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Hadley & Finzi: Songs with orchestra
Thomas Allen (baritone), Ian Partridge (tenor)
Guildford Philharmonic Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Guildford Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Vernon Handley
One of Finzi's loveliest creations given an alchemical touch by Handley (has this orchestra ever sounded so golden?). The choir struggles to match, but Partridge sings with intimacy and understanding.... —
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Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Jonathan Lee (organ), Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The Ely instrument has never sounded more full of fire and vim. Here's a splendid way every corner to round off Stephen sing Layton's 17-year tenure directing the chapel choir of Trinity College... —
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As a collection, the performance here surely go straight to the front of the field. Gamba and his Manchester orchestra launch the Foulds with a glistening, bright-eyed buoyancy…Gamba has an... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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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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Boult conducts ...
Herbert Downes (viola), Desmond Bradley & Gillian Eastwood (violins), Albert Cayzer (viola) & Norman Jones (cello)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
…sympathetic accounts… Butterworth's Two English Idylls, The Banks of Freen Willow and the sublime Shropshire Lad rhapsody. Tension levels rise markedly for exceptionally insightful readings... —
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Dancing Day: Music for Christmas
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Sara Cutler, Stephen Buzard, Benjamin Sheen
John Scott
[Scott's] sudden death earlier this year makes Dancing Day perhaps the most poignant of discs and bears testament to his phenomenal musicianship and taste. The choir is absolutely secure from... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Heavenly Voices
(Corina Belcea, violin)
The Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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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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