Bairstow
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Special offer. English Hymn Anthems
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
The Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral Works
Peter Holder (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
The unison singing of the trebles in Stanford’s A Song of Wisdom is exquisite, while the full choir relishes both the drama and the wistful beauty of famous anthems such as Bairstow’s Blessed... —
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Special offer. Orchestral Anthems Vol. 2: Bairstow | Elgar | Ireland | Stanford | Walton | Wesley
Britten Sinfonia, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
By the clock, the most substantial work is Walton’s The Twelve which acquired its multicoloured orchestral respray to mark the Westminster Abbey 900th anniversary celebrations. Its opening is... —
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Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Jonathan Lee (organ), Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The Ely instrument has never sounded more full of fire and vim. Here's a splendid way every corner to round off Stephen sing Layton's 17-year tenure directing the chapel choir of Trinity College... —
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Orchestral Anthems: Elgar | Finzi | Dyson | Howells
Britten Sinfonia, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
Benjamin Nicholas maintains excellent control of his forces in a recording that is sonorously generous and forward in sound. The Merton choirs (including the soloists) are in fine voice and... —
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Special offer. Wood, C: St Mark Passion
Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Simon Wall (tenor), James Birchall (baritone), Edward Grint (bass) & Ruth Jenkins (soprano)
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde (director)
Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion. —
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Hubert Parry's glorious Coronation anthem 'I was glad' unfolds in waves of increasing elation and broad, sweeping lyricism. It's a tremendous performance by The Sixteen, and it's an effective... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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If, as the disc’s title seems to suggest, the organ is the star first and foremost here, it’s apt. The St Paul’s organ has got guts and fire in its belly – despite being scheduled for a major... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Editor's Choice
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