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RecommendedLydia Teuscher, Julia Doyle (sopranos), Hilary Summers (alto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (bass)
Choir of The King’s Consort & The King’s Consort, Robert King
the performance makes a strong case for the piece, even if Mendelssohn's version is unlikely to make a full-scale comeback. The choir is lively, making every word clear, though some of King's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th March 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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Elegy – Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
Iestyn Davies, James Hall (countertenors)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies is the headline artist on the cover; but in fact he duets with James Hall on notably equal terms, the two voices subtly differing in timbre but compatible in articulation and expressivity.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Purcell: Royal Odes
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert King
In Welcome Glorious Morn for Queen Mary in 1691 we reach a higher musical level. Both Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Brook suavely maintain their vocal lines against the ingenious but busy aria... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Emily Owen (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), David de Winter (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Edward Grint (bass-baritone), The King's Consort, Robert King
‘Arise My Muse’ (1690) is performed from a new, clearer edition which still allows accomplished singers like Charles Daniels and Iestyn Davies to fashion the melodic lines brilliantly with individuality... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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He's ingeniously rethought Mrs Purcell's arbitrary ordering, and ends with the magnificent chaconne-driven G minor Sonata Z807, using the so-called 'Golden Sonata' as a central pivot with sonatas... —
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Couperin: Trois Leçons de Ténèbres
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Lynda Sayce (theorbo), Robert King (chamber organ), Susanne Heinrich (viol)
King's Consort
The two singers complement each other beautifully in the final setting, Kielland's reedy voice, with its somewhat androgynous quality, throwing Sampson's crystalline soprano into high relief... —
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The King's Consort, whose Purcellian pedigree has been honed over a long and distinguished discography, presents informed yet instinctive performances. Purcell's expressive points are made without... —
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Yes, her instrument is glorious and her readings exquisitely crafted, but it’s her carefully selected and interconnected musical choices that truly set her apart. This new recording exemplifies... —
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Gugliemi's disc gives a lively snapshot of what at least might have been heard; and, thanks to an instrument built in the year before Bach's death…how it must have sounded too…thoughtfully programmed,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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The Prelude of the First Suite is unusually spacious...But it's in the dances that de Hoog is outstanding. They retain their essential character...but they're full of nuances in rhythm and phrasing...The... —
