Alexander Chance
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca (countertenors), Guy Cutting (tenor), Frederick Long, Edward Grint (bass-baritones), Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Peter Whelan
My spirits were uplifted almost throughout the recording. A current of gentle zephyrs refreshes every bar of the music...Complementing the instrumental vitality is the invigorating choral singing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Choral Choice
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Special offer. Handel's Unsung Heroes
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Montgomery (horn), Joe Walters (horn), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Leo Duarte (oboe), Thomas Gould (violin), Joe Qiu (bassoon), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
This is a stunning collection of Handel opera numbers. For originality, risk-taking and erudition, it towers above its predecessors. It also benefits from its mix of soloists – having chosen... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Recording of the Month
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Chance’s tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation’s most exciting British countertenor. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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Bach: St. John Passion
RecommendedNick Pritchard (Evangelist), William Thomas (Christus), Alex Ashworth (Pilatus), Julia Doyle (soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Peter Davoren (tenor)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
the wonder is that in the circumstances the performance emerges so taut, dramatically focused, and exactingly crafted...singing off-score, his choir doesn’t so much relay the narrative as inhabit... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 26th February 2022, Record of the Week
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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J. S. Bach: Mein Geist
Alexander Chance (countertenor), Benoît Arnould, Céline Sheen, Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Julien Barre, Le Banquet Céleste
It is altogether a delightful essay in intimacy, refinement and teamwork, qualities which abound in this thoughtful and contemplative Bach journey. —
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An assured synthesis of elegant musicality, judicious ear for contrapuntal detail and informed scholarship...All the works are given splendid performances which not only remind us that there... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Song Cycles by Edward Picton-Turbervill
Harriet Burns (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (tenor), Edward Picton-Turbervill (piano)
Ambition is clearly Edward Picton-Turbervill's middle name! What other young composer would aspire to set to music poems by Rilke, Cavafy, Hildegard of Bingen and Harold Pinter? And then make... —
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Special offer. Giacomo Susani: A Screenshot of Now
Daniel Norman (tenor), Giacomo Susani (guitar), Tim Mead (tenor), Alexander Chance (countertenor), Chinwe D. John (narrator)
This is a rare find: a beautiful slow burner that gives up its treasures subtly. Hats off too to Linn Records for a vibrant, naturalistic sound. —
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The typical Vox Luminis sound is by nature soft-edged and resonant, yet while Lionel Meunier’s choir of 15 voices may not have the attack and presence of some in this repertoire, their approach... —
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Cherry (An Apple Original Film)
Henry Jackman, Alexander Chance (leadvocalist), Amy Haworth (leadvocalist), Caroline Trevor (leadvocalist), Charlotte Ashley (leadvocalist), Elisabeth Paul (leadvocalist), Ellie Sperling (leadvocalist), Emma Walshe (leadvocalist), Guy Cutting (leadvocalist), Gwendolen Martin (leadvocalist), Hannah...
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