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I was glad: Sacred Music by Stanford & Parry
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson & David Wilson-Johnson
The King’s Consort & Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
a revelation. In the opening Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A by Stanford, the leanness of gut strings lends edge and urgency to the orchestral writing, which perfectly complements the punchy... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 3 1830 - 1840
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Alexey Gusev (bass-baritone), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Soraya Mafi (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Kirchschlager, a singer incapable of being boring, has the lion’s share of the German Lieder here…With accompaniments that are often discreetly supportive, it’s too easy to take for granted... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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A Century of Song Vol. 1 (1810-1820)
Malcolm Martineau (piano), Michael Schade (tenor), Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Florian Boesch (baritone)
Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz... —
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Impossible not to add to the praise that has greeted this beautifully performed collection...The settings are mournful but consolatory. —
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Decades - A Century of Song Vol. 4
1840-1850
Florian Boesch (baritone), Alexey Gusev (baritone), Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano), Oliver Johnston (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Ida Evelina Ränzlöv (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Dargomyzhsky outstays his welcome a little, but there are gems such as Franck’s’ finely crafted songs, nicely delivered by Nick Pritchard. Oliver Johnston’s Donizetti is tender. I particularly... —
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Mendelssohn: The Two Cello Sonatas & Trio in D minor
Viola de Hoog (cello), Marten Root (flute), Mikayel Balyan (piano)
Viola de Hoog is persuasive in Mendelssohn’s two cello sonatas, too, though perhaps she’s slightly on the reserved side in the dramatic recitatives of the Second Sonata’s slow movement...The... —
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Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 2 1820 - 1830
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Luis Gomes (tenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Anush Hovhanissyan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
The singers have been well chosen. Portuguese tenor Luis Gomes is impassioned in Bellini’s small domestic substitutes or operatic arias, while Armenian soprano Anush Hovhannisyan brings vitality... —
