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Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Vocal/Choral
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Choirs of Angels: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 2
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
the performances here are undoubtedly among the best. Partly this is because the pace is well-judged and spacious...and the voices are exceptionally nimble and focused...[Browne's] O Maria evinces... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Early Music
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These performances are commendable, displaying unearthly breath control in the long phrases of works such as Kellyk's Magnificat, and great clarity of texture in the dense counterpoint typical... —
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Courts of Heaven: Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol. 3
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
Darlington's selection is of such quality that the gap between major and minor figures is rather narrower than I, for one, had supposed...The stamina shown by the trebles is at all times remarkable,... —
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Across the disc, complex polyphonic edifices are negotiated with Christophers’s intuitive suavity, and stretches of prayerful serenity are enlivened with a gear-changing dramatic lift here,... —
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Sanctum Est Verum Lumen
Multi-Part Music for Choir
National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Mike Brewer
…though, this is a disc of stunning music beautifully performed. —
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...as the many polyphonic strands surround you – and here they do surround you, thanks to this hybrid SACD – you’d have to have a cold heart not to be caught up in the performances. The ingenuity... —
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The recorded balance is velveteen, almost, with gentler consonants than some other chamber choirs of similar calibre and a warming, light vibrato from the sopranos… An enjoyable programme, however,... —
