CD recordings are usually the culmination of a year-long project exploring a particular composer or repertoire, normally contrasted from one year to the next.
Recordings are hard work but very rewarding, with notable post-recording parties and a product that endures for life. We normally record in a venue outside Caius which might be somewhere else in Cambridge but often involves staying at a special location in London, Oxford or elsewhere, often depending on the type of repertoire being performed.
All our CDs are available to purchase on our website, and are also available on all streaming platforms, including Spotify.
In addition to our CD recordings, we often post video clips from our services on our Youtube Channel.
Michael Haydn: Requiem in C minor ‘Pro defuncto Archiepiscopo Sigismundo’, Missa Sancti Hieronymi
The choir joins forces with the Academy of Ancient Music in Michael Haydn’s rarely heard masterpieces: the Requiem and Missa Sancti Hieronymi. Unjustly neglected, Joseph Haydn’s younger brother was a talented composer in his own right.
Written after the death of his infant daughter and his patron, the deeply emotional Requiem is a masterpiece that combines complex colourful textures and forms with imaginative orchestration and vocal writing. Mozart was a great admirer and it is thought that Haydn’s Requiem formed the prototype for his own better known masterpiece. In contrast, the later Missa Sancti Hieronymi is lighter and more optimistic. Unusually scored for oboes, bassoons, trombones and continuo (with no upper strings), it exudes transparency and joyful energy.
