Choral, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis settings, Leighton (composer)
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Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Vocal/Choral
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Magnificat 3
George Herbert, Thomas Butler (bass-baritone), Joshua Davidson (soprano), Alastair Austin (countertenor), Angus Crichton-Stuart (soprano), Carlos Rodriguez Otero (tenor), Lucas Nair-Grepinet, Alexander Hopkins (bass-baritone), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
It’s sad that Nethsingha’s departure means that the next volume will be the last. I can’t think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director’s time at St John’s. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
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Leighton - Sacred Choral Music
Christopher Whitton (organ), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), James Oxley (tenor)
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Our reviewer summed up: 'In this business of record-reviewing I find, on the positive side, music and performances I like, more that I admire, some that I love, but not much that evokes affirmation... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2004, Editor's Choice
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The Crown of Life
Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke
Jemima Price (soprano), Rhys Williams (tenor), Rudyard Cook (organ), Ben Gilchrist (bass-baritone), Felicity Howard (soprano), Sam Troy (tenor), Molly Skeil (soprano), Anastasia Jones (soprano), Pete Dockrill (vocalist), Sebastian Evans (tenor), Matt Rogers (tenor), Arthur Barton (organ), The Choir...
I'm happy to report that Owen Rees presides over an impeccably poised and outstandingly fervent display, which also features an exemplary contribution from Queen's College Organ Scholar Rudyard... —
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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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Throughout, the choir is on top form, with an exceptionally clear and forward tone. Former organ scholar Glen Dempsey matches the level of his colleagues’ achievements, proving himself to be... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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Any hint of the routine – the choir’s director Andrew Nethsingha has over 8,000 evensong services to his credit – is immediately dissipated in a rapt rendition of Julian Anderson’s anthem My... —
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Leighton: Crucifixus
& other choral works
Jeremy Cole (organ), Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The writing [in Crucifixus] is at its finest when tenor Andrew Kennedy is singing: his contribution is altogether gripping, and unstintingly committed. There's wonderful quiet singing from the... —
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Special offer. New College: Commissions & Premieres
Nick Pritchard (soloist), Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney
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Come, Come, My Voice
Nicholas Fletcher (treble), Philip Rushforth (organ)
Southwell Minster Choir, Paul Hale
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