William Purefoy
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedSarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches)
Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine and Elizabeth...
This new Dido… enshrines Connolly as one of the most affecting Carthaginian Queens since Janet Baker's account nearly half a century ago. From the outset, Connolly exudes imposing presence,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Sophie Daneman’s sensuous soprano offsets the boyish voice of the 15-year-old Rosanna Wicks, while the airy trebles of Salisbury Cathedral Choir balance the earthier tones of the lay clerks... —
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Record Review, 11th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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Boyce: Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Patrick Burrowes (treble), William Purefoy (alto), Andrew Watts (countertenor), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Michael George (bass-baritone)
The Choir of New College, Oxford, The Hanover Band, Graham Lea-Cox
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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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A Guided Tour of the Baroque Era, Vol. 3
Kym Amps (soprano), Ian Honeyman (tenor), Christopher Robson (counter-tenor), Thomas Guthrie (bass), Susan Bisatt (soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Jeni Bern (soprano), Laurence Cummings (organ), Terence R. Charlston (harpsichord), Matthew Dirst (harpsichord), Jean-Baptiste Robin (organ),...
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Special offer. Purcell: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, Te Deum & other choral works
Jeni Bern (soprano), Susan Bisatt (soprano), Thomas Guthrie (bass), Ian Honeyman (tenor), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Christopher Robson (counter-tenor)
Orchestra of the Golden Age, Choir of the Golden Age, Robert Glenton
The vocal soloists are especially fine ... highly respectable performances. —
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Special offer. Durante: Requiem
Alexandra Kidgell (soprano), Katy Hill (soprano), William Purefoy (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Ben Davies (bass), Clive Driskill-Smith (organ)
Oxford Baroque, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
Durante’s 1746 post-Baroque Requiem is no great masterpiece, but it does have moments of elegance and charm which are beautifully rendered. The likeable Organ Concerto benefits from sparkling... —
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Leonid Desyatnikov: The Leaden Echo
Roman Mints, William Purefoy, Maxim Rysanov, Kristine Blaumane, Boris Andrianov, Alexei Goribol, Dmitri Bulgakov, Jacob Katsnelson, Anton Dressler, Anna Panina, Fedor Lednev, Pavel Stepin, Serj Poltavski, Evgeny Rumyantsev & Petr Kodrashin
In this first all-Desyatnikov album released in the UK, we are transported to an eerie, sometimes dream-like and often disturbing soundworld...But it's the title track...which most suggests... —
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Howells & Stevens: Choral Music
Finzi Singers, Nicholas Gedge, Rachel Wheatley, William Purefoy, Simon Preece, Marianne Cotteril, Nicola Jane-Kemp, Robert Burt, Paul Spicer, Andrew Carwood
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This is not the first recording [of the Missa in labore requies] but it is surely the most effective, as much as anything for its skilful use of the building; voices and instruments really do... —
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