Choral, Magnificat & Nunc dimittis settings, Weelkes (composer)
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In the Beginning
Beth Mackay (mezzo-soprano) & Natasha Tyrwhitt-Drake (organ scholar)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips (directors)
The 18 uninterrupted minutes of Copland's a cappella In the Beginning are a major test of any choir's stamina and concentration, and it's one the Mertonians pass with confidence...[Beth Mackay]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes: See, See the Word is Incarnate
Choral & Instrumental Music by Gibbons, Tomkins & Weelkes
Robin Blaze, James Grimwood, Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Newe Vialles, Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort, Andrew Arthur
The general effect is impressive and warmly resonant, though the size of the choir (23 male and female singers) makes for a slight lack of clarity in the complex textures…The great musical treat... —
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'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' - favourite Choral works
St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge, George Guest
Purists might dislike the slightly heavy old-fashioned approach but there are plenty of spine-tingling, grand moments in this attractive programme from St John’s College Choir. Slightly woolly... —
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The Essential Oxford Camerata
Hildegard von Bingen, Lisa Beckley, Colm Carey (organ), Guillaume de Machaut, Carys-Anne Lane, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Nicholas Gedge, Thomas Tallis, Oxford Camerata, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Jeremy Summerly, Laurence Cummings, Gary Cooper
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Weelkes - Sacred Choral Music
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas & Carleton Etherington
There remains an intensity of passionate utterance in the most striking of Weelkes's works, balanced by a sober moderation in much else. He himself, as we learn from contemporary accounts, was... —
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Gloria - Classical Music For Reflection And Meditation
Incl. Works by Vivaldi, Dufay, Byrd, Handel
Janos Sebestyen (organ), Priti Coles (soprano), Oxford Camerata, Rose Consort of Viols, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, Cappella Istropolitana, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Budapest Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Cassovia, Kosice Teachers' Choir, RTÉ National Symphony...
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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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Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Vol. 21
Roger Judd (organ)
The Choir of St.George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Jonathan Rees-Williams
The Choir of St.George's Windsor is one of the outstanding English foundations.The performance level here is superb. —
