Recordings

Hallelujah!
A Celebration of Baroque Choruses

Anna Fraser (soprano)
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
David Greco (baritone)

Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Sirius Ensemble
Antony Walker, conductor
Brett Weymark, guest conductor

BACH Jesus Bleibet meine freude
VIVALDI Magnificat
BACH Zion hort die Wachter singen
HANDEL choruses from Judas Maccabaeus
PURCELL choruses from The Fairy Queen
MONTEVERDI Lasciate i monti from Orfeo
BACH Befiehi du deine Wege
HANDEL choruses from Semele
RAMEAU choruses from Dardanus
LOTTI Crucifixus a 8
BACH Lobet den Herm
HANDEL choruses from Messiah

ABC Classics  476 5965
Released 2007

 

Hallelujah

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Dardanus
Pinchgut Opera

Paul Agnew (Dardanus)
Paul Whelan (Anténor)
Kathryn McCusker (Iphise)
Stephen Bennett (Teucer)
Damian Whiteley (Isménor)
Penelope Mills (Vénus)
Miriam Allan (Une Phrygienne, Un Songe)
Anna Fraser (Une Phrygienne)

Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor

Rameau Dardanus

2 CD Set
ABC Classics  476 5844
Released 2006

 

 

Dardanus

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Ye Banks & Braes
folk songs to touch the heart

Cantillation
Paul McMahon & Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker, conductor

arr. GRAINGER Ye Banks and Braes
arr. RUTTER O Waly, Waly
arr. GRAINGER I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
arr. RUNSWICK She Moved through the Fair
arr. GRAINGER Scotch Strathspey & Reel
arr. GRAINGER Irish Tune from County Derry
arr. LUBOFF Deep River
arr. ERB Shenandoah
arr. WALKER The Minstrel Boy
arr. WALKER Scarborough Fair
arr. WILCOCKS Bobby Shaftoe
arr. GRAINGER Shallow Brown
arr. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Ca' the Yowes
arr. CHILCOTT Were You There?
arr. GRAINGER Brigg Fair
arr. STANHOPE Steal Away
arr. LATHAM The Turtle Dove
arr. GYGER Waltzing Matilda


ABC Classics  476 8035
Released 2006

 

Banks&Braes

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Magnificat


Emma Kirkby
Cantillation

Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor

BACH Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
VIVALDI Magnificat
HANDEL Laudate pueri Dominum
HAYES The Passions
Reason's Aria: In vain each seeks the foremost Place
Chorus: Thy wide extended Pow'r


ABC Classics  476 5255

Released 2006

 

 

Emma Kirkby

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L'Orfeo
Pinchgut Opera


Mark Tucker (tenor)
Sara Macliver (soprano)
Damian Whiteley (bass)
Brett Weymark (tenor)
Paul McMahon (tenor)
Anna Fraser (soprano)
Penelope Mills (soprano)
Josie Ryan (soprano)

Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor


2 CD Set

ABC Classics  476 8030

Released 2005

 

 

Orfeo CD

The Fairy Queen
Pinchgut Opera

Sara Macliver (soprano)
Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano)
Jamie Allen (tenor)
Paul McMahon (tenor)
Stephen Bennett (bass)
Miriam Allan (soprano)
Belinda Montgomery (soprano)
Alison Morgan (soprano)
Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano)
Brett Weymark (tenor)
Colin Bone (baritone)
Simon Lobelson (baritone)

Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes

Antony Walker, conductor

Purcell The Fairy Queen

2 CD Set
ABC Classics  476 2879

Released 2004

 

Silent Night
a treasury of christmas carols and hymns

Cantillation
Sara Macliver, Paul McMahon & Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Genevieve Lang, harp

