Andrew Carwood
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[Cardinall's Musick] encounters little difficulty in these well-written pieces...the singers are at their balanced best in Guerrero's Ave Maria for double choir, and their confident, perky attack... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice
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The musical imagination of The Cardinall's Music does full justice to that of Byrd. The group's delivery is a sensual delight, as an individual singer's colours will flash up in polyphonic... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year
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Special offer. Byrd Edition Volume 5 - The Masses
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Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood
The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. —
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Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Early Music
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…this performance is unparalleled in its depth of expression and intelligence. The Cardinall's Musick unerringly leads the listener to musical events that unlock Byrd's conception. These may... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Early Music
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The drama and flamboyant colours of Baroque Rome's art and architecture and wonderfully present in this reconstruction of its sacred music. This recording's breadth of moods, devices and styles... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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This is the tenth disc in the ensemble’s complete recordings of Byrd, but the first in the series with Hyperion … [the] engineering gains and the artists’ freshness and conviction make this... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Early Music
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As one would expect from Andrew Carwood's experienced group, these performances are professional and musical. The chants are superbly sung, the pace is well judged if a little brisk, and the... —
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[Ave, rosa spine spinis]...really brings out the best in the choir, which shows an intelligent sense of direction and a liveliness of execution. The duets in this work are managed very nicely,... —
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The singing is neat, clear and fluid, with beautifully elastic phrasing from the two tenors. The Nunc Dimittis provides the sweetest moments in the Great Service itself —
