Martin Baker
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Palestrina: Lamentation III (Book III)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker (The Master of Music)
Everything about this disc, from the captivating sound to the sleeve notes, is of the highest quality. A must for choral fans —
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MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories
& other choral works
Peter Stevens (organ), Alexander Hopkins (treble)
Westminster Cathedral Choir & London Brass, Martin Baker
MacMillan creates a magnificent effusion of sound, over which the trebles of the Westminster Cathedral Choir soar dramatically...[the Edinburgh Te Deum] is particularly valuable, further attesting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Baker here boldly claims Byrd's three Masses for the Westminster Cathedral Choir...Despite the choir's muscle and numbers this disc's mood is intimate...Some Byrd devotees may object to Baker's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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Miserere
A sequence of music for Lent, St Joseph, and the Annunciation
Peter Stevens (organ), William Gaunt (bass) & Peter Stevens (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker
This is a disc for those who love the acoustic, the atmosphere and the musical traditions of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in London...This is a large choir, very good at big effects. The pacing... —
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Brahms & Rheinberger - Masses & Motets
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker (The Master of Music)
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Sublime music of relinquishment and rejoicing prefaces the six-part Missa Cantate, directed with magisterial spaciousness by Martin Baker. The recording offers a nave’s-ear perspective. —
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Maxwell Davies - Sacred choral music
Robert Quinney (organ)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker
Under David Hill and subsequently James O'Donnell the choir of Westminster Cathedral established a tradition of excellent recordings for Hyperion. That tradition is as strong as ever under Martin... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2004, Editor's Choice
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MacMillan: Mass and other sacred music
Andrew Reid (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker (Master of Music)
Martin Baker, in his CD debut as master of music, strikes sparks from the Westminster choir in a set of gripping performances which still sound freshly minted. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2001, Editor's Choice
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...the technical challenges are met with ease, as in the gear-change from duple to triple time at 'Qui ex Patre', and the 'jubilant' aspects of this celebratory work are enhanced by the high... —
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Special offer. Palestrina - Music for Advent and Christmas
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker
Vividly set against the cathedral acoustic, warm but clear, this performance of the Christmas music brings out better than most rival versions the exuberance of the cries of 'Noë' that dramatically... —
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