Delphian
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These formidable chamber musicians range effortlessly through the centuries and around the globe, recognising no stylistic boundaries. Their mesmerising soundworld is supported by a glowing,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2022, Editor's Choice
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Samuel Wesley: Sacred Choral Music
The Choir of Holy Sepulchre, The National Musicians' Church, Toby Ward
Conductor Toby Ward captures a sense of freshness and drama in the big-boned verse anthems that lie at the heart of this recording, underlining the quasi-operatic qualities that so discombobulated... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Sherratt possesses that rare gift – a genuine bass voice that carries its lyrical, expressive clarity from its ringing high notes right down to a full-toned basso profundo delivered without... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Song
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Cantique de Noël
French Music For Christmas From Berlioz To Debussy
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
An academically and stylistically fertile album. —
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Orchestral Anthems Vol. 2: Bairstow | Elgar | Ireland | Stanford | Walton | Wesley
Britten Sinfonia, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
By the clock, the most substantial work is Walton’s The Twelve which acquired its multicoloured orchestral respray to mark the Westminster Abbey 900th anniversary celebrations. Its opening is... —
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The result is an enjoyable recital featuring concert and salon pieces one is not afraid to describe as utterly delightful. Key is Whittingham’s unsentimental yet beautifully expressive playing. —
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Bruckner: Motets
Nicholas Wearne (organ)
Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh & RSAMD Brass, Duncan Ferguson
This performance is just superb. It's the kind of disc you want to turn up to full volume and lose yourself in, whether you're of a religious bent or not. Through their crisp, measured phrases,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Duet: Mendelssohn - Schumann - Cornelius
Lucy Crowe (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Lucy Crowe and William Berger are vocal soul mates…this CD is a small miracle to be cherished —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Choral & Song Choice
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Russian Works for Piano Four Hands
Stravinsky; Rachmaninov; Tchaikovsky
Peter Hill & Benjamin Frith (piano)
Frith and Hill balance the virtuosity with explosive melodies…both have the necessary dexterity to chase notes and fingers – the overlapping twists and turns of ‘Slava’ demand a balletic performance…The... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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