James Weeks
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Special offer. Ferneyhough: La Terre est un Homme
Olivia Robinson (soprano), Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) & Cherith Millburn-Fryer (alto)
ensemble recherche, BBC Symphony Orchestra, EXAUDI, Martyn Brabbins, James Weeks
In the latter pieces the BBC SO never shirk that lightness of touch which makes listening a pleasure, while Martyn Brabbins directs with calm authority and, above all, a belief in this music’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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The virtuosic intensity of Finnissy’s writing is on display throughout, and each work demands utter conviction from its performers as well as rock-solid technique. Weeks’s EXAUDI have complete... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Commenting on the folly of war, eight independent voices and texts compete for attention, reflecting the tumult of emotions...The impeccable recording quality allows us to appreciate the fine... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Exaudi’s one-to-a-part approach stands comparison with the finest continental specialists in this repertory…The unanimity of purpose and the sense of engagement with Gesualdo’s rigorous caprice... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Nominee - Early Music
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The neglect of Elisabeth Lutyens's music has been one of the more egregious critical errors of the past quarter-century… With 31 tracks this CD highlights Lutyens's gift for building large-ish... —
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Exaudi really are one of the best-situated ensembles to sing this repertoire. They're known for combining madrigalian mood swings with eye-wateringly accurate tuning. —
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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You hear, you enjoy, and then think about how more cavalier composers freeload off the surface of jazz...Skempton sounds like the future to me. —
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A Child Is Born
Carols and music for Christmas
Martin Souter, Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring
The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, English Renaissance, The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, The Oxford Girls' Choir, James Weeks, Michael Stoddart, Grayston Ives, Richard Vendome
