Choral, Oratorios & Passions, Mendelssohn (composer)
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Recommended(sung in English)
Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Jonty Ward (treble), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor) & Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Young Singers' Scheme & Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh
Connolly sings with mellifluous tone and Simon Keenlyside is an Elijah of spirit and intelligence: he may not have the sheer weight of a Bryn Terfel, but he's alive to every shift of meaning... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th August 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2013, Winner - Oratorio
2 CDs
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Epiphany at St Paul’s
Huw Williams (organ), Jonathan Arnold (baritone), Robert Rice (baritone), Flann Corcoran (treble) & Mervyn Collins (tenor), Roy Rashbrook (tenor), Timothy Jones (baritone) & Robert Rice (bass), Christopher Royall (alto), Jon English (tenor) & Julian Clarkson (bass)
St Paul’s Cathedral...
This series is the richest treasure trove an Anglican musician or English choral buff could hope to find. Texts and notes are an Anglophile’s dream. Sound is stunningly rich and ringing — More…
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out of the bran tub comes my favourite Christmas choral disc of 2009 - Joy in the morning, another wide-ranging collection from Jeffrey Skidmore's excellent Birmingham-based choir, Ex Cathedra.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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Mendelssohn: Elias
Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Chor des Städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
2 CDs
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The World of Sacred Music Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, John Scott (organ), The St. Anthony Singers, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Semple (treble), Jonathan Chinchen (treble), Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Peter White (organ), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Academy...
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Offer, Josef Krips Edition - Volume 1: 1947-1955 Josef Krips, Hilde Gueden, Anton Dermota, Richard Lewis, Rafael Arié, London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zara Nelsova, Ilse Hollweg, Alfredo Campoli, Wilhelm Kempff, Clifford Curzon.
22 CDs
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Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Historical
55 CDs
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100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols
RecommendedKing’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury,Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
The opening track from 1958 sets the basic tone: the singing’s precise, sunny and rather dainty. Yet extra gusto soon arrives, and the modern carols Cleobury commissioned certainly stop tradition... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2018
2 CDs
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70 Recommended(sung in English)
Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel and Bryn Terfel ensure that this is one of the most dramatic performances of the oratorio on disc. The young conductor, with the advantage of an excellent period instrument orchestra,... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2000, First Choice
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