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Cecilia McDowall: Da Vinci Requiem, Seventy Degrees Below Zero
Kate Royal (soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), City of London Sinfonia, Neil Ferris, Wimbledon Choral
With gently swirling, shimmering, beautifully orchestrated textures of ten imbued with a devotional mystery, the spirit [of the Requiem] is of a step on from the larger choral statements of... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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New. Rebecca Dale: Studies in Disappearing (Music for Screen)
Fenella Humphreys (violin), Rebecca Dale (leadvocalist), Max Alexander-Taylor, Joby Burgess (percussion), Tenebrae, Philharmonia Orchestra, Arcappellago, The Sardine Ensemble, Nigel Short
While Morphation I may surprise listeners familiar with Dale's music, Study II: Chaconne for after you left lies closer to the composer's default sound, plangent violin lines executed with restrained... —
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They weave melodic lines with virtuosity, harnessing the delicious interplay between dissonance and consonance...This magnificent album celebrates the eloquence and ingenuity of early tonal... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Chamber Choice
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My bet is that the first thing you'll notice about this recording is the sound of the instruments: we're no longer in the sleek world of Steinways and gleaming steel-string violins. Instead,... —
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Fauré: The Complete Songs, Vol. 1
Malcolm Martineau (piano), Ann Murray (mezzo), John Chest (baritone), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Nigel Cliffe (baritone), Ben Johnson (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Janis Kelly (soprano), Joan Rodgers (soprano)
This fine start to the cycle more than whets the appetite for future volumes. —
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Duruflé’s Suite is by some way the best work on the disc and, although the composer came to dislike the final Toccata…Nolan brings it off with the virtuosity and verve one could ask for. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus
Andrew Kennedy (Oebalus), Klara Ek (Melia), Sophie Bevan (Hyacinthus), Lawrene Zazzo (Apollo), Christophe Ainslie (Zephyrus), Marcus Farnsworth, David Shipley (Two priests of Apollo)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
There have been other recordings of this opera, but I can’t imagine them being any better than this one from Ian Page and the Mozartists. They are an outstanding group of musicians, and they’re... —
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The Carducci give superbly vivid and thoroughly prepared performances that catch the varied expressive characters of each work, combining with Nicholas Daniel to great effect. Signum's sound... —
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The Song of Songs, the Poet in Exile: Works By Walter Arlen
Anna Huntley (mezzo soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Thomas Mole (baritone), English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
In sum, this is well worth investigating – and how heartwarming to discover that Arlen managed to hear and give his approval to the mastertape shortly before his death in Santa Monica on September... —
