Phoenix Chorale
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The Phoenix Chorale is a professional chamber choir based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
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 1990 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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- I Found Night - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- There Will Come Soft Rains - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- 3 Poems of Sara Teasdale, "Constellation": I. From the Sea - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- 3 Poems of Sara Teasdale, "Constellation": II. The Falling Star - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- 3 Poems of Sara Teasdale, "Constellation": III. There will be stars - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- The Astronomer - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- Sing To The Moon - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- Cells, Planets - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- Be Not Afeard - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- April Rain Song - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- Little You, Looking Up - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- As torrents in summer - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- The Sun Never Says - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- Underneath the Stars - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- With a Lily in Your Hand - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- She Walks in Beauty - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- The Sun whose rays are all ablaze - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- Water Night - Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: I. Amen. Come, Let Us Worship God, Our King - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: II. Praise the Lord, O my soul - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: III. Blessed is the man - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: IV. Gladsome Light - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant Depart in Peace - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VI. Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VII. The Six Psalms. "Glory to God in the Highest" - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VIII. Praise the Name of the Lord - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: IX. Blessed art Thou, O Lord - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: X. Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XI. My soul magnifies the Lord - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XII. Glory to God in the Highest - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XIII. The Troparion. "Today Salvation Has Come to the World" - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XIV. The Troparion. "Thou Didst Arise from the Tomb" - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
- All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XV. To Thee, the Victorious Leader of Triumphant Hosts - Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil - Phoenix Chorale
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