VCM Records
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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It's impossible to not be impressed by the range and ambition, from Josquin to their first composerin-residence Ola Gjeilo, and well-crafted arrangements from folk to Bond themes. Several brand-new... —
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Equinox is an outstanding disc: the choice of music is inspired, the singing superb, and the interpretations stay long in the memory. The programme is based on composer-in-residence Jonathan... —
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Reflections
Paul Smith, Clare Stewart, Neil Valentine, VCM Foundation Choir, Apollo5, Eleonore Cockerham, Andrea Haines, VOCES8, Sam Dressel
An immersive (and effective) endeavour, with plainsong, modern instrumental and vocal hues and early opera sitting together surprisingly comfortably. Definitely one for headphones and a darkened... —
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One-to-a-part performances of repertoire spanning nine centuries, no less. An inspired programme, superbly sung throughout. —
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Marten Jansson: Requiem Novum
Voces8 (leadvocalist), Apollo5 (leadvocalist), Anna Dennis (soprano, leadvocalist), Philharmonia Orchestra, Barnaby Smith
There’s much to enjoy in Jansson’s lushly scored work, whose sumptuous, tonal choral writing occasionally reminds one of Eric Whitacre. Admittedly, there are moments when it leans towards the... —
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The five-voice Apollo5 are impressively versatile in music ranging from Byrd to Bill Withers by way of Purcell and Gershwin, and there are moments of real beauty. —
