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 (BWV 147)
VIVALDI Magnificat (RV 610)
BACH Zion hort die Wachter singen (BWV140)
HANDEL choruses from Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63)
PURCELL choruses from The Fairy Queen (Z629)
MONTEVERDI Lasciate i monti from Orfeo
BACH Befiehi du deine Wege (BWV 244)
HANDEL choruses from Semele (HWV 58)
RAMEAU choruses from Dardanus
LOTTI Crucifixus a 8
BACH Lobet den Herm (BWV 230)
HANDEL choruses from Messiah (HWV 56)

ABC Classics  476 5965

Rameau 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

2 CD Set
ABC Classics  476 5844

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 and 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

Emma Kirkby
Magnificat

Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor

BACH Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51
VIVALDI Magnificat RV610
HANDEL Laudate pueri Dominum HWV237
HAYES The Passions
Reason's Aria: In vain each seeks the foremost Place
Chorus: Thy wide extended Pow'r

ABC Classics 476 5255

Monteverdi 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

Baroque Duets

Sara Macliver (soprano)
Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano)

Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor

PERGOLESI Stabat Mater
VIVALDI Laudamus te
VIVALDI Virgam virtutis tuae
HANDEL Duetto XV: Quel fior che all'alba ride
HANDEL Duetto XVI: No, di voi non vo' fidarmi
MONTEVERDI Chiome d'oro
MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro

ABC Classics  476 7737

WINNER ABC CLASSIC FM LISTENER'S CHOICE AWARD 2005

Purcell 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

2 CD Set
ABC Classics  476 2879

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, conductor

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

The Voice

Teddy Tahu Rhodes,bass- 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
BACH Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder
HANDEL Why do the nations
GRAINGER Shallow Brown
TRAD O Waly waly
HOWIE Hine e hine
TOMOANA Po karekare ana

ABC Classics 476 227-2

ARIA AWARD WINNER 2004
'BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM'

Handel 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

3 CD set

ABC Classics  980 047-0

CD & DVD

Beethoven complete piano concertos
Gerard Willems
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker, conductor 

3 CD set

Piano Concerto No.1 in C, Op. 15
Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op. 58
Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat, Op. 73

ABC Classics  980 046-5

WINNER INTERNATIONAL DVD ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EXCELLENCE 2005

Cantata BWV 186 Lass, Seele, kein Leiden
Cantata BWV 4 Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt
Cantata BWV 208 Schafe können sicher weiden
Cantata BWV 170 Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust
Cantata BWV 78 Wir eilen mit schwachen
Mass in B Minor BWV 232 Christe eleison 
Cantata BWV 159 Ich folge dir nach
Cantata BWV 68 Mein gläubeges herze
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 Erbarme dich
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen
Cantata BWV 93 Er kennt die rechten
Cantata BWV 202 Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten
Cantata BWV 30 Kommt, ihr angefochten Sünder 
Cantata BWV 99 Wenn des Kreuzes Bitterkeiten
Cantata BWV 37 Herr Gott Vater, mein starker Held
Cantata BWV 124 Entziehe dich eilends

ABC Classics  476 118-3

CD & DVD

Messiah 
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 472 601-2

ABC Classics DVD 472 604-9

Prayer for Peace
Cantillation 
Antony Walker, conductor  

Samuel Barber AGNUS DEI 
Henryk Gorecki AMEN 
William Harris BRING US, O LORD GOD 
Herbert Howells REQUIEM AETERNAM
Morten Lauridsen O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
James MacMillan CHRISTUS VINCIT
Frank Martin AGNUS DEI
Olivier Messiaen O SACRUM CONVIVIUM! 
Arvo Pärt THE WOMAN WITH THE ALABASTER BOX
Sergei Rachmaninov SV'ET'E TIKHIY
Sergei Rachmaninov SLAVA V VYSHNIKH BOGU
Carl Rütti NUNC DIMITTIS
John Tavener SONG FOR ATHENE

ABC Classics 465 824-2

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

Carl Orff CARMINA BURANA
 

ABC Classics 472 481-2

Willow Spirit Song 
Folksongs of the Orient
Shu-Cheen Yu 
Cantillation (men's chorus)
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

David Hobson Handel Arias 
David Hobson 
Cantillation 
Sinfonia Australis
Antony Walker, conductor

Tamerlano - Ciel e terra armi di sdegno & Sù la sponda 
Athalia - Gentle airs, melodious strains 
Esther - Tune your harps to cheerful strains 
Samson - Total eclipse!
Messiah - Comfort ye my people & Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
Semele - Where'er you walk
Jephtha - Waft her, angels, through the skies 
Acis and Galatea - Love in her eyes sits playing
Judas Maccabaeus - Sound an alarm! 
Ode for St Cecilia's Day - The trumpet's loud clangor 
Il Trionfo del tempo e del Disinganno - Lascia la spina 
Serse - Frondi tenere e belle / Ombra mai fù
Atalanta - Care selve, ombre beate
Tolomeo - Silent Worship

