Download, Finnissy (composer)
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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 NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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Pious Anthems and Voluntaries aspires, in Finnissy’s words, ‘to be a work of guts and brains’. It embodies both in spades…Nethsingha and his forces do it proud. Indeed one of their greatest... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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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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Michael Finnissy: Mississippi Hornpipes
The Music for Violin and Piano
Darragh Morgan (violin), Mary Dullea (piano), Michael Finnissy (additional keyboards)
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Ian Pace [is] never other than authoritative in terms of technical acuity or interpretative insight. —
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as an antidote to musical tinsel, this new double album devoted to a wonderfully uncompromising composer is very welcome...Eimold's project gives us the long view of a composer who turns 80... —
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Both have titles provoking awareness that there’s more to music than crochets and quavers...First Political Agenda is a quasi-sonata whose first movement, “Wrong place. Wrong time”, is an explosion... —
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