Danyel
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the result is coherently put together, with Hughes's resourceful vocal imagination and use of tone, plus the subtlety and careful placement of her decorations, drawing the ear again and again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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Chance’s tone is pellucid; notes fall round and clear as water drops...a recording in which Chance stakes serious claim to the title of his generation’s most exciting British countertenor. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Young Talent of the Year
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Special offer. Time Stands Still - Dowland & Danyel
Lute Songs
Kieran White (tenor), Cédric Meyer (lute)
In 'Flow, my tears' (1600) the rich voice of Kieran White clearly finds its expressive centre...The lute playing throughout (including in the solo Fancies) is superb. —
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Gondko and North frequently swap parts, either from work to work or within a piece, but their playing is all of a piece: by turns joyful and reflective while evincing delight in each other's... —
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Zaytoun
Haitham Haidar (soloist), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali, Sylvain Bergeron, Amanda Keesmaat, Abraham Ross, Tanya LaPerrière
His voice has an unmannered directness which goes straight to the heart, whether it's in Monteverdi's 'Nigra sum' or in the sweet simplicity of a paean to Jesus commonly sung in Arab churches... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Vocal Choice
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Dreames & Imaginations - Poeticall Musicke to be sung to the Lyra viol (Music from around 1600)
Anna-Lena Elbert (soprano), Evangelina Mascardi (renaissance lute), Angélique Mauillon (harp), Friederike Heumann (viola da gamba, lyra viol)
The instrumentalists are perfect matches and the instrumental works are given excellent performances, which are subtle when needed, and explore the dynamic possibilities to good effect. —
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Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful By beauteous softness, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … there’s... —
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Throughout the SACD Lindberg proves (as if he needed to!) that he is a sympathetic and perceptive interpreter of the lute music of the Renaissance. This is an outstanding, treasure of an album.... —
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In most respects this makes an ideal introduction to Dowland's art since it includes many of his most popular songs. Moreover they are sung with wonderful artistry by James Bowman, whose countertenor... —
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Time stands still
Lute songs on the theme of mutability and metamorphosis by John Dowland and his contemporaries
Emma Kirkby (soprano) & Anthony Rooley (lute)
A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute song, engineered close to perfection —
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