Rachel Nicholls
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Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage
RecommendedRobert Murray (Mark), Rachel Nicholls (Jenifer), Ashley Riches (King Fisher), Jennifer France (Bella), Toby Spence (Jack), Claire Barnett-Jones (Sosostris), Susan Bickley (She-Ancient), Joshua Bloom (He-Ancient), London Philharmonic Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Unexpectedly, it’s the second pair of lovers, Bella and Jack, admirably sung by Jennifer France and Toby Spence, who capture your ear...It’s the villain who almost steals the show. Ashley Riches... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Opera
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Winners, Winner - Opera
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That LeFanu possesses an ear for finesse is evident from The Hidden Landscape (1973), with its oblique yet purposeful trajectory from the ominous, even confrontational to a gauntly imposing... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. For the fallen: Elgar & Bax
Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Joshua Ellicott (narrator), Jennifer France (soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Elgar’s beautifully imagined score [of A Voice in the Wilderness] is graced with two very fine performances, from Joshua Ellicott’s narrator (his delivery and accent are pitched exactly right),... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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Bach for Japan
Carolyn Sampson, Susanne Rydén, Hana Blažíková & Miah Persson (soprano), Yoshikazu Mera & Robin Blaze (countertenor), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, chorus & orchestra, Masaaki Suzuki
The order of pieces makes for a thoroughly seamless, always engaging programme...The performances here are pretty much top-notch, as previous critical acclaim has attested —
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BIS 40-Year Sampler
Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Dan Laurin (recorder), Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Noriko Ogawa (piano), Christian Lindberg (trombone), Martin Frost (clarinet), Øystein Baadsvik...
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David Matthews - From Sea to Sky
Lucie Špicková (mezzo-soprano) & Ruth Bolister (oboe), Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Gillian Keith (soprano)
Orchestra Nova Ensemble & Orchestra Nova
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Special offer. Handel: Lucio Cornelio Silla, HWV10
James Bowman (Silla), Simon Baker (Claudio), Joanne Lunn (Lepido), Rachel Nicholls (Metella), Natasha Marsh (Flavia), Elizabeth Cragg (Celia), Christopher Dixon (Il Dio)
The London Handel Orchestra, Denys Darlow
Denys Darlow conducts a fresh stylish performance with his London Handel Festival forces, recorded live at the Royal College of Music. Textures are clean and rhythms light and resilient, with... —
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A Choral Year with J.S. Bach
From Advent to Reformation Day – the church calendar set to music in selected movements from the cantatas by J.S. Bach
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
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