ECM
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This beautifully engineered disc concludes a four-album trans-millennial tale that helped define meaningful music. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, December 2019
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2019
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Officium
A hauntingly beautiful combination of medieval unaccompanied choral music and jazz saxophone.
Jan Garbarek (saxophone)
Hilliard Ensemble
no matter how one views so-called crossover...or the relative unwisdom of sticking to rigid musical boundaries, the evidence remains conclusive: ''Officium'' successfully transcends any limitations... —
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Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland
RecommendedJohn Holloway (violin, viola), Monika Baer (violin, Renate Steinmann (violin), Susanna Hefti (viola), Martin Zeller (bass violin)
Dowland himself was prepared to countenance performances with violin consort. This is the less familiar route Holloway and his colleagues have chosen, deploying four violas atop a bass violin...The... —
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2026, Winner - Chamber Recording
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Hallgato
Ferenc Snétberger (guitar), Keller Quartet (string quartet), Gyula Lázár (double bass), László Fenyő (cello)
The guitar’s intimate sound seduces the listener from the start. The rasp of fingers on strings and frets is so close, it’s as though the listener is leaning against guitarist Ferenc Snétberger’s... —
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a programme which throws the 'authenticity' creed to the wind, evaporating the distinction between past and present. —
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Secret History - Music by Josquin and Victoria
John Potter (vocals), Anna Maria Friman (vocals), Ariel Abramovich (vihuela), Jacob Heringman (vihuela), Lee Santana (vihuela), Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
[Potter’s] approach is varied…In the Gloria of the Mass and elsewhere [he[] artfully switches between parts as he goes along so as to produce an appealing continuous vocal line. The instrumentalists... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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Saltarello
Garth Knox (fiddle, viola, viola d'amore), Agnès Vesterman (cello) & Sylvain Lemêtre (percussion)
Bringing all this music seamlessly together are the remarkable sonic possibilities offered by the combination of cello and viola or viola d'amore. A fiddle and electronics are added for good... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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English Renaissance Music
A recital which contrasts the inspirational work of Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard
David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone) & Robert Macdonald (bass)
The Hilliard Ensemble
The ensemble is flawless and the sound reproduction crystalline. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2008, Editor's Choice
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