Britten - A Hymn of Saint Columba
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The two outstanding features are the high quality of the choral singing and the fairly relaxed pace throughout. Higginbottom has said that he finds some of Britten's metronome markings on the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
RecommendedJames O'Donnell (organ), Sioned Williams (harp)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill
A Ceremony of Carols sets nine medieval and 16th-century poems between the 'Hodie' of the plainsong Vespers. The sole accompanying instrument is a harp, but given the right acoustic, sensitive... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2004, Also Recommended
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Benjamin Britten - Sacred Choral Music
Iain Farrington (organ), Benedict Giles (treble), Malcolm Green (bass), Simon Wall (tenor), Thomas Williams (alto), Joseph Helps (treble), Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble), Christopher de la Hoyde (alto), William Goldring (treble), Edward Minton (treble), Ben Harrison (treble)
St. John's College...
With Britten comes the thought of high voices: boys' voices that on this Naxos disc belong to the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge… the St. John's singers roundly capture the elusive tonal... — More…
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Grote and his choristers evidently relish everything that Britten throws at them, delivering the canonic numbers with great panache while finding the right tone colours for the more intimate... — More…
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This truly rich advent feast is performed wonderfully well on all counts and can be highly recommended — More…
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Ave Rex Angelorum: Carols and Music Tracing the Journey from Christ the King to Epiphany
Choir of Keble College, Oxford, Jeremy Filsell (organ), Benjamin Mills
Matthew Martin
A distinctly darker-hued festive album without much in the way of tinsel and bells, but none the worse for that. The three carols by Keble choirmaster Matthew Martin are the highlight. — More…
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
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Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Ross relishes the lustiness of ‘Wolcum Yole!’ without allowing scrappiness, and ‘There is no rose’ has a wealth of alluringly contoured dynamic detail. Tanya Houghton’s harp playing is unfailingly... — More…
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This new disc is an important snapshot of the continuing St John’s story, revealing that in recent years, under Andrew Nethsingha’s inspired direction, the choir has retained its renowned clarity,... — More…
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Britten Choral Edition Volume 1
Andrew Carwood (tenor), Andrew Lumsden (organ), Belinda Yates (soprano), Carys Lane (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Julie Cooper (soprano), Kathryn Cook (alto), Matthew Brook (bass), Richard Wyn-Roberts (alto), Simon Preece (bass)
Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer
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The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime Includes some of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings in this beautiful 2CD digi-pack set
The Sixteen, With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, With the BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers
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