Siglo de Oro
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It’s hard to resist. Here is a choir in which all the elements are held in perfect equilibrium. Patrick Allies ponders every note before moulding lines whose suppleness in turn coalesce into... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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11 singers of clarity and colour glitter and glow... a sonic festive feast ... The addition of local dance rhythms brings a rustic earthiness to Renaissance Mass from Mexico. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th November 2020
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The big surprise here is the impressive quality of the Christmas piece Haec Dies by the otherwise unknown Joahannes Sarton and which attracts a commendably persuasive and alert interpretation... —
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This is the understated Oxford-based composer Judith Ward’s welldeserved moment in the spotlight: she features on more than half the tracks in this recording, including her ‘Mass for St Mark,’... —
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Music for Milan Cathedral
Werrecore – Josquin – Gaffurius – Weerbeke
Helena Thomson, Francis Gush, Paul Bentley-Angell, Christine Buras, David Le Prevost, Rebekah Jones, Ben McKee, Ben Rowarth, Hannah Ely, Chris Fitzgerald-Lombard, Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies
The 13 youthful voices of Siglo de Oro produce a fresh, ingenuous sound. Their timbre is open and expressive – the use of vibrato adding a tremulous urgency to some of the more emotive passages.... —
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Drop down, ye heavens: Advent antiphons for choir & saxophone
Sam Corkin (saxophones)
Siglo de Oro, Patrick Allies
a debut with a difference... A novel, ungimmicky project, vividly executed —
