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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky & Lieutenant Kije Suite
Claudine Carlson (mezzo-soprano), Arnold Voketaitis (bass), St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
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Alsop and her Bournemouth band capture [On the Waterfront] as surely and atmospherically as they do the glitzy exuberance of On the Town...it reeks of adrenaline, and brutal oppression...It... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Disc of the Month
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Pitch-perfect harmonies, in dreamily sumptuous sonics. — More…
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Maxwell Davies: Suite from 'The Boyfriend', Suite from 'The Devils' & Other Works
RecommendedPeter Maxwell Davies (piano)
Aquarius, Nicholas Cleobury
In these vintage examples of early-to-middle-period Maxwell Davies, his fairly for popular dance-forms shines through his roguishly gaudy arrangements...Maxwell Davies's score [for The Devils]... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Britten on Film
Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Choir of King
Edwards’ Boys School, Birmingham, Martyn Brabbins
Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and... — More…
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Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
Yelena Obraztsova (mezzo soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Abbado's performance of Alexander Nevsky culminates in a deeply moving account of the tragic lament after the battle (here very beautifully sung by Obraztsova)...The chorus is as incisive as... — More…
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Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible, etc.
RecommendedIrina Arkhipova, Anatoly Mokrenko, Boris Morgunov, Anna Reynolds, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & John Shirley-Quirk
Ambrosian Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, André Previn & Riccardo Muti
Coruscating orchestral bite in Muti's Ivan (with the fabulous Ambrosian Chorus) knocks Previn's rough and ready Nevsky into second league, though moments of diaphanous lyricism lift the heart... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible & Alexander Nevsky
RecommendedRiccardo Muti/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra, Irina Arkhipova/Anatoly Mokrenko/Boris Morgunov/Ambrosian Chorus/Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti, Ambrosian Chorus (chorus), Anatoly Mokrenko (bass-baritone), Boris Morgunov (narrator), Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano vocals), Boris Morgunov...
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Grammy Awards, 19th Awards (1976), Best Choral Performance
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