CD, Hassler, H L (composer)
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The group’s name suggests a band of wrongly imprisoned miscreants, but they make celestial sounds in Vaughan Williams’s neo-plainsong The Truth Sent from Above and Holst’s Lullay My Liking.... —
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This is a marvellously handled recording conjuring up a ‘live’ event that is greatly aided by the opening bell-ringing and the ethereal spacious surround of the chanting. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th June 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Early Music
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It’s hard to resist. Here is a choir in which all the elements are held in perfect equilibrium. Patrick Allies ponders every note before moulding lines whose suppleness in turn coalesce into... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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The 50-strong oratory choir is made up entirely of boys, and conductor Charles Cole draws singing of vernal freshness from them, with excellent ensemble and an interpretive awareness that puts... —
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A German Christmas
17th-century Music for the Time of Advent and Christmas
Margaretha Consort, Marit Broekroelofs
Handsomely recorded with decent notes. —
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