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The Crown of Life
Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke
Jemima Price (soprano), Rhys Williams (tenor), Rudyard Cook (organ), Ben Gilchrist (bass-baritone), Felicity Howard (soprano), Sam Troy (tenor), Molly Skeil (soprano), Anastasia Jones (soprano), Pete Dockrill (vocalist), Sebastian Evans (tenor), Matt Rogers (tenor), Arthur Barton (organ), The Choir...
I'm happy to report that Owen Rees presides over an impeccably poised and outstandingly fervent display, which also features an exemplary contribution from Queen's College Organ Scholar Rudyard... —
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs and Other British Choral Anthems
Martin Ford (organ), Julia Smith (soprano), Elizabeth Limb (soprano), Rachel Limb (soprano), Kate Jurka (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse
For many listeners the main attraction will be baritone Roderick Williams’s take on Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs, in a new version for organ accompaniment by Martin Ford. Williams... —
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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
This is a priceless record not only of the centenary of the most famous carol service in the world, but of the last to be directed by Sir Stephen Cleobury after 37 years at the helm of chapel... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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Christmas is often treated as a time of extroverted celebration, intimacy is the keynote of Noël, the Armonico Consort’s new seasonal collection. That’s partly because the choir has just eleven... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Christmas Choice
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On Christmas Night
RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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out of the bran tub comes my favourite Christmas choral disc of 2009 - Joy in the morning, another wide-ranging collection from Jeffrey Skidmore's excellent Birmingham-based choir, Ex Cathedra.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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The First Nowell
Carols from Westminster Cathedral
James O’Donnell RMS (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill
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Special offer. Journey Into Light
Music for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany and Candlemas
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Mark Williams
Another Oxbridge college, another fine mixed-voice choir, another gorgeously captured chapel acoustic (Mike Hatch engineering) - this selection of favourite pieces by mainly British composers... —
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Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort
Daisy Bevan (soprano), Agnes Bevan (soprano), Sophie Bevan (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Tess Bevan (vocalist), Lizzy Bevan (vocalist), Francis Bevan (vocalist), Dom Bevan (tenor), Harry Bevan (tenor), David Bevan (baritone), Henry Bevan (baritone), Hugh Bevan (bass-baritone), Benny Bevan (bass-baritone),...
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Christmas at King's College Cambridge
Simon Preston (organ), Hervey Alan (bass-baritone)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks
