Choral, Gregorian Chant & Plainsong
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Among the earlier pieces here is probably Leonel Power’s Gloria, whose acerbic clashes and angular, thrusting lines are fashioned by these singers into a compelling sonic journey. The slightly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music
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This is absolutely superb. We must accept that Josquin is unlikely to have heard this music with two women on the top line, but they do it so well that only a fundamentalist would mark the disc... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Early Music
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An important contribution to our understanding of the ‘gentle master musician’…Stephen Rice brings perceptive musical insights to these accounts, and also sheds light on Févin’s idiom in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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This excellent German vocal quintet presents seven of Martin Luther’s chorales in many versions, typically changing composers from one verse to the next... instrumental chorale preludes appear... —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral
Joanna Forbes (soprano, Rebecca Hickey (soprano), Kathryn Oswald (contralto), Alexander L'Estrange (counter-tenor), Richard Eteson (tenor), Alexander Hickey (tenor), Timothy Watson (tenor) & Francis Brett (bass)
Tonus Peregrinus, Antony Pitts
An utterly beguiling introduction to Léonin and Pérotin —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Choral & Song Choice
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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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Veni Creator Spiritus - Second Vespers of the Solemnity of Pentecost
Peter Stevens (organ), Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Choir of Buckfast Abbey, Simon Johnson
The recording has the atmosphere of an important ecclesiastical event...Westminster Cathedral Choir sounds in its element throughout, with Ad Fontes's recording team capturing the spacious,... —
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