvey, Charles Pott basses
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

SCHÜTZ: The Christmas Story

Hyperion Helios CDH 55310

Gabrieli Four Christmas motets (Audite principes : Quem vidistis pastores : O magnum mysterium Salvator noster)

Ruth Holton soprano (Angel)
John Mark Ainsley tenor (Evangelist)
Michael George bass (Herod)
Evelyn Tubb soprano
James Bowman, Jonathan Kenny countertenors
Andrew King, Mark Padmore tenors
Charles Pott, Robert Evans basses
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

TELEMANN: Musique de Table

Helios CDH 55278

Suite in D for trumpet, oboe and strings : Suite in B flat for two oboes and strings

Crispian Steele-Perkins natural trumpet
Paul Goodwin, Catherine Latham oboes
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord

TELEMANN: Wassermusik

Hyperion CDA66967

Handel Water Music

The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

ZELENKA: Sacred Music

Hyperion CDA 673503

"Bach's Contemporaries", vol 4

Litaniae de Venerabile Sacramento, ZWV 147 : Regina Coeli, ZWV 134 : Salve Regina, ZWV 135 : Three Lectios: Parce mihi, Domine, Taedet animam vitae meae, Manus tuae fecerunt me, ZWV 47 : Regem cui omnia, ZWV 47

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram sopranos
Robin Blaze countertenor
James Gilchrist tenor
Michael George, Peter Harvey bass
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

THE BAROQUE COLLECTION

Hyperion CD KING4

Bach Gloria in excelsis : Dona nobis pacem (Mass in B minor) : Trio Sonata D minor : Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion) Gabrieli Salvator noster Handel Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon) : Martial symphony, Destructive war (Belshazzar) : To God who made the radiant sun (Alexander Balus) : In Jehova's awful sight (Deborah) : La Rejouissance (Fireworks Music): Alla Hornpipe, Country Dances I & II (Water Music) : Musette, Who is like unto thee (Occasional Oratorio) : Purcell Be welcome then, great Sir : O fair Cedaria : Overture to The summer's absence unconcerned : Hear my prayer : Telemann Harlequinade & Aeolus (Wassermusik) Vivaldi Dixit Dominus : In furore iustissime : Esurientes implevit

with Barbara Bonney, Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne, Yvonne Kenny, Deborah York, James Bowman, Charles Daniels
Choir of The King's Consort
Robert King

THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE II

Hyperion CDA 67286 (2 CDs)

TKC's vivid recreation of the spectacular Coronation of 1727 with music including Handel's Four Coronation Anthems and ceremonial music by Purcell, Blow, Tallis, Gibbons, Farmer and Child, alongside trumpet fanfares, drum processions, shouts of acclamation and pealing bells.

Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor  

THE JAMES BOWMAN COLLECTION

Hyperion KING3

Bach Erbarme dich : Stirb in mir Handel Almighty power : Crudeltà nè lontananza : Tune your harps : Thou shalt bring them in : Welcome as the dawn of day : Impious mortal : Or la tromba : Yet can I hear that dulcet lay : Eternal source of light Gabrieli O magnum mysterium Anon Come tread the paths Ford Since first I saw your face Couperin Jerusalem, convertere Purcell Britain, thou now art great : O solitude : An Evening hymn : On the brow of Richmond hill : By beauteous softness mixed : Vouchsafe, O Lord

James Bowman countertenor
The King's Consort with various artists

THE KING'S CONSORT COLLECTION

Hyperion KING7

Monteverdi: Laetatus sum : Vivaldi: Allegro (from concerto in F) : Handel: Un puro ardor : Michael Haydn: Gloria (from Missa Sanctae Ursulae) : Lully: Marche des Combattants : Vivaldi: Sum in medio tempestatum : Kuhnau: Zwingt die Zaiten in Cythara : Hummel: Trumpet concerto in E : Ruggieri: Quoniam tu solus sanctus : Gabrieli: Sonata XX a 22 : Boccherini: Virgo virginum praeclara : Handel: Largo (from Concerto grosso, op 3 no 2) : Vivaldi: Gloria in excelsis Deo : Mozart: Epistle Sonata in C major : Monteverdi: Christe redemptor omnium : Knüpfer: Gelobet sei Gott : Bach: Allegro (from Sonata in G major) : Handel: The trumpet's loud clangour : Purcell: Hear my prayer : Handel: Kings shall be thy nursing fathers

Lynne Dawson, Susan Gritton, Marianne Hellgren, Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, Deborah York sopranos
Tuva Semmingsen mezzo-soprano
Hilary Summers alto
James Bowman countertenor
Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist tenors
Michael George, Peter Harvey basses
Alexandra Bellamy oboe
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet
Elizabeth Wallfisch violin
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

Discs recorded during the 1980s for labels other than Hyperion

HANDEL: Eternal source of light (Meridian CDE 84126)
J C Bach Ach dass ich Wassers genug hatte : JW Franck Weil, Jesu, ich in meinem Sinn : Buxtehude Jubilate Domino : Jesu, meine Freud und Lust : Monn Maria, starke Sonnen : Lasst uns all' Mariam loben
James Bowman countertenor : Crispian Steele-Perkins natural trumpet
The King's Consort
Robert King director, chamber organ

VIVALDI: Laudate Pueri, Nisi Dominus (Meridian CDE 84129)
Lynne Dawson soprano
Christopher Robson countertenor
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

VIVALDI: Salve Regina (Meridian CDE 84138)
Telemann Easter Cantata : Pergolesi Salve Regina : JS Bach Cantata 54 Widerstehe doch der Sünde
James Bowman countertenor
The King's Consort
Robert King director, chamber organ

GREAT BAROQUE ARIAS: (Pickwick PCD 894)
Handel: The trumpet's loud clangour : Ombra mai fu : Where'er you walk : O ruddier than the cherry : Heroes when with glory burning : Revenge, Timotheus cries : Waft her, angels : How willing my paternal love : Let the bright seraphim : Purcell: Dido's lament : Weldon: Arise ye subterranean winds : Vivaldi: Sol da te mio : Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden
Gillian Fisher soprano
James Bowman countertenor
John Mark Ainsley tenor
Michael George bass
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord, chamber organ