Nimbus
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Jonathan Harvey: Madonna of Winter & Spring
Peter Prommel (percussion), Penelope Walmsley-Clark (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, London Sinfonietta, Peter Eötvös, George Benjamin
This is an impressive disc indeed: a strong cast, a varied programme, and music of great integrity and beauty. In relation to many British scores that have garnered recent critical praise, Harvey... —
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Felix Mendelssohn: Church Music
Peter Morton (treble)
The Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The singing is beautifully blended and tuned, and the recording is full and vibrant, though occasionally the solos are too distant —
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The Gypsy Trio, No 25, may have been written in and for London, but this ensemble's short, snappy bowing, stomping piano accents and instinctive fluctuations of tempo and pulse in the finale,... —
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Alleluia - An American Hymnal
Spirituals, Shaker Tunes, Hymns & Anthems
James Higdon (organ)
Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy
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Mozart: Arias Arranged For Flute And String Trio
arr. by Johann Went
Mozart Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper
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A Mind of Winter - The Music of George Benjamin
Ross Pople (cello), Penelope Walmsley-Clarke (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Mark Elder, George Benjamin
Between March 1979, when Ringed by the flathorizon was begun, and March 1987, when Antara was completed, foundations of remarkable potential were well and truly laid, and it's fascinating to... —
