Phoenix Chorale
The Phoenix Chorale is a professional chamber choir based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The Grammy® Award-winning Phoenix Chorale, led by Artistic Director Christopher Gabbitas since 2019, is regarded as one of the finest choral ensembles in North America of the western classical tradition. All of the 24-voice ensemble’s members are professional singers who currently reside in Arizona.
The ensemble formed in 1958 as the Bach and Madrigal Society. After years as an amateur ensemble, the group went fully professional (meaning all the singers are compensated) in 1994 and changed its name to the Phoenix Bach Choir under Swedish conductor Anders Öhrwall. From 1992 until 1998, their conductor was Jon Washburn and in 1999, Charles Bruffy took over as conductor and Artistic Director.
In 2004, they signed a recording contract with Chandos Records. Their 2007 recording of works by Alexander Gretchaninov, made in collaboration with the Kansas City Chorale, was nominated for four Grammy Awards: Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance, Best Surround Sound Album, and Best Engineered Classical Album—and won in the Engineering category. The group's collaborative recording with the Kansas City Chorale of works by Josef Rheinberger was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Sound Album.
In August 2008, the name of the ensemble was changed from the Phoenix Bach Choir to the Phoenix Chorale, and shortly thereafter, the group released a SACD on Chandos Records titled Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary, which received nominations for two Grammy Awards: Best Classical Album and Best Small Ensemble Performance. At the Grammy pre-telecast awards ceremony on February 8, 2009, the Grammy for Best Small Ensemble Performance was awarded to the chorale and its conductor, Charles Bruffy.
Their most recent collaborative recording with the Kansas City Chorale, Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil, was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical and won the Grammy for Best Choral Performance.
In October 2017, Bruffy concluded his 18-year tenure with the group and in May 2019, after a nearly two-year search, Christopher Gabbitas, a former member of The King's Singers, was announced as the next Artistic Director of the Chorale. Under Gabbitas, the Phoenix Chorale now records on the Signum Records label.
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Come, Let Us Worship God, Our King (Amen) - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Bless the Lord, O My Soul - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Blessed Is the Man - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Gladsome Light - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos (Ave Maria) - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Glory to God in the Highest (Hexapsalmos) - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": O Praise the Name of the Lord - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Blessed Art Thou, O Lord - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": My Soul Magnifies the Lord - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": Great Doxology. Glory to God in the Highest - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers", Troparion: Troparion. Today Salvation Has Come to the World - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers", Troparion: Troparion. When You Had Risen - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers": To Thee, the Victorious Leader of Triumphant Hosts - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers" -
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The Ground - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Serenity - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Ubi caritas - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Northern Lights - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Dark Night of the Soul - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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The Spheres - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Tota pulchra es - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Prelude - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Phoenix - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Unicornis captivatur - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Evening Prayer - "Northern Lights", Choral Works by Ola Gjeilo -
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Splendid Jewel - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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A Hymn to the Virgin - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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3 Latin Motets: No. 1. Ave Regina - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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3 Latin Motets: No. 2. Ave Maria - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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3 Latin Motets: No. 3. Regina Caeli - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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A Spotless Rose - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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Ave Maris Stella - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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Ave Maria - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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3 Liturgical Motets: No. 1. Fair in Face - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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3 Liturgical Motets: No. 2. I beheld her, beautiful as a dove - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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3 Liturgical Motets: No. 3. Rise up, my love, my fair one - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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Electa: De profundis - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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Electa: Asperges me, Domine - Credo - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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Electa: Ave, dulcissima Maria - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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Electa: Magnificat anima mea - Choral Music - Paulus, S. / Britten, B. / Mcdowall, C. / Howells, H. / Busto, J. / Willan, H. / Belmont, J. (Spotless Rose) -
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