Choral, Anthems & Motets, Cornysh the elder (composer)
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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Music For the King of Scots - Inside the Pleasure Palace of James IV
Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman
Andrew Kirkman offers yet another casket of rediscovered musical gems...The main work here is the Missa Horrendo (the ‘Catherine Wheel Mass’). Its endlessly unfolding melodic contours are challenging... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Cornysh's music is a riot of abundant, often seemingly wild melody, constantly in search of wanton, abstract, dare-devil ideas. Take, for example, the extraordinary conclusion to the five-part... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Henry VIII On Tour: Music From Tudor Royal Progresses
David De Winter, Toby Carr, Ensemble Pro Victoria, Toby Ward, Aileen Henry, New Vocal Ensemble, Magnus Williamson
the sum of the parts form[s] an aural depiction of Henry VIII’s annual progresses every bit as vivid and colourful as Hans Holbein the Younger’s famous portrait. —
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Choirs of Angels: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 2
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
the performances here are undoubtedly among the best. Partly this is because the pace is well-judged and spacious...and the voices are exceptionally nimble and focused...[Browne's] O Maria evinces... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Early Music
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More Divine Than Human: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 1
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephen Darlington
What makes this disc entrancingly fresh is its use of boy choristers: their translucence as a choir, their colours as soloists, and their easy swing through florid passages inject lightness... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. The Rose and the Ostrich Feather
RecommendedEton Choirbook Volume 1
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Early Music
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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Vinyl Record
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