Parry - Blest Pair of Sirens
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Parry: Scenes from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'
RecommendedSarah Fox (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann
Vann has mustered a fine team of soloists. Neal Davies is a commanding Prometheus, while David Butt Philip relishes the ringing Wagnerian Heldentenor declamation Parry allots to Jupiter...Vann’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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I was glad: Sacred Music by Stanford & Parry
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson & David Wilson-Johnson
The King’s Consort & Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
a revelation. In the opening Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A by Stanford, the leanness of gut strings lends edge and urgency to the orchestral writing, which perfectly complements the punchy... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Parry - Choral Works
Anne Dawson, Arthur Davies, Brian Rayner Cook, Della Jones, David Wilson-Johnson
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Matthias Bamert
an outstanding collection of some of Parry's finest choral music. — More…
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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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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius & Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens & I was glad
Roderick Elms (organ), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Arthur Davies (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Much of [Davies's] singing, especially in Part I, is full-throated, almost Italianate and he has all the vocal heft you could wish for...Howell is an imposing vocal presence...The choral singing... — More…
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Viri Galilaei: Favourite Anthems from Merton
Charles Warren, Peter Shepherd
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips
the Merton choir's singing is notable for its clarity. The polyphonic lines of Byrd's Diliges Dominum, the antiphonal effects of Harris's classic Faire is the heaven and even the dense textures... — More…
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The Royal Wedding – The Official Album Recorded at Westminster Abbey 29th April 2011
Choir of Westminster Abbey, London Chamber Orchestra, State Trumpeters, Trumpeters of the Central Band of the RAF, James O’Donnell & Christopher Warren-Green
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My Spirit Sings of Wondrous Things: 2008 St. Olaf Christmas Festival (Live)
Bruce Benson (narrator), Jennifer Anderson Koenig (narrator)
St. Olaf Orchestra, St. Olaf Choir, St. Olaf Cantorei, St. Olaf Chapel Choir, Manitou Singers, Viking Chorus, Steven Amundson, Christopher Aspaas, Sigrid Johnson, John Ferguson, Anton Armstrong
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Vaughan Williams: A Cambridge Mass
Olivia Robinson (soprano), Rebecca Lodge (contralto), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Edward Price (baritone)
The Bach Choir, New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Alan Tongue
It might seem a dubious idea to take out of mothballs a work written specifically for its composer's Doctor of Music degree - surely a recipe for academic conformity and little else? Coming... — More…
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