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Charpentier: Musique Sacrée
Robyn Allegra Parton (Caecilia), Oliver Longland (Valerianus), Guy Cutting (Tiburtius), Patrick Edmond (Almachius)
Choir of New College Oxford & Oxford Baroque, Edward Higginbottom
The small string ensemble of Oxford Baroque plays the Praeludium with a juxtaposition of sensuousness and decorum...The choir's interjections are fantastically articulate - with gentle use of... —
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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... —
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Ablaze With Light
Choral Music by William Petter
Paul Plummer (organ)
The Rose Singers, Peter Foggitt
both a touching personal memorial and a tantalising glimpse of a talent just coming into bloom...Petter has a gift for vocal spacing, and the result is spacious music that seems, in these accomplished... —
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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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An attractive collection of Bach and Walther concerto transcriptions played with (relentless) energy and fluency by Donal McCann. —
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The Gate Of Heaven: Favourite Anthems from New College Oxford
Timothy Wakerell (organ)
The Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney
