Choral, Christmas Carols, Adès (composer)
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100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols
RecommendedKing’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury,Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
The opening track from 1958 sets the basic tone: the singing’s precise, sunny and rather dainty. Yet extra gusto soon arrives, and the modern carols Cleobury commissioned certainly stop tradition... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2018
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…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings - Jonathan Dove's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Christmas Special Choice
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Adès: America A Prophecy
RecommendedSongs & Choral Works
Robin Blaze, Christopher Maltman & Susan Bickley
Polyphony & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Layton & Thomas Ades
Adès’s take on a Madness song about a stressed businessman is a hoot. Although Adès apparently did it from memory, it’s fairly accurate, right down to the piano’s cluster chords. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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Thomas Adès - America
RecommendedSusan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Huw Watkins )piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Adès
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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One Star, At Last
A selection of carols of our time
Eleanor Bron & Charles Collingwood
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury
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The Best of Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès (piano, organ, harpsichord), David Goode (organ), Stephen Farr (organ), Valdine Anderson (soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), Robert Quinney (organ), Endellion String Quartet (string quartet), Anthony Marwood (violin), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Tom Poster (piano), Hugh Webb (harp),...
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Time and again in this profoundly sentient collection of Marian compositions the Gabrieli Consort effectively bypass the whole self-orientated notion of 'performance', drawing the listener into... —
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