Sir David Willcocks
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Byrd and his Contemporaries
RecommendedMotets in Paired Settings
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols
RecommendedKing’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury,Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
The opening track from 1958 sets the basic tone: the singing’s precise, sunny and rather dainty. Yet extra gusto soon arrives, and the modern carols Cleobury commissioned certainly stop tradition... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2018
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams - Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & Dmitri Ensemble, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks
Under Sir David Willcocks, there is never an impure or intrusive tone and yet no want of energy, flavour or dynamic range either. The orchestrations have the unfailing touch of a composer fully... —
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light (Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra), etc.
Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
The Bach Choir, Royal College of Music Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, David Atherton
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Gibbons: Church Music
RecommendedThe Choir of King's College Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Boris Ord
The artistry of the performers perfectly matches Gibbons's demands in this Critics' Choice disc. Limpid clarity, sensitivity to text and earnest delivery reveal the subtleties of the composer's... —
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Building a Library, Also Recommended
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Choir of Kings College Cambridge
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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