Choral, Duruflé (composer)
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Durufle: Requiem & Poulenc: Lenten Motets
Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The choir is magnificent, emerging through former Trinity organ scholar Harrison Cole’s adroitly chosen organ textures in the Introit, yet producing searing radiance in the climax of the Sanctus.... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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A new piece by Lapwood herself, Arise, Shine, opens the album, showcasing the Pembroke Chapel Choir's easeful unanimity of diction, and its warmly blended tonal profile. —
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Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
RecommendedKen Cowan (organ), Cecilia Duarte (mezzo-soprano), Norman Fischer (cello)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Recorded in warm, though not too reverberant acoustics, the choir’s tone is open and bright, and they and their conductor are sensitive to Duruflé’s demands. While they can be dramatic when... —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Choral Performance
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Music for Remembrance
Roderick Williams (baritone), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Westminster Abbey Choir & Britten Sinfonia, James O’Donnell
This is an exquisite performance of the Durufle Requiem...The playing of the Britten Sinfonia is superb, Robert Quinney's fluid, immensely colourful organ-playing a joy to behold and Roderick... —
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Veni Creator Spiritus - Second Vespers of the Solemnity of Pentecost
Peter Stevens (organ), Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Choir of Buckfast Abbey, Simon Johnson
The recording has the atmosphere of an important ecclesiastical event...Westminster Cathedral Choir sounds in its element throughout, with Ad Fontes's recording team capturing the spacious,... —
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Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedAnn Murray (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, November 2002, First Choice
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Though the Consort brings together acclaimed international opera singers with cousins or siblings for whom singing is merely a hobby, the ensemble is consistently faultless: attention to blend... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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Vexilla Regis: A Sequence of Music From Palm Sunday To Holy Saturday
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Peter Stevens (organ), Martin Baker
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