Manchicourt
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The centrepiece of the recording, the Guidez vous Mass, in an inspired choice. From the clamorous lines of the opening Kyrie with their spicy harmonic clashes, through the superbly portrayed... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2007, Editor's Choice
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George de La Hèle: Missa Praeter Rerum Seriem & Works By Manchicourt, Payen & Rogier
El Leon de Oro, Peter Phillips
The well-upholstered choral sound is always focused if sometimes lacking in variety...From Manchicourt’s ravishingly luminous Osculet ur me to the mellow soundworld of Payen’s Virgo prudentissima,... —
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Bestion’s singers are very flexible, and frequently superb...they are equal to Scelsi’s quartertones; and they can sing ‘straight’ when needed. These stylistic shifts are not jarring. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Special offer. Instruments of Middle Ages & the Renaissance
The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow
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Special offer. Requiem for an Emperor
Michaela Riener (soloist), Bart Uvyn (soloist), Adriaan De Koster (soloist), Lieven Termont (soloist), Guillaume Olry (soloist), Jan Van Outryve, Utopia Ensemble
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
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Their style of singing – perfectly blended vocal harmony, exquisite tuning, inventive phrasing, delicately poised textural clarity - provides a magical accompaniment to the warmth of the Christmas... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Recording of the Month
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The landscape angle is slightly odd…Luckily some real landscaping can be heard in Hesdin’s motet ‘Parasti’ where the performers shape the form and contour the dynamics splendidly. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Early Music
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It is a stunning album, intelligently paced, and the performances teem in subtle musicality and softly spoken charisma. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2023, Recording of the Month
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