David Drury, organ
Antony Walker & Brett Weymark, conductors


PLAINCHANT Veni, veni Emmanuel
TRAD. arr. WILLCOCKS Quelle est cette odeur agreable?
TRAD. arr. PRAETORIUS Es ist ein entsprungen
DARKE In the bleak mid-winter
TRAD. arr. HOWELL The Angel Gabriel
TRAD. arr. RUTTER The Wexford Carol
KIRKPATRICK arr. WALKER Away in a Manger
PRAETORIUS In dulci jubilo
CORNELIUS arr. ATKINS The Three Kings
TRADITIONAL Gaudete
TRAD. arr. O'DONNELL O Tannenbaum
MOORE MORGAN Behold, a simple tender babe
TRAD. arr. DRURY O little town of Bethlehem
RUTTI I wonder as I wander
HOWELLS Sing Lullaby
CARTER Carol of the Universe
CHILCOTT The Shepherd's Carol
LEIGHTON The Coventry Carol
HOWELLS A Spotless Rose
TRAD.arr. RAVENSCROFT While shepherds watched their flocks by night
GRUBER arr. DRURY Silent Night


ABC Classics 476 2916
Released 2004

 


Semele
Pinchgut Opera

Anna Ryberg (Semele)
Sally-Anne Russell (Juno/Ino)
Tobias Cole (Athamus)
Angus Wood (Jupiter)
Stephen Bennett (Cadmus/Somnus)
Belinda Montgomery (Iris)
Shelli Gilhome (A Deity)
Paul McMahon (Apollo)
Craig Everington (High Priest
)

Cantillation
Sirius Ensemble

Antony Walker, conductor

Handel Semele

3 CD Set
ABC Classics  980 047-0

Released 2003

 

Handel Messiah Highlights
A Sacred Oratorio

Sara Macliver, soprano
Alexandra Sherman, contralto

Christopher Field, counter tenor

Paul McMahon, tenor

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass

Cantillation

Orchestra of the Antipodes

Antony Walker, conductor

G.F. Handel Messiah

ABC Classics CD 980 046-9
Released 2003

 



Allegri Miserere
Sacred music of the Renaissance

Cantillation
Antony Walker & Brett Weymark, conductors

GREGORIO ALLEGRI Miserere a 5 & 4
JOSQUIN DES PREZ Ave Maria ... virgo serena a 4
WILLIAM BYRD Ave Verum corpus a 4
ROBERT PARSONS Ave Maria a 6
GUILLAUME DUFAY Nuper rosarum flores a 4
TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA O magnum mysterium a 4
JEAN DE OCKEGHEM Deo gratias a 36
GIOVANNI PERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA Stabat Mater
ANTONIO LOTTI Crucifixus a 8
MICHAEL PRAETORIUS In dulci jubilo a 4
PIERRE DE LA RUE O salutaris hostia a 4
THOMAS TALLIS Spem in alium a 40

ABC Classics 472 881-2
Released 2003




Handel Messiah
A Sacred Oratorio

Sara Macliver, soprano
Alexandra Sherman, contralto

Christopher Field, counter tenor

Paul McMahon, tenor

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass

Cantillation

Orchestra of the Antipodes

Antony Walker, conductor

G.F. Handel Messiah

2 CD Set
ABC Classics
CD 472 601-2
ABC Classics DVD 472 604-9

Released 2002

 

 


Prayer for Peace

Cantillation

Antony Walker, conductor

BARBER Agnus Dei
GORECKI Amen

HARRIS Bring us, O Lord God

HOWELLS Requiem Aeternam

LAURIDSEN O Magnum Mysterium

MACMILLAN Christus Vincit

MARTIN Agnus Dei
MESSIAEN O Sacrum Convivium

PÄRT The woman with the alabaster box
RACHMANINOV Sv'ete Tikhiy
RACHMANINOV Slava v vyshnikh bogu
RÜTTI Nunc Dimittis
TAVENER Song for Athene

ABC Classics 465 824-2
Released 2002

Carmina Burana

Cantillation
Sara Maclivr, soprano
Jonathan Summers, baritone
Paul McMahon, tenor
Australian Virtuosi, pianos
Synergy Percussion
Sydney Children's Choir
Antony Walker, conductor

ORFF Carmina Burana

ABC Classics 472 481-2
Released 2002

 

 

Fauré Requiem

Cantillation
Sara Macliver
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker (conductor)

GABRIEL FAURÉ Requiem
GABRIEL FAURÉ La Naissance de Venus
(world premiere recording - orchestral version)
GABRIEL FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine

ABC Classics 472 045-2
Released 2001



Fauré



Feature Films & Soundtracks



 

Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars
Original TV soundtrack
Music by Guy Gross

