Causton
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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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Richard Causton: La Terra Impareggiabile
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Huw Watkins (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Baritone Marcus Farnsworth and pianist Huw Watkins are compelling advocates [in La terra impareggiabile]...Interactions of past and present are integral to the orchestral Ik zeg: NU (I Say:... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Contemporary
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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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Here, the Brabant Ensemble turn their attention to English repertory of the same period: the Chirk Castle part–books' chequered history began in Wales, where they were copied for the choral... —
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Special offer. There is no Rose
Christmas in the 21st Century
Vocal Group Concert Clemens, Carsten Seyer-Hansen
This one is outstanding: the group produces exceptionally pure-toned singing, and the engineering is alluringly atmospheric. The singers avoid vibrato, and this produces performances of unusual... —
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The Continuum Ensemble...have split this programme between British composers Richard Causton (b1971) and Kenneth Hesketh (b1968). Their contrasting styles make the disc feel doubly worthwhile.... —
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Special offer. Richard Causton: Millennium Scenes
Chamber Symphony & other works
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & Hallé, Nicholas Collon, Gerry Cornelius, Ryan Wigglesworth
The composer's huge dyanmic contrasts and complex rhythms obviously pose no problems in performances that stand out for their executional finesse, painstaking balances and commitment. —
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New Music Collections Vol. 3 - Orchestral
Roy Carter (oboe), Wim Timmermans (horn), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Robin Michael (cello), Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Asko Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Collon,...
This is a very superior “sampler”...Outstanding, I kept finding, was the first-movement extract from Wood’s Symphony (BBC SO under Andrew Davis): brooding, post-Schoenbergian vehemence with... —
