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Howells: Cello Concerto & An English Mass
Guy Johnston (cello), Stephen Cleobury (organ)
Britten Sinfonia, King's College Choir Cambridge, King's Voices, Christopher Seaman
Seaman conducts a by turns atmospheric and lively account of the Concerto, while a movement of An English Mass – the ‘Credo’ – is conducted to striking effect by Ben Parry. Cleobury conducts... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Howells: Collegium Regale 'King's College Cambridge Service'
& other choral works
Owain Park (organ)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The Evening Service boasts some beautifully controlled singing from the sopranos in particular, their deft tapering of quiet dynamics in the Magnificat heightening the introspective quality... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Choral
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…Liszt's Ad nos… is magisterial, its 30-minute span commandingly paced, its grandeur and rhapsody held in equilibrium. As for the concluding Toccata by Marcel Lanquetuit, move over Widor!... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Editor's Choice
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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
This is a priceless record not only of the centenary of the most famous carol service in the world, but of the last to be directed by Sir Stephen Cleobury after 37 years at the helm of chapel... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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A Legend Reborn: The Voice of King’s
Dónal McCann, Henry Websdale, Richard Gowers, Tom Winpenny, Ashley Grote, Robert Quinney, David Briggs (Harrison and Harrison organ of King’s
College, Cambridge)
All in all, this is not only a fascinating historical record but also a superlative musical one. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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British Music Collection - Herbert Howells
RecommendedGregory Moore (cantor), Simon Williams (tenor), Peter Barley (organ)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Cleobury's Kings College singers are in their element, particularly so when singing music written specifically for them! Peter Barley's renditions of some of Howells' delightful organ works... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Howells - Sacred Choral Music
RecommendedIain Farrington (organ)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The St. Johns Choir has never sounded better, and the recorded sound is glorious: clear and clean, but with great warmth and a sense of space. The finely nuanced performances are impressively... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Choral Evensong from Liverpool Cathedral
Daniel Bishop, Martyn Noble (organ)
Choir of Liverpool Cathedral, David Poulter
Choral evensong is not often performed on such a grand scale as this...while the boys are direct and focused, even enthusiastically gutsy at times, the girls produce a consistently softer, reticent,... — More…
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Organ Music from the Two Cathedrals in Liverpool
Noel Rawsthorne (organ), Flor Peeters (organ), Jeanne Demessieux (organ)
Crichton's remastering of these 45 year old recordings is superb, especially as he had to work from LPs. ....and i can guarantee that you will never have heard Tournemire performed so convincingly... — More…
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