Choral, Blow (composer)
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Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
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Emma Walshe (soprano), Zoë Brookshaw (soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Walker (tenor), William Gaunt (bass)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Duets for high tenor seem to have been something of a Blow speciality…and in Samuel Boden and Thomas Walker, director Jonathan Cohen has harnessed a quintessentially English sound whose lyricism... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Vocal
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Record Review, 21st October 2017, Recording of the Week
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Elegy – Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
Iestyn Davies, James Hall (countertenors)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies is the headline artist on the cover; but in fact he duets with James Hall on notably equal terms, the two voices subtly differing in timbre but compatible in articulation and expressivity.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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King opts for slower tempos than expected, illuminating every stately arpeggio in the opening instrumental prelude until the explosive entry of the voices...And in the lovely anthem My heart... —
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Special offer. Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia
Tomás Král, Hugo Hymas, Charlotte La Thrope, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Vlad Crosman, Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
With added harp in the continuo and richly characterful woodwind, Dumestre leads one of the most luxuriant accounts on disc, full of felicitous detail and theatrical flair. British tenor Hugo... —
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These uplifting Baroque anthems are the high-water mark of music for royalty. More pomp and swagger may be found elsewhere, but Justin Doyle leads lively and stylish performances. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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An assured synthesis of elegant musicality, judicious ear for contrapuntal detail and informed scholarship...All the works are given splendid performances which not only remind us that there... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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John Blow - Anthems
Richard Collins, Christopher Hill, Julian Kaye, Nathaniel Lippiett, Gavin Mccormick, Robin Blaze, Richard Childress, Joseph Cornwell, William Kendall, Peter Butterfield, Stephen Varcoe, Stephen Alder & Donald Sweeney
Winchester Cathedral Choir & The Parley Of Instruments, David Hill
Though overshadowed by his pupil Purcell, John Blow's church music is highly distinguished. Here are 14 of his richly scored anthems in skilful and idiomatic performances. —
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Special offer. Coronation Music for King James II
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston
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Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful By beauteous softness, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … there’s... —
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Ambitious, magnificent, extraordinary, compelling, fabulous: Jordi Savall’s indomitable vision recreates the soundworld of 100 years of conflict, from the 30 Years War to the War of the Spanish... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Best Collection
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