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these are some of the most spirited and individual performances of this repertory available...the standard of solo singing is very good. The ad hoc instrumentalists provide sensitive, stylish... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Heroes and Heroines: Handel Arias
Sarah Connolly
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Sarah Connolly is an exemplary Handel singer.
Her recital is dominated by two roles she's performed at ENO, with arias from Alcina and Ariodante.
'Scherza infida' is an addictive mixture of... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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The Sixteen (plus a couple of extra sopranos) bring a glorious sound to this work, a performance well worth waiting for. The forward movement is constant, the blend of voices beyond compare,... —
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Special offer. Arise My Love - Music For the Break of Day
Alexander Potts, Flavius Dumitru, Alexander Pott, Henry Morris, Julian Hartley (tenor), Maurice Cole (tenor), Aidan MacLean (tenor), Ioan O'Reilly (bass-baritone), Blaise Durodie, Joseph Wragg (bass-baritone), Sadie Bosher (vocalist), Joshua Kenney (tenor), John Morshead (bass-baritone), Choir of...
The choir sings with a classic English cathedral sound: softedged attack, little concern for hyper-precision, and a treble sound marked by a gentle, airy breathiness...Not every piece convinces... —
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On their journey through Palestrina’s works The Sixteen have provided us with another surprising and delightful vista. —
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The choir is at its best in two movements selected from Antoine Brumel's Missa Et ecce terrae motus...The Gloria opens with some truly delicate singing, and the clear, restricted harmonies evoke... —
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The Sixteen...are typically springy and are persuasive advocates for the idea of Bach with small forces. There is a lovely consistency that comes from the soloists also making up the chorus,... —
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Special offer. Peace I Leave With You - Music for the Evening Hour
Sebastian Hill (tenor), Milo Hodgkiss (tenor), Peter Brooks (bass-baritone), Alexander Pott, Benjamin Watkins (bass-baritone), Francis Brown (bass-baritone), Henry Isaacs, Maurice Cole (tenor), Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams
Among the contemporary offerings, the always responsive, well-integrated choral forces bring a serene, reverential simplicity to John Tavener’s setting of The Lord’s Prayer and in Roxanna Panufnik's... —
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These are experienced and accomplished performers, and they employ devices such as dynamic shading either to reflect the character of a piece (subdued tones in the petition to Beata Maria Magdalenas),... —
