Choral, Masses, Howells (composer)
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This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Choral
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Howells: Requiem & other works
RecommendedSimon Bland (organ), Hannah Partridge (soprano), Jeremy Cole (organ), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Laurence Williams (bass), Hannah Partridge (soprano) & Amy Lyddon-Towl (alto)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
In a work intended to console, it's important that the actual sound the choir makes is warmly consoling. It certainly is in this new Trinity College recording of Howells's 1932 Requiem...It's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Choral
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Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare
RecommendedHelena Dix (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Bach Choir, David Hill
The combined forces certainly make a glorious noise, at its most impressive with the extensive Gloria section. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st May 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Already in Gibbons’s Drop, Drop, Slow, Tears there are numerous indications of the elevated artistry of Paul McCreesh and the 22 singers of his Gabrieli Consort. —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, Disc of the month
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Howells - Sacred Choral Music
RecommendedIain Farrington (organ)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The St. Johns Choir has never sounded better, and the recorded sound is glorious: clear and clean, but with great warmth and a sense of space. The finely nuanced performances are impressively... —
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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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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The Feast of St Michael and All Angels at Westminster Abbey (Michaelmas)
Robert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
The choir, atmospherically recorded in the Abbey itself, sings this demanding repertoire with its customary zeal and a well-blended sound, and the performances are directed with the panache... —
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Trinity Sunday at Westminster Abbey
A sequence of music as might be heard in the Abbey on Trinity Sunday
Robert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
James O'Donnell proves himself master of two Westminster traditions: the Collegiate Abbey style is as assured as his former 'continental' Cathedral persona. Best of the persuasively-layered... —
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Ian Venables: Requiem & Herbert Howells: Anthems for Choir & Orchestra
Eppie Sharp, Aine Smith, Edmund Saddington, LucyAnne Fletcher, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas
This isn’t music to shake mountains, but its craftsmanship, sincerity and ability to stir the more tender emotions – well reflected in this performance – remains undeniably appealing. —
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Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Stabat Mater
Janice Watson (soprano), Della Jones (contralto), Martyn Hill (tenor), Donald Maxwell (baritone), Neill Archer (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
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