Gallicantus
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The sound image is compelling on its own terms, with the homogeneity typical of ensembles with countertenors on the top lines. But it's a flexible interpretation nonetheless...an involving experience. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Early Music
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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The Word Unspoken
Sacred Music by William Byrd & Philippe de Monte
Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch (director)
The ensemble's view of this repertory, though hardly new, is delivered with such intelligence and rhetorical persuasiveness that the cumulative weight of their Byrd, in particular, is well-nigh... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Snider’s lucid score is at once powerful and delicate…Vocal ensemble Gallicantus brings vigour, colour and absolute clarity to the score, while the instrumental playing is top notch throughout.... —
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Sarah Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered
Amy Haworth (soprano), Massimo di Trolio (clarinet), Tom Lilburn (contralto), Tom Bullard (bass), Simon Gallear (bass), Sarah McMahon (violone), Sara Roberts (viola), Sally Pryce (harp), Robert Davies (bass), Paul Boyce (bassoon), Nicolas Madden (tenor), Nicholas Todd (tenor), Martha McLorinan (contralto),...
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Women in Classics
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Eugene Asti (piano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano, soprano), Heather Shipp, Lech Napierała, Heather Shripp (mezzo-soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Linda Perillo (soprano), Min-Jung Kym, Daniella Ganeva, David Miller (lute), Grace Davidson...
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The present recording is sung entirely by male voices and never once is there a loss of clarity, a hint of muddiness (the opening of the Lamentations, though coming at the end of the disc, could... —
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Signum Anniversary Series: Early Music Collection
Gabrieli Consort & Players, OAE & Charivari Agréable
Kings Singers
a colourful shop window from which we can pick and choose. —
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Dialogues of Sorrow
Passions on the Death of Prince Henry (1612)
Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch
The eight singers of Gallicantus balance finely, enunciate clearly and tune precisely...Their clear words are a joy. —
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The performances are uniformly excellent…the Litany in particular is beautifully sung, and is one of many moments which make this imaginative, informatively annotated programme worth investigating —
