Choral, Dyson (composer)
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English Hymn Anthems
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
The Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Magnificat 3
George Herbert, Thomas Butler (bass-baritone), Joshua Davidson (soprano), Alastair Austin (countertenor), Angus Crichton-Stuart (soprano), Carlos Rodriguez Otero (tenor), Lucas Nair-Grepinet, Alexander Hopkins (bass-baritone), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
It’s sad that Nethsingha’s departure means that the next volume will be the last. I can’t think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director’s time at St John’s. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
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Warm, confident interpretations from the Royal Holloway singers. —
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Special offer. Arise My Love - Music For the Break of Day
Alexander Potts, Flavius Dumitru, Alexander Pott, Henry Morris, Julian Hartley (tenor), Maurice Cole (tenor), Aidan MacLean (tenor), Ioan O'Reilly (bass-baritone), Blaise Durodie, Joseph Wragg (bass-baritone), Sadie Bosher (vocalist), Joshua Kenney (tenor), John Morshead (bass-baritone), Choir of...
The choir sings with a classic English cathedral sound: softedged attack, little concern for hyper-precision, and a treble sound marked by a gentle, airy breathiness...Not every piece convinces... —
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Orchestral Anthems: Elgar | Finzi | Dyson | Howells
Britten Sinfonia, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
Benjamin Nicholas maintains excellent control of his forces in a recording that is sonorously generous and forward in sound. The Merton choirs (including the soloists) are in fine voice and... —
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Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar
Mark Padmore (tenor) & Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
…Richard Hickox again reminds us of his unrivalled mastery in the British choral-orchestral repertoire, particularly here in terms of balance and pace. The two soloists, Mark Padmore as a herald... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Choral
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Gibbs - Odysseus
Susan Gritton (soprano) & Mark Stone (baritone)
BBC Concert Orchestra & London Oriana Choir, David Drummond
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English Choral Premieres & Rarities
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Douglas Bostock
That such musical riches should have waited until 2002 to be recorded is truly baffling, but the performances prove fully worthy of the occasion, with soprano Elizabeth Donovan making an unforgettable... —
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Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Album
Royal Music from Westminster Abbey
Martin Baker & Iain Simcock (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir, London Brass & English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Neary (director)
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This album celebrates the 150th anniversary of Everlasting Light the Boys' Choir at Bath Abbey, and does so fulsomely. The high notes peppering Dyson's Magnificat in D are ringingly projected... —
