Choral, Mundy, W (composer)
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Contrapunctus really knows what to do with these pieces and from the very first item...the tuning is superb and the ensemble rock solid. Moreover, Owen Rees's interpretations are revelatory... —
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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The accomplished choir of New College, Oxford has around 30 singers and so we should expect a fulsome ‘churchly ’ sound, rather than a ‘concert ’ ensemble. Even so, in the opening work ‘A solus... —
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Not the Live 1994 Palestrina 400 concert in Rome, but the 1980 Merton College recording. Then as now, the chaste 'finish' of the Allegri is overshadowed by a compellingly contoured Missa Papae... —
Awards:
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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The Sweetest Songs: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks III
Alice Hulett, Ruth Provost, David Gould, Contrapunctus, Owen Rees
They are in cracking form here, with no discernible weak link in the ensemble: honey-toned and purposeful sopranos, assertive countertenors and everything on down to match. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Mary and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey
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The brilliance of the programming matches that of the singing. By ranging lesser-known works, such as Mundy's, alongside familiar music such as William Byrd's anthems, we can appreciate how... —
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Here, the Brabant Ensemble turn their attention to English repertory of the same period: the Chirk Castle part–books' chequered history began in Wales, where they were copied for the choral... —
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An Emerald in a Work of Gold
Music from the Dow Partbooks
The Marian Consort & Rose Consort of Viols, Rory McCleery
It's a well-designed programme in which the two groups alternate, only partly combining when the viols accompany a vocal soloist....The Marian Consort's contributions are cleanly and calmly... —
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Special offer. Peace I Leave With You - Music for the Evening Hour
Sebastian Hill (tenor), Milo Hodgkiss (tenor), Peter Brooks (bass-baritone), Alexander Pott, Benjamin Watkins (bass-baritone), Francis Brown (bass-baritone), Henry Isaacs, Maurice Cole (tenor), Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams
Among the contemporary offerings, the always responsive, well-integrated choral forces bring a serene, reverential simplicity to John Tavener’s setting of The Lord’s Prayer and in Roxanna Panufnik's... —
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Lighten Our Darkness
Music for the Close of Day including the Office of Compline
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
The Reinberger and Rachmaninov pieces hold up extremely well in this illustrious company, even against the radiant heart of the recital, Victoria's four Marian motets. As the whole choir sings... —
