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the stand-out feature here is the sensational contribution of American soprano Emily Pogorelc, who is rapidly becoming a star on the European operatic scene. Her singing here has superb technical... —
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Christmas is often treated as a time of extroverted celebration, intimacy is the keynote of Noël, the Armonico Consort’s new seasonal collection. That’s partly because the choir has just eleven... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Christmas Choice
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Though the Consort brings together acclaimed international opera singers with cousins or siblings for whom singing is merely a hobby, the ensemble is consistently faultless: attention to blend... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Ernest Bloch: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhapsody, Suite For Viola and Orchestra
Parry Karp (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Kenneth Woods
The pedigree ensures an authority that is felt right from the enrapt intensity of Schelomo's long-held first note. Karp sustains the psychological narrative with compelling empathy...In Kenneth... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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In Winter's House: Christmas With Tenebrae
RecommendedJoseph Edward, Grace Davidson (soprano), Joshua Davidson, Victoria Meteyard (soprano), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Some might prefer Britten’s Ceremony of Carols to be a little rowdier, but this is otherwise a technically superb display of largely unfamiliar, and imaginatively chosen, festive music. One... —
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Building a Library, December 2024, Recommended Recording (A Ceremony of Carols)
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this recording is the most nuanced and telling available. First there is the sheer sound of the ensemble: beautifully balanced and tuned with, at times (Caligaverunt oculi), an almost glassy... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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The Queen's Six Murder the Songs of Tom Lehrer
Simon Whiteley (bass-baritone), Dominic Bland (tenor), Daniel Brittain (countertenor), Andrew Thompson (bass-baritone), Nicholas Madden (tenor), Timothy Carleston (countertenor), Hrólfur Vagnsson, The Queen's Six
The actual singing is astonishingly accomplished. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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There Will Come Soft Rains
Choral Works by Ēriks Ešenvalds
The Pacific Lutheran Choir Of The West, Richard Nance
This varied, serene set of choral works only occasionally slips into schmaltzy territory. The choir shines when singing as an ensemble, bringing out Ešenvalds’s clever vocal techniques superbly. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Fung’s tone is varied and secure, and he has a wide variety of attack and phrasing, from the tender to the aggressive, matching the changing moods of the music, coupled with a playful use of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th April 2025
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The programme is a potpourri, and one from which emanates the refined scent of the collegiate choir, à la King's or Trinity. The tuning is impeccable, the blend unimpeachable. Director Nigel... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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