Choral, Christmas Carols, Holst (composer)
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The centrepiece is a stunning performance of Peteris Vasks’s Plainscapes, three wordless linked movements…infused with a strong Pärtian flavour, with important roles for violin and cello, plated... —
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New. A YEAR AT PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth Cathedral Choir (cathedral choir), Sachin Gunga (accompaniment, soloist), David Price, Evelyn Cowhig (soloist), Daniel Sands (soloist), Alex Wallace (soloist), Adrian Green (soloist), Ben Robinson (soloist)
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Yulefest!
Christmas music from Trinity College Cambridge
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
All the popular selections…sound notably relaxed and idiomatic, the choir's stylistic versatility confidently demonstrated. —
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The exquisitely pure-toned performance α of Hildegard von Bingen's O viridissima, Virga at the outset makes clear that this will be a special recital...Christopher Lowrey elicits expressively... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Christmas Choice
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A Christmas Fantasia
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Jamie Andrews (organ), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), William Vann
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In Terra Pax
RecommendedA Christmas Anthology
Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)
City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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News of Great Joy: Christmas From St John's College, Oxford
The Choir of St John's College, Oxford
David Bannister
The performances are, in the best sense, unpretentious – there’s no straining after forced jollity or attention-grabbing effects, and each individual voice is comfortably embedded within the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Christmas Choice
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Special offer. Epiphany at St Paul’s
Huw Williams (organ), Jonathan Arnold (baritone), Robert Rice (baritone), Flann Corcoran (treble) & Mervyn Collins (tenor), Roy Rashbrook (tenor), Timothy Jones (baritone) & Robert Rice (bass), Christopher Royall (alto), Jon English (tenor) & Julian Clarkson (bass)
St Paul’s Cathedral...
This series is the richest treasure trove an Anglican musician or English choral buff could hope to find. Texts and notes are an Anglophile’s dream. Sound is stunningly rich and ringing —
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the musical journey is compelling...Only an arrangement for strings of Lotti’s most famous Crucifixus feels like a misstep in an otherwise ingeniously plotted project delivered with panache... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Special offer. Carol of the Bells
Alexandra Kidgell, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell, Robert Macdonald, Ben Davies, Rob Macdonald, Katy Hill, Tim Jones, Charlotte Mobbs, George Pooley, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Sixteen have been around so long (40 years and counting) that it is easy to take them for granted. This newly recorded Christmas disc, however, acts as a sharp reminder of the choir’s abiding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Christmas Choice
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