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Innocence: Echo Vocal Ensemble
Ben Munden (tenor), Anna Semple (contralto), Hilary Cronin (soprano), Margaret Lingas (soprano), Echo Vocal Ensemble, Sarah Latto
Here is a deeply satisfying, centuries-spanning, thought-provoking debut album by the fine choral ensemble Echo...The highlight of the album is Howard Skempton’s luminous Yeats setting ‘He wishes... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Sherratt possesses that rare gift – a genuine bass voice that carries its lyrical, expressive clarity from its ringing high notes right down to a full-toned basso profundo delivered without... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Song
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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This is an altogether entertaining album, where everything from Perkins’s thoughtful programming to his spirited performances and perceptive programme notes feel rooted in a terrific enthusiasm... —
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The Christmas Album
RecommendedBenjamin Appl (soloist), Christian Heiss, Johannes Berger, Hans Berger, Ilias Grau (soloist), Edeltraud Appl, Regensburger Domspatzen, Munich Radio Orchestra, Florian Helgath
It turns out that Appl’s contribution to the season of goodwill is as thoughtfully assembled as one of his Lieder programmes, and performed with the same level of care. The Regensburg boys are... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2024
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The result is musically satisfying and rather touching, and Johnston lends her warm, communicative mezzo to a range of idioms…The most intriguing parts of the disc are the new works; no fewer... —
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A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey
RecommendedRobert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
An ambitious and superbly sung programme, sympathetically framed within the choir's spaciously atmospheric home acoustic. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2002, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Rose in Bloom
RecommendedErin Morley (soprano), Gerald Martin Moore (piano), Ransom Wilson (flute)
At the heart of the album is the cycle Huit Chansons de Fleurs, by Ricky Ian Gordon. He’s no slouch when it comes to picturing words in his music – so we have drunken bees teetering along the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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Tritschler proves an expert guide to all this material. His linguistic and vocal skills combine to splendid effect...Tritschler's technical and expressive skills combine throughout to bring... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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