William Towers
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Bach Cantatas Volume 10
RecommendedCantatas for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity and for the Feast of the Reformation
Joanne Lunn, William Towers, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
…Gardiner's lively and articulate responses to Bach's dance rhythms… refresh and enliven the music, often in a quite distinctive way. The mighty fugal chorus of Ein Feste Burg (BWV 80) comes... —
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Building a Library, September 2009, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Disc of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Peace of Utrecht
Nicki Kennedy (soprano), William Towers (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Julian Podger (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven
Jos van Veldhoven's excellent Dutch musicians are joined by a team of mostly English soloists...The Netherlands Bach Society fires on all cylinders in the Jubilate...The choir handles lively... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Bach Cantatas Volume 24
Cantatas for the Third and Fourth Sundays after Easter
Brigitte Geller, William Towers, Mark Padmore, Julian Clarkson, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe
The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Bach Cantatas Volume 15
Christmas Cantatas II
Gillian Keith, Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn, Robin Tyson, William Towers, James Gilchrist & Peter Harvey
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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In his particular vocal strengths, Towers is in fact closer to Senesino than any other countertenor I know. Senesino was famed for his muscle, dark timbre and jaw-dropping control of breath,... —
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Music for the Moment: Summer Classics
Peter Maag, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Concerto Armonico, Alfredo Bernardini, Paolo Grazzi, Pietro Spada, Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina, William Towers, Ernst Theis, Österreichische Kammersymphoniker, Wien, Massimo Palumbo, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti, Duilio Galfetti, Maurice Steger,...
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Bach Cantatas Volume 23
Cantatas for the First and Second Sunday after Easter
Katharine Fuge, Gillian Keith, Daniel Taylor, William Towers, Charles Daniels, Norbert Meyn & Stephen Varcoe
The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
The seven cantatas here, nominally representing the works for the two Sundays after Easter, cover an unusual range from No 150 to the dazzling maturity of three pastoral cantatas from three... —
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Turner - Sacred Choral Works
Choir of Gonville & Caius & Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, Geoffrey Webber
Geoffrey Webber’s choir sings with greater passion than most of its Oxbridge rivals. —
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Bach Cantatas Volume 14
Christmas Cantatas I
Katharine Fuge, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Tyson, William Towers (altos), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
James Gilchrist and Peter Harvey negotiate virtuoso arias with panache; likewise Katharine Fuge's singing is a constant pleasure in BWV91 and 121. The Monteverdi Choir and The English Baroque... —
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