Choral, Anthems & Motets, Bednall (composer)
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Trinity’s mixed young adults are effortless in the ease with which they respond to Layton’s exacting demands. The ground is hit running with a Magnificat whose iterations of the word ‘magnify’... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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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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Sanctissima
RecommendedVespers and Benediction For the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby
Olivier Tarney’s awestruck depiction of the Assumption in In Homeward Flight – the only English-language setting on the programme – was the work which made the strongest initial impact on me,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th August 2023
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In the Stillness: A Merton Christmas
The Girl Choristers of Merton College, Oxford, Simon Hogan, Catrin Meek, Benjamin Nicholas
Joined by the lower voices of Merton College Choir, the Girl Choristers exhibit a crystalline clarity of tone in the traditional Rocking Carol, and full-voiced attack in Joubert ’s Torc he s.... —
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Natus: Music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
Shaun Turnbull (organ)
The Choirs of Blackburn Cathedral, Samuel Hudson
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This new disc is an important snapshot of the continuing St John’s story, revealing that in recent years, under Andrew Nethsingha’s inspired direction, the choir has retained its renowned clarity,... —
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The choir sound entirely at home in this repertoire, with Rees coaxing uniformly excellent accounts from them. A satisfying programme, finely sung —
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Forthright sits well on the Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford. There’s an ingenuous freedom to their tone, sometimes almost a roughness, that might lack the polish of Cambridge rivals Trinity... —
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Special offer. Truro 125
Celebrating 125 years of music at Truro Cathedral
Ruth Wall (harp) & Luke Bond (organ)
Truro Cathedral Choir, Christopher Gray
one senses that, within a traditional Anglican framework, the cathedral embraces present-day creativity and looks towards music of the future...The Truro Cathedral Choir under the tireless direction... —
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Special offer. Before the Ending of the Day
Music for Choral Evening Prayer
Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
The Exon Singers, Richard Wilberforce
High marks not just for the CD, but for the Exon Singers’ splendid 50 year story, which this recording celebrates … The singing is bright and committed —
