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A fascinating musical account of the English court from the late 14th century onwards. The Binchois Consort is on stellar form. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Early Music
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Camerata Bern accompanies the violinist on this latest foray into the meaning of life, the universe and everything. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Concerto Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Combining Tallis and Gesualdo with modern/contemporary composers such as Sarah Rimkus, Gerda Blok-Wilson and the late Veljo Tormis can be tricky for an ensemble, but the Gesualdo Six and Owain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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To say that Ockeghem composed some of the loveliest songs of the 15th century seems almost a cliché. But Scott Metcalfe and his musicians confirm that in spades. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Early Music
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The album brings together ten, seemingly disparate composers between whom Shibe traces a journey that’s as unsettling as it is exquisite and profoundly searching, steeped in a kind of weightless... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Abbess Hildegard of Bingen - A feather on the breath of God
RecommendedEmma Kirkby (soprano)
Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
Gothic Voices chose to perform the hymns and sequences with great simplicity, alternating a single voice with unison voices over drones. Bingen's spellbinding melodies are clear and meditative,... —
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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The lion’s share of music that’s recorded here for the first time is superbly done. Mostly known only to specialists of Central European music, Nicholas of Radom gets a proper outing here, his... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Early Music
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025
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Machaut at his most engaging and varied...this really is one bullseye after another...Rarely since the Gothic Voices has the vocalisation of the lower lines appeared so self-evidently the right... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Among the earlier pieces here is probably Leonel Power’s Gloria, whose acerbic clashes and angular, thrusting lines are fashioned by these singers into a compelling sonic journey. The slightly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music
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The Orlandos are so experienced in this repertory that, nearly always, the choice of tempo and tone is spot-on (and tempo is perhaps the most important decision, given that absolute tempos are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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