Cantillation
Sydney Symphony
Guy Gross, conductor

La-La Land Records B00049QLEG
Released 2004

 


 

 

Salem's Lot
Original TV soundtrack
Music by Christopher Gordon

Pro Musica Sydney
Cantillation
Christopher Gordon, conductor

Varese Sarabande 302 066 586 2
Released 2004

 



 

The rise & rise of Australian Rugby
TV documentary soundtrack

various artists including
Cantillation
Sydney Philharmonia Choir & Orchestra
ABC TV Sport Choir
Brett Weymark, conductor

WILLIAMSON Flower of Scotland HUGHES Cwm Rhondda TRAD Danny Boy WAGNER Pilgrims' Chorus McCORMICK Advance Australia Fair COWAN Waltzing Matilda TRAD Swing Low Sweet Chariot and others

ABC Classics 476 122-9
Released 2003

 

 


 

The Bank
Original motion picture soundtrack
Music by Alan John

Sinfonia Australis
Cantillation
David Stanhope, conductor

ABC Classics 465 703-2
Released 2002



 

The Bank

 

Compilations & Other Artists

 

 

An Introduction to Handel's Messiah
A listener's guide in words & music presented by Graham Abbott

Various Artists including:
Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor

Graham Abbott, presenter

3 CD Set
ABC Classics
476 289-0
Released 2004

 

 

 

The Voice

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, baritone
Sinfonia Australis
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Cantillation
Antony Walker, conductor

BIZET Toreador's Song BELLINI Ah per sempre io ti per dei GOUNOD Avant de quitter ces lieux TCHAIKOVSKY Ja vas lyublyu PUCCINI Questo amor, vergogna mia WAGNER O du mein holder Abendstern BIZET Pearlfishers Duet BACH Mache dich, mein Herze, rein & Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder HANDEL Why do the nations GRAINGER Shallow Brown TRAD O Waly waly HOWIE Hine e hineTOMOANA Po karekare ana

ABC Classics 476 227-2
Released 2004

ARIA AWARD WINNER 2004
'BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM'

 

 



Praise II
The Music of Inspiration

Various Artists including:
Cantillation
King's College Choir
Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Hymns, choruses & sacred songs including:
TRAD. Guide me o thou great Jehovah, GABRIELI O Sacrum Convivium, WAGNER: Pilgrims' Chorus, FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine, LAURIDSEN O Magnum mysterium, ANON Veni, veni Emmanuel, HANDEL And the glory of the Lord

ABC Classics 476 284-1
Released 2004

 

 


Cinema Paradiso

David Hobson, tenor
Sinfonia Australis
Cantillation
Guy Noble, conductor

MORRICONE Se (Cinema Paradiso) & Nella Fantasia (The Mission) MANCINI Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany's) CHAPLIN Eternally (Limelight) LAI Where do I begin (Love Story) BACALOV When Love comes by (Il Postino) NEWMAN When she loved me (Toy Story 2) ASCHER Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie) ROTA Speak softly love (The Godfather) LEGRAND The Summer Knows (Summer of '42) TELSON Calling You (Bagdad Café) NYMAN Gloomy Winter (The Piano) FAIN My Secret Love (Calamity Jane) JARRE Somewhere my love (Doctor Zhivago) LENNON & MCCARTNEY And I love her (A Hard Day's Night) HARLINE When you wish upon a star (Pinnochio) McBROOM The Rose (The Rose) CHAPLIN Smile (Modern Times)

ABC Classics 476 160-4
Released 2004

 

 

 

Lead Kindly Light
Classic Hymns - A Choral Collection

Cantillation
Vox Ecclesiae
Paul Terracini, arranger & conductor

DYKES Holy, Holy, Holy TRAD When I Survey the Wondrous Cross IRVINE The Lord¹s My Shepherd HASTINGS Rock of Ages PURDAY Lead, Kindly Light Pange Lingua & O Come, O Come Emmanuel CROFT O God, Our Help in Ages Past TRAD The King of Love
MASON Nearer, My God, to Thee SCHOLEFIELD The Day Thou Gavest MONK Abide with Me

ABC Classics 476 159-9
Released 2004

 

 



