MacRae
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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Day of These Days
The British Isles Reflected in Song
Tristan Hambleton (bass-baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)
It's the quality of the performances as much as the attractions of an unusual programme (eight items new to disc) that make this assemblage so desirable. Everything is considered, imaginative... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Vocal Choice
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MacRae wrote the majority of the music on this album especially for Betts-Dean (the daughter of Hamlet composer Brett) after hearing her perform his The Lif of this World a few years ago, and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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Into This World, This Day Did Come
RecommendedCarols Contemporary & Medieval
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
There are many highlights but Williams Sweeney's Scots dialect setting 'The Innumerable Christ' stands out for its daring other-worldliness, as do Stuart MacRae's bold re-imagining of 'Adam... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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BCMG 2013 Sampler: New Music for New Ears
Claire Booth (soprano), Simon Haram (saxophone), Simon Russell Beale (narrator), Hilary Summers (contralto), Lore Lixenberg (mezzo-soprano), Mary Carewe (soprano), Malcolm Wilson (piano)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Oliver Knussen, James Weeks, Christopher Austin, Martyn Brabbins, Susanna...
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Ursa Minor: Chamber Music by Stuart Macrae
Hebrides Ensemble (group), Joshua Ellicott, Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
This beautifully performed composer portrait from the Hebrides Ensemble captures Stuart MacRae at his most searching. —
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an outstanding player with a huge expressive range: both composers are
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Songs For Our Times
Stuart Macrae - Bernard Hughes - Chinwe D. John
Nick Pritchard (tenor), Isabelle Haile (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano)
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