Choral, Christmas Carols, Skempton (composer)
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From the gorgeously shaped performance of Morten Lauridsen’s modern classic O magnum mysterium which opens the programme, to the urgent, ardent account of James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn which... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Ranging from plainchant and motets to 17th Century dialogues and contemporary carol settings, it sounds like it may come across as a bit of a hotchpotch. But it doesn’t at all and with singing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Into This World, This Day Did Come
RecommendedCarols Contemporary & Medieval
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
There are many highlights but Williams Sweeney's Scots dialect setting 'The Innumerable Christ' stands out for its daring other-worldliness, as do Stuart MacRae's bold re-imagining of 'Adam... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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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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Pigs Could Fly
Twentieth-Century Music for Children’s Choir
Alexander Wells (piano)
The New London Children’s Choir, Ronald Corp
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Christmas in Canada, courtesy of this silk-toned, impeccably mannered ensemble of adult singers. The Elora's airiness and ease of voice production is very noticeable, with excellent enunciation. —
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Traditional & Modern Carols
The Pro Arte Singers, Indiana University Children’s Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
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To mark 40 years of The Sixteen, its members have chosen 40 favourite recordings from the extensive catalogue. The personally written introductions to each track are a thoughtful touch. —
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The Exons are at their most exciting in exalted mode - the Sanctus from the Missa brevis is thrilling. Ave virgo sanctissima, too, is wonderful. —
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Angelus ad Virginem
Music for Advent and Christmas
Simon Nieminski (organ)
Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Matthew Owens
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