Hilary Cronin
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca (countertenors), Guy Cutting (tenor), Frederick Long, Edward Grint (bass-baritones), Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Peter Whelan
My spirits were uplifted almost throughout the recording. A current of gentle zephyrs refreshes every bar of the music...Complementing the instrumental vitality is the invigorating choral singing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Choral Choice
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Each member of Jonathan Cohen's vocal lineup is a Baroque specialist...Each anthem begins with an instrumental Sonata which the 11-piece orchestra delivers with fine despatch. —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2025, Choral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Choral
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New. Finzi: Requiem da camera & Other Choral Works
Thomas Simpson (organ), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Florian Störtz (bass), Augustine Cox (organ), Hilary Cronin (soprano), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Florian Störtz, Steven Grahl
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Innocence: Echo Vocal Ensemble
Ben Munden (tenor), Anna Semple (contralto), Hilary Cronin (soprano), Margaret Lingas (soprano), Echo Vocal Ensemble, Sarah Latto
Here is a deeply satisfying, centuries-spanning, thought-provoking debut album by the fine choral ensemble Echo...The highlight of the album is Howard Skempton’s luminous Yeats setting ‘He wishes... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Charpentier: Baroque Christmas
RecommendedSam Boden, Florian Störtz, Hilary Cronin, Edward Ross, Ruairi Bowen, Keri Fuge
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Christophe Rousset
Rousset nurtures suave sophistication throughout In nativitatem Domini canticum...A mirthful march is followed by the world-class choir and Rousset milking beauty and rhetorical intelligence... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2025
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Fleur Barron (Dido), Matthew Brook (Aeneas), Giulia Semenzato (Belinda), Avery Amereau (Sorceress), Tim Mead (Spirit), Nicky Spence (Sailor), Hilary Cronin (Second Woman), Helen Charlston, Martha McLorinan (Witches), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
The suspense, vibrancy and richly layered musical textures of chorus and band have no equal in the discography. The Witches’ scene is an exuberant Gothic festival, with creepily dilating long... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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New. Christmas Choral Music 2026
Jonathan Manners, Jonathan Wikeley, Remel Derrick, Annabel Rooney, Frank Havrøy, Sarah Quartel, Michael Higgins, Cecilia McDowall, Margaret Burk, Reginal Wright, Arthur Wood, Jessica French, The Oxford Choir, Bob Chilcott (director), Kristina Arakelyan, David Hill, London Voices, Sam Cobb, Lucy Cox,...
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the superb new arrangements by Iain Farrington of King David and Sine Nomine are particularly well worth investigating. Ikon are in top form, immaculately disciplined and highly expressive. —
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Live at the British Library
Peter Donohoe (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Oliver Zeffman
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Carols for Choirs 6
Stuart Nicholson, The Oxford Choir, Bob Chilcott (director), David Hill, B. E. Boykin, Joy Sutcliffe (soloist), Errollyn Wallen, Amy Blythe (soloist), Tom Perkins (soloist), Ed Saddington (soloist), Joanna Forbes L'Estrange, Toby Young, Joel Thompson, Ben Davies (soloist), Vicente Chavarria, Fiona...
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