Choral, Masses, Jackson, Gabriel (composer)
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Gabriel Jackson: A ship with unfurled sails
& other works
with Kaspars Zemitis (electric guitar)
The State Choir Latvija, Maris Sirmais
It's easy enough injecting an element of fervour into choral singing, harder to do so without sacrificing technical accuracy...the State Choir Latvija manages both a bristling ardour in its... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Gabriel Jackson: Beyond The Stars
Sacred Choral Works II
Nicholas Wearne (organ)
Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Duncan Ferguson
It's the sheer fervour of the singing in Gabriel Jackson's The Glory of the Lord which gets you as it leaps, skids and (at the conclusion) yelps its paean of praise into the vibrant acoustic...The... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Advent at Merton
Anna Steppler (organ)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips
At the heart of this Advent service is a set of seven antiphons specially commissioned from seven composers for Merton College chapel. They work splendidly as a sequence...Peter Phillips and... —
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Songbook
Laurence Kilsby (treble), Helen Porter (piano), Carleton Etherington (organ)
The trebles of Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas (director)
Throughout, the trebles of the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum give excellent performances of impressive consistency under the leadership of their director, Benjamin Nicholas. They have an... —
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This really is exceptional singing – immaculately balanced and blended, with text always at its heart. Ross and his young singers have given us quite the gift in this series. I can’t wait to... —
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Gabriel Jackson: Sacred Choral Works I
World premiere recordings
Susan Hamilton (soprano) & Michael Bonaventure (organ)
The Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, Matthew Owens
Owens fully understands the character of an Anglican cathedral choir while, for their part, the Edinburgh choristers respond with superlative performances, full of spirit and vigour, compelling... —
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The nine voices of Voces Sacrae display consummate musicianship, sensitivity and technical control. Judy Martin avoids any temptation to turn these excellent singers into one of those slickly... —
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The recorded balance is velveteen, almost, with gentler consonants than some other chamber choirs of similar calibre and a warming, light vibrato from the sopranos… An enjoyable programme, however,... —
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Sanctum Est Verum Lumen
Multi-Part Music for Choir
National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Mike Brewer
…though, this is a disc of stunning music beautifully performed. —
