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Mozart: Litaniae Lauretanae & Vesperae de Domini
Choir of New College Oxford & Collegium Novum, Edward Higginbottom
[Salus infirmorum) is presented with utmost confidence and charisma by the New College Choir, lusty and open-throated in attack and fully demonstrating their appreciation of this music. The... —
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Haydn: Nelson Mass & Insanae et vanae curae
Jonty Ward (treble), Hugh Cutting (alto), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Tom Edwards (bass)
New College Choir Oxford & New Century Baroque, Edward Higginbottom
This latest account...is less punchy, more liturgical than some, but scarcely less intent in purpose. Instead of the usual operatic soloist in the florid solo soprano passages, we have a remarkably... —
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The Art of the Chorister
An anthology of music for treble voices, spanning several centuries and a wide range of traditions.
Nicholas Wearne (organ)
Choristers of New College Oxford, Collegium Novum String Ensemble, Edward Higginbottom
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Jonty Ward (treble), James Swash (alto), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Howard (baritone)
New College Choir Oxford & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edward Higginbottom
The two boy soloists acquit themselves admirably, with barely a hint of vulnerability in exposed moments such as the "Te decet hymnus" or the "Recordare", and combine well with the two men to... —