ABC Classics  472 151-2

ALLEGRI Miserere mei
BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
BACH Befiehl du deine Wege
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor excerpt
CACCINI Ave Maria
FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
FAURÉ Requiem, Op. 48 - VII: In paradisum
HANDEL Messiah, HWV56 - Hallelujah Chorus
HANDEL Zadok the Priest, HWV258
MAHLER Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor - IV. Adagietto
MOZART Ave verum corpus in D major, K618
MOZART Mass No. 19, K626 'Requiem' - Lacrimosa
ORFF Carmina Burana - 'O Fortuna
VERDI Messa da Requiem - Dies irae

ABC Classics 472 153-2

Gabriel Fauré REQUIEM 
Gabriel Fauré LA NAISSANCE DE VENUS (world premier recording - orchestral version) 
Gabriel Fauré CANTIQUE DE JEAN RACINE

ABC Classics  472 045-2

Julian Yu (arr.) TEN CHINESE FOLKSONGS & LIEDER 
G F Handel LET THE BRIGHT SERAPHIM 
G F Handel OH HAD I JUBEL'S LYRE 
George Gershwin SUMMERTIME  
Caccini AVE MARIA 
W A Mozart ACH ICH FUH'LE 
W A Mozart L'AMERO 
Giacomo Puccini O MIO BABBINO CARO 
Giacomo Puccini UN BEL DI
Giacomo Puccini SIGNORA ASCOLTA 
Giacomo Puccini CHI 'IL BEL SOGNO  

ABC Classics 461 679-2

MONTEVERDI Deus in adiutorium, VIVALDI Gloria, BACH Jesu of Man's Desiring, HANDEL Zadok the Priest, BACH Magnificat - opening chorus, HANDEL Hallelujah Chorus, MOZART Ave verum corpus, MOZART Requiem - Lacrimosa, HAYDN The Heavens are Telling, BEETHOVEN Ode to Joy, MENDELSSOHN Thanks be to God, BRAHMS How lovely are thy Dwellings, VERDI Dies Irae, FAURE Pavane, FAURE In Paradisum, BORODIN Polovtsian Dances, ELGAR Land of Hope & Glory, GRAINGER County Derry Air, RACHMANINOV Vespers ORFF Blanziflor & O fortuna

2 CD set

ABC Classics 465 684-2  

Carl Vine CHORAL SYMPHONY (No. 6) 
Carl Vine PIANO CONCERTO 
Carl Vine SYMPHONY NO. 4.2 

ABC Classics  456 698-2

LETTERS FROM MORROCO
PROFILES FROM CHINA 
THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD
THE EARLY SONGS
SONATA FOR HARP 

Tall Poppies 112

David Lumsdaine KALI DANCES 
Liza Lim DIABOLICAL BIRDS 
Michael Smetanin STRANGE ATTRACTIONS 
Michael Finnissy BANUMBIRR 
Mary Finsterer CATCH 
Helen Gifford A PLAINT FOR LOST WORDS 
Anne Boyd KAKAN 

ABC Classics 456 537-2 

Winner of the prestigious 1997 Sounds Australian NSW Award for most distinguished contribution to the presentation of Australian composition by an organisation.
 

Stephen Adams SYDNEY DREAMING 
Elliott Gyger FIVE BELLS 
Raefaello Marcellino RESPONSORIO 
Anne Boyd AS I CROSSED A BRIDGE OF DREAMS 
Julian Yu IN THE SUNSHINE OF BACH 
Matthew Hindson ELVIS (Suspicious Minds & The Death of Elvis) 
Jennifer Fowler VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS 

ABC Classics 454 510-2 
 

W G James AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS CAROLS 
Carol of the Birds 
The Silver Stars 
The Three Drovers 
Christmas Bush for His adorning 
The Day that Christ was born on 
Sing Gloria 
The Little Town where Christ was born 
Christmas Night 
Noel-Time 
The Christmas Tree 
Our Lady of December 
Golden Day 
Country Carol 
Merry Christmas 
Ross Edwards CAROLS FROM QUEM QUAERITIS 
Andrew Ford WASSAILS AND LULLABIES 
Stephen Whittington PUER NATUS 
Peter Sculthorpe AWAKE GLAD HEART 
Anne Boyd THE BURNING BABE 
Elliott Gyger RING OUT, WILD BELLS 
Malcolm Williamson THIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT 

ABC Classics 446 975-2 

'ATSILUTH 
SHÎN and other works 
VIER DARMSTÄDTER APHORISMEN 
SULLE SCALE DELLA FENICE 
CAUGHT BREATH OF TIME 
DÉPLOYÉ 
CLOSING LEMMA 

Etcetera KTC 1146 

Ludwig van Beethoven MISSA SOLEMNIS 

ABC Classics 434 722-2