Choral, Anthems & Motets, MacMillan (composer)
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There’s no doubting that [Shibe] is an artist blessed with grace to spare, and a roar that is fearsome – witness the opening section of Julia Wolfe’s LAD which screams into anguished life before... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Concept Album
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Special offer. Macmillan: Stabat Mater
RecommendedThe Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia, Harry Christophers
His vivid, trenchant string writing is realised with striking clarity by the Britten Sinfonia in this recording, made just a fortnight after the same performers gave the world premiere last... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Chorale
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Record Review, 4th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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This is an ingenious and moving collection of pieces framed as the interplay between light and dark, and moving across the spectrum of such experiences...The harmonic languages of these pieces... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Choral Choice
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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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MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories
& other choral works
Peter Stevens (organ), Alexander Hopkins (treble)
Westminster Cathedral Choir & London Brass, Martin Baker
MacMillan creates a magnificent effusion of sound, over which the trebles of the Westminster Cathedral Choir soar dramatically...[the Edinburgh Te Deum] is particularly valuable, further attesting... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Kenny lacks neither extensive playing experience in chamber, orchestral or operatic contexts nor a brilliant musical imagination. She brings both to bear on these performances of ‘old and new... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Instrumental
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Special offer. Who Are These Angels?
New Choral Music by James MacMillan
Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener
Approachable without being apologetic, emotional but with a sense of dignity, the best of these works can both delight and challenge...Everything is performed with elegance and the requisite... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Editor's Choice
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Listening straight through this disc is a moving experience, for Layton has chosen a notable list of anthems. Highly recommended. —
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Vaughan Williams, Macmillan & Tavener: Choral Works
James Tweedie (treble), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Julian Stocker (tenor), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Brown (bass), Benji Rimington (treble), Stuart O'Hara (bass), Freddie Ursell Beer (treble), David Gould (countertenor), William Balkwill (tenor), David Martin (countertenor), Tristram Cooke (countertenor),...
James O’Donnell masterminds an account of Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor to rank alongside the finest to have come my way...In sum, this classy collection will surely give lasting pleasure. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Voices of Thunder - Works for Choir & Organ
The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams
The installation of a new pipe organ, like any long-awaited new arrival, is always best marked with some kind of celebratory fanfare such as this splendid, generously filled disc...Another triumph... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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