Kansas City Chorale
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Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
conducted by Charles Bruffy
Charles Bruffy
Charles Bruffy is a noted American choral conductor. He is artistic director of the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale and is Chorus Director of the Kansas City Symphony.-Education:...
. They perform an annual concert series in Kansas City and a concert in Phoenix each year with their sister choir, the Phoenix Chorale
Phoenix Chorale
The Phoenix Chorale is a professional chamber choir based out of Phoenix, Arizona, United States.The ensemble formed in 1958 as the Bach and Madrigal Society...
, also conducted by Mr. Bruffy. During his tenure as conductor, the chorus has achieved international acclaim. Mr. Bruffy, renowned for his fresh interpretations of both traditional and new music, was noted by the New York Times as a disciple of the late Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw (conductor)
Robert Shaw was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale, with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Shaw received 14 Grammy awards, four ASCAP awards for service to contemporary music, the first Guggenheim Fellowship...
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The Chorale has produced 9 recordings, three of them with the Phoenix Bach Choir (now the Phoenix Chorale). In 2007, their recording of Alexander Grechaninov's "Passion Week" (recorded jointly with the Phoenix Chorale) was nominated for four GRAMMY awards, and won for Best Engineered Classical Album. In 2008, their CD "Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works," also with the Phoenix Chorale, was nominated for Best Choral Performance and Best Surround Sound Album.
- Nativitas, American carols (Nimbus RecordsNimbus RecordsNimbus Records is a British record company specializing in classical music recordings.Nimbus was founded in 1972 by the late bass singer Numa Labinsky and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds and has traditionally been based at the Wyastone Leys mansion site, near Monmouth and the English/Welsh...
); - Fern Hill, American choral music (Nimbus);
- Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Rachmaninoff (Nimbus);
- Music of Brahms (Nimbus);
- Alleluia, American hymns (Nimbus);
- Words and Music, music of James Mulholland (Colla Voce);
- Eternal Rest, Frank MartinFrank Martin (composer)Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:...
: Mass, etc. (Chandos RecordsChandos RecordsChandos Records is an independent classical music recording company based in Colchester, Essex, in the United Kingdom, founded in 1979 by Brian Couzens.- Background :...
); - Passion Week, Alexander GretchaninovAlexander GretchaninovAlexander Tikhonovich Gretchaninov was a Russian Romantic composer.-His life:Gretchaninov started his musical studies rather late because his father, a businessman, had expected the boy to take over the family firm...
(Chandos); (nominated for four Grammy awardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s, 2007) - Sacred Choral Works of Josef RheinbergerJosef RheinbergerJosef Gabriel Rheinberger was a German organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein.-Short biography:...
(Chandos) (nominated for two Grammy awardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
s 2008)