Praise
The Music of Inspiration

Various Artists including:
Cantillation
King's College Choir
Sara Macliver

Hyms, choruses & sacred songs including:
PARRY Jerusalem SIBELIUS Be still,my soul FAURÉ Agnus Dei HOLST I Vow to Thee My Country

ABC Classics 980 103-3
Released 2003

 

 

 

Glorious Night
More Christmas Music of peace and tranquility

Various Artists including:
Cantillation
Sara Macliver
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker, conductor

Christmas Carols including:
PLAINCHANT Hodie Christus natus est TCHAIKOVSKY Crown of Roses arr. SULLIVAN It Came Upon the Midnight Clear GAUNTLETT Once in Royal David¹s City LEIGHTON Coventry Carol HOWELLS A spotless rose LAURIDSEN O magnum mysterium PLAINCHANT Veni, veni Emmanuel

ABC Classics 472 600-2
Released 2002

 

 

Song of the Angel

Jane Sheldon, soprano
Sinfonia Australis
Cantillation
David Stanhope & Brett Weymark, conductors

TAVENER Song of the Angel, NYMAN If & Miserere, MACMILLAN Scots Song,A New Song &A Child's Prayer, HARLE Silencium (Prelude) & Spiritu, TORMIS Kust tunnen kodul, GOODALL The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23), BURGON Nunc Dimittis, LAURIDSEN O magnum mysterium,, BRITTEN Jesu, as Thou art Saviour & In the Bleak Mid-winter, LLOYD WEBBER Pie Jesu, SCULTHORPE Maranoa Lullaby

ABC Classics 472 597-2
Released 2002


 

Swooning

Various tracks including:
EDWARDS Dawn Mantras

Sydney Children's Choir
Cantillation
Jane Sheldon, soprano
Matthew Doyle, didjeridu
Jim Franklin, shakuhachi
Rixon Thomas, cor anglais
Ian Cleworth and Brian Nixon, percussion
Lyn Williams, conductor

ABC Classics 472 047-2
Released 2002

 

Swooning

Classic 100
Complete Box (8 CD Set)

Various Artists including:
Cantillation
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker (conductor)

ALLEGRI Miserere mei
BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
CACCINI Ave Maria
FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor - IV. Adagietto

ABC Classics 472 159-2 & 472 154-2
Released 2002



 

Classic 100



David Hobson, Handel Arias


David Hobson
Cantillation
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker, conductor

Arias from Tamerlano, Athalia, Esther, Samson, Messiah, Semele, Jephtha, Acis and Galatea, Judas Maccabaeus, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Serse, and Atalanta & Tolomeo.

ABC Classics 472 151-2
Released 2002

 

 

 

Handel Arias

 

Willow Spirit Song
Folksongs of the Orient

Shu-Cheen Yu, soprano
Cantillation

Sinfonia Australis

Antony Walker, conductor

The Singing Maiden from Afar, In Springtime, Why are the Flowers so Red?, A Land of Beauty, Bengawan Solo, Burung kakak tua, White Lotus, Red Bean Poem, Four Season Reminiscences, Pastoral Song, On the Song-Hua River, Arirang, Cradle Song, Sakura, The Fairy Maiden scatters flowers, The Bride visits her old home, Song of the Yangtze River

ABC Classics 472 223-2
Released 2002

Perfect Day
Christmas Music of peace and tranquility

Various Artists including:
Cantillation
Sara Macliver
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker, conductor

Christmas Carols including:
arr. RUTTER Wexford Carol
TOWN Perfect Day
CORNELIUS Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar

ABC Classics 472 044-2
Released 2001

 

Perfect Day



DVDs

 

Swoon
a visual and musical odyssey

various artists including
Sally-Anne Russell, contralto

Diana Doherty, oboe

Paul McMahon, tenor

Cantillation

Orchestra of the Antipodes

Antony Walker, conductor

ABC Classics DVD 980 047-6
Released 2003

 


Handel Messiah
A Sacred Oratorio

Sara Macliver, soprano
Alexandra Sherman, contralto

Christopher Field, counter tenor

Paul McMahon, tenor

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass

Cantillation

Orchestra of the Antipodes

Antony Walker, conductor

G.F. Handel Messiah

ABC Classics DVD 472 604-9
Released 2002

 



 
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