Delphian
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An interesting programme, tracing the influence of French composer Jean Mouton's nativity motet...mellifluously performed here by the seven members of the youthful Marian Consort, who shape... —
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a style that seems to manage to have it both ways, preserving the expressive possibilities and archetypes of the Scottish folk tradition within an idiom that can call on techniques and technology... —
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Viri Galilaei: Favourite Anthems from Merton
Charles Warren, Peter Shepherd
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips
the Merton choir's singing is notable for its clarity. The polyphonic lines of Byrd's Diliges Dominum, the antiphonal effects of Harris's classic Faire is the heaven and even the dense textures... —
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here's a snapshot of a highly gifted musician in the midst of an exploratory process…he's gone back to Anna Magdalena's copy, finding a variant of the opening material in the D major Prelude... —
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Purcell’s Revenge: Sweeter than Roses?
Olivia Chaney (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Ana Silvera (soprano), Jim Moray (tenor)
Concerto Caledonia, David McGuinness
the mixture of instruments works, played mostly by top-rate early musicians. —
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O Holy Night – A Merton Christmas
Choir of Merton College, Oxford & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Nicholas
There are many vibrantly, energetic moment here…In many ways, though, the best singing comes in quieter moment: Elizabeth Poston’s Jesus Christ the apple tree, with the top line sweetly profiled... —
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Robin Holloway: The Lovers' Well
Clare Lloyd-Griffiths (soprano), Kate Symonds-Joy (mezzo-soprano), James Robinson (tenor), Simon Wallfisch (baritone), William Vann (piano), Edward Rushton (piano)
Like Britten, Holloway is an eclectic harvester of texts with a connoisseur’s nose for those where music can ‘add value’. Mezzo Kate Symonds-Joy makes a compelling case for A Medley of Nursery... —
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Leighton & Martin: Masses for Double Choir
Mimi Doulton (soprano), Caitlin Goreing (alto), William Hester (tenor), Joseph Edwards (bass), James Orford (organ)
The Choir of King's College London, Joseph Fort
The choral forces of King’s College, London, are well focused, clean and expressive. Occasionally one or two of the solo voices show their youth, but the whole is delivered with such conviction,... —
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The virtuosity of the Red Note Ensemble’s playing makes for a warm recommendation, not least for those still to encounter Cresswell’s distinctive sound world. —
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Music of high organisation, clarity and expressive power here from Rory Boyle…Langton’s technique is sure, his musicianship all-encompassing and his head balanced with his heart. —
