Venables, I
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Special offer. Ian Venables: Requiem & Herbert Howells: Anthems for Choir & Orchestra
Eppie Sharp, Aine Smith, Edmund Saddington, LucyAnne Fletcher, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas
This isn’t music to shake mountains, but its craftsmanship, sincerity and ability to stir the more tender emotions – well reflected in this performance – remains undeniably appealing. —
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A Lad's Love
RecommendedBrian Giebler (tenor), Steven McGhee, Katie Hyun, Ben Russell, Jessica Meyer, Michael Katz, Reginald Mobley
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Ian Venables: The Song of the Severn
Roderick Williams (baritone), Graham J Lloyd (piano)
Carducci String Quartet
Williams is in stellar form throughout (his lustrous tone beautifully captured by the microphones), and he enjoys outstandingly sympathetic support from Graham J. Lloyd (whose pianism is of... —
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…Kennedy… proves himself a rising start with performances keenly sung if occasionally rather mannered, supported by Simon Crawford Philips and the Dante players. —
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Building a Library, September 2018, Recommended Recording
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Portraits of A Mind
Venables & Vaughan Williams
Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Navarra Quartet, William Vann (piano)
The cycle's five songs are exceptionally well sung by Alessandro Fisher, who convincingly encompasses emotions stretching from the balmy pastoralism of the opening ‘The Lark Ascending’ (with... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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The English Song Series Volume 21 - Ian Venables
Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano), with Richard Hosford (clarinet)
[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound...Andrew Kennedy is... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Yang and McElroy are a consistently thoughtful duo with a rapport that is eminently attuned to the elusive and allusive territory they’ve chosen to map out. Happily, they leave little room for... —
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Vale and his accomplished colleague Paul Plummer start with an unpublished song by Gurney, the spirited, stirring On Wenlock Edge with a grand tune…Immediately one is made aware of Vale’s clarity... —
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Ian Venables is a curiosity, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Born in 1955, he composes in a style that for many would appear hopelessly outdated...Yet he carries this off without the results... —
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