Choral, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis settings, Parsons, R (composer)
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Contrapunctus really knows what to do with these pieces and from the very first item...the tuning is superb and the ensemble rock solid. Moreover, Owen Rees's interpretations are revelatory... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Miserere
A sequence of music for Lent, St Joseph, and the Annunciation
Peter Stevens (organ), William Gaunt (bass) & Peter Stevens (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker
This is a disc for those who love the acoustic, the atmosphere and the musical traditions of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in London...This is a large choir, very good at big effects. The pacing... —
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The recital's radiant heart is Sheppard's Media Vite, but there are more highlights to come, including an outstanding reading of Holst's Nunc Dimittis, the flowing textures of Harris's Bring... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Carwood draws earthy, visceral performances; the ensemble's virile sound and Parsons's sinewy polyphony are a far cry from what some critics describe as the 'whitewashed', English choral tradition.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Art & Music: Bruegel - Music Of His Time
Incl. Works by Willaert, Susato, Janequin
Shirley Rumsey (guitar), Oxford Camerata, Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense, Scholars of London, Ensemble Villanella, Rose Consort of Viols, Jeremy Summerly
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Great Anthems From Liverpool
The Choir Of Liverpool Cathedral, David Poulter, Ian Tracey & Daniel Bishop
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England My England
Thomas Williamson, Peter Stevens, Oliver Brett, James Lancelot, Benjamin Bayl, James Vivian, Tom Winpenny, Christopher Hughes (organ scholars), Edward Saklatvala (treble), David Hansen (alto), The Wallace Collection, Alastair Hussain (treble), David Blackadder, Phillip Bainbridge, Susan Addison &...
This anthology… is undeniably useful in gathering to one place these scattered gems of excellence, the more so the King's College performances guarantee a consistently high level of interpretation... —
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the jutting vocal fanfares of [Weir's] Ave Regina caelorum set a brightly celebratory atmosphere at the disc's beginning...The seven-part writing of Hannah Kendall's numinous Regina caeli is... —
