Clare Wilkinson
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Special offer. Telemann: Concertos & Cantata Ihr Völker Hört
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano)
Florilegium
Florilegium has already shown its sensibility to and affection for Telemann’s music…Difficult though it is to single out any particular work, I would commend the A major Trio for flute, obbligato... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
RecommendedSusan Hamilton (soprano), Annie Gill (mezzo), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Edward Caswell (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
The Dunedin Consort's recording of Handel's Messiah strips the work back to how it was performed at its first outing in Dublin. Even less ornate than other 'authentic' performances, it is innately... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Building A Library, April 2022, Also Recommended
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Special offer. JS Bach: Magnificat & Christmas Cantata 63
Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig
Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It’s an absolute joy – far too good to keep for Christmas. —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
RecommendedNicholas Mulroy (Evangelist), Matthew Brook (Jesus), Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Cecilia Osmond (Soprano), Clare Wilkinson (Alto), Annie Gill (Alto), Malcolm Bennett (Tenor) & Brian Bannatyne-Scott (Bass)
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
One-to-a-part Bach infiltrated the St Matthew Passion with Paul McCreesh in 2002. I described him then as 'provocative and compelling', and John Butt is no less so. Of his eight remarkable... —
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Building a Library, April 2012, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, Choral & Song Choice
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Charles Daniels (Orfeo), Faye Newton (Euridice), Emily Van Evera (Messaggiera), Clare Wilkinson (Speranza/Proserpina), Curtis Streetman (Caronte), Christopher Purves (Plutone), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Guy Pelc (Apollo)
Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott
Daniels is magnificent in the title role - technically brilliant...impassioned...and lyrically supple...The rest of the cast is also good...Faye Newton is a pure and effective Euridice...As... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Opera Choice
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It has the same sense of freshness as previous releases…[with] a pleasing transparency of texture, and nimbly sprung rhythms under John Butt’s scholarly direction —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Adoramus Te
Motets, songs and consort music by William Byrd and Peter Philips
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano)
The Rose Consort of Viols
The playing by the Rose Consort is refined and blanaced without any of the bass-heavy fuzziness that one sometimes hears from viol groups...The motets are performed with just one of the parts... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Early Music
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Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
Jacob Heringman (lute), Lynda Sayce, Clare Wilkinson (contralto), Fretwork (early music ensemble), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), Alamire, David Skinner
The Fretwork instrumentalists are supportive and nuanced throughout. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. JS Bach: St John Passion
Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelista), Matthew Brook (Jesus), Robert Davies, Joanne Lunn & Clare Wilkinson
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
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The 11 hours of music on offer represent both a sizeable portion and a representative sample of Victoria's output....the Missa Ave Maris Stella boasts a particularly fine reading - lucid and... —
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Building a Library, June 2016, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Early Music
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