CD, Lennon & McCartney (composer)
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Innocence: Echo Vocal Ensemble
Ben Munden (tenor), Anna Semple (contralto), Hilary Cronin (soprano), Margaret Lingas (soprano), Echo Vocal Ensemble, Sarah Latto
Here is a deeply satisfying, centuries-spanning, thought-provoking debut album by the fine choral ensemble Echo...The highlight of the album is Howard Skempton’s luminous Yeats setting ‘He wishes... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Altstaedt and pianist-conductor Emelyanychev have wonderful musical chemistry in this sophisticated album of 1960s compositions..Unreservedly recommended. —
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The Music Never Ends
Vasari Singers, Gareth Giles (piano), Gareth Huw Davies (double bass), Jeremy Backhouse
The tuning is precise, no matter how involved the harmonic progressions, and choir sets out to characterise the contrasting songs, from the languid richness of Ward Swingle’s Romance, with... —
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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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A Dies Irae is an apt place for Prohaska to begin her musically wide-ranging exploration of ‘life in death’, and the gloom is leavened by lightness elsewhere. There are early musical delights,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Close Harmony
Patrick Dunachie (countertenor), Edward Button (countertenor), Julian Gregory (tenor), Christopher Bruerton (baritone), Nick Ashby (baritone), Jonathan Howard (bass-baritone), Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass), Liam Dunachie, King's Singers
It’s certainly a generous helping and there is no denying the artistry of both the singers and arrangers. It’s a heady mix from ‘Crocodile Rock’ to The Barber of Seville, though the highlight... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
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On display throughout is the quartet's trademark ability to infuse technical perfection and impeccable ensemble with a more volatile improvisatory quality that is only amplified by Dowling's... —
