CD, Gibbons, O (composer)
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Less dramatic [than Kit Armstrong's 2021 album] but more even-tempered and sometimes even delightfully sentimental, Momen’s approach is different but no less satisfying. I admired Armstrong’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th July 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Early Music
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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The vocal agility, character and superb blend that has made the group such a success in those 11 years is on display throughout. —
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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This superior seasonal disc, chiefly of carols (some with organ played by Luke Bond), is satisfyingly divided into three parts: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Each starts with a plainchant,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Christmas Choice
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The paradox of this disc is that, though devoted to melancholy, much of the music speaks of innocence and joy; perhaps it expresses a still small hope for the future. —
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Mantegna
James Orford (organ), Dulwich Choral Society, London Mozart Players, William Vann
In those numbers that remain as hymns, the Dulwich Choral Society is impressively disciplined in ensemble and intonation... James Orford gives a bravura performance in the solo organ numbers,... —
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These works have sometimes been handled as trifles or decorative miniatures, but Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani treats them as profoundly expressive and introspective works.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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