Britten - A Hymn to the Virgin
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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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The recital's radiant heart is Sheppard's Media Vite, but there are more highlights to come, including an outstanding reading of Holst's Nunc Dimittis, the flowing textures of Harris's Bring... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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It's when the pedal goes down (literally and metaphorically) that this disc really soars, startling the ear into ecstasy with the sudden release of Rachmaninov's Cherubic Hymn, the 'bright Seraphim'... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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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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Musically impeccable, carefully wound and tuned, superbly balanced—a magnificent display of sheer beauty of choral sound — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Choral
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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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Jean Belmont Ford's cycle Electa is a real discovery, performed with a naturalness and ease that carries one unerringly through very unfamiliar musical territory. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 51st Awards (2008), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Christmas Music Through The Ages
50 pieces from 6th to 20th centuries
Richard Wistreich (bass), The York Waits, The Choirs of Prinknash and Stanbrook Abbeys, Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band, Sneak's Noyse, Caroline Trevor (contralto), The Rose Consort of Viols, Kate Eckersley (soprano), Tim Laycock (vocals), Sun Life Stanshawe Band, Dartington Hall Handbells, Dartington...
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