Jeannette Sorrell
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Songs of Orpheus
RecommendedMonteverdi, Caccini, Merula, Brunelli, Castello, Cima, Landi
Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sulayman’s approach tends more towards the lyrical than the rhetorical – his lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma best suited to melodious arias rather than the text-driven stile recitativo…Under... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, La Folia
Francisco Fullana (violin), Alan Choo, Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Fullana reveals its poetry with effortless refinement and rhythmic elasticity. He is not afraid to be carried off into personal flights of fancy…What I enjoyed most of all in the affectionate... —
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Handel: Israel in Egypt
RecommendedAdaptation by Jeannette Sorrell
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sorrell navigates this epic boldly, with edgy tempos, provocative dynamics and flawless pacing...Laurels also go to the band Apollo’s Fire, which restrains its customary unruliness in service... —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Choral Performance
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Christmas Vespers: Music Of Michael Praetorius
Apollo’s Fire, Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Musettes, The Oberlin Choristers, The Children's Choirs of St Paul's Church, Jeannette Sorrell
[Praetorius is] a composer virtually made to herald the joy of the Christmas season. The two sets of his music here...make no attempt to reconstruct actual services. Rather, Jeannette Sorrell... —
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O Jerusalem! City of Three Faiths (live)
Apollo's Singers, Jeffrey Strauss (baritone), Amanda Powell (soprano), Sorab Wadia (tenor), Daphna Mor (leadvocalist), Ronnie Malley, Rex Benincasa, William Simms, Jacob Perry (tenor), Nathan Hodgson (tenor), Brian Kay (tenor), Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Programmed with real vision and beautifully performed, this is a mesmerising portrait of Old Jerusalem reimagined through sound. —
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Handel: Dixit Dominus, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne & Zadok the Priest
Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord & conductor)
Apollo’s Fire
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The soloists and instrumentalists are first-class, and Sorrell’s arrangements are full of zip and colour —
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Le Tre Soprano: The Three Ladies of Ferrara
Amanda Forsythe, Amanda Crider, Amanda Powell (sopranos), Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Much of the pleasure of this album, and in the music of this period, is in the instrumental realisation of often quite bare-boned scores. Apollo’s Fire, under Jeannette Sorrell, are fearless... —
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The Baroque music group give us sounds we don’t often associate with Bethlehem but are probably far closer to what was heard there: zingy harps, reedy winds and plenteous modality. At first... —
