EM Records
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David Owen Norris's attractive settings of Donne, Sassoon and others are followed by Britten's magnificent Donne cycle. Strong performances. —
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The God Marduk: Works For Violin, Viola And Piano by Andrew Downes
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin/viola), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
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Songs & Sonnets - Songs In English and German from the Reign of Queen Victoria
Belinda Williams (mezzo-soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor), David Owen Norris (piano)
Belinda Williams and tenor Mark Wilde bring disarming freshness, agility and intelligence to this rewarding repertoire. Norris, too, lends wonderfully idiomatic support throughout, the gratifying... —
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By avoiding fussy rhetoric and allowing Holst’s setting to speak serenely on its own terms, they find the music’s effortless nobility, even if they cannot make its fortissimo ending sound other... —
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Carols from Coventry - A Tribute to Sir David Willcocks
Kerry Beaumont (organ)
Saint Michael’s Singers, Paul Leddington Wright
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Norris, D O: Prayerbook
Peter Savidge (baritone), Fiona Hymns & Lauren Fowler (sopranos), David Coram (organ), Hari Eustace, Andy White & Adrian Cleverley (trombones), Robert Domingue (trumpet), Keith Price (timpani), Carmen King, Peter Bridgwood, Jamie Harris & Steven Grahl (hand-chimes), Joe Manghan (tubular...
The performance, under the composer’s direction, is strongly committed. Peter Savidge is excellent; the less experienced Fiona Hymns is not at his level though she offers some ardent singing... —
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Conductor Leigh O’Hara leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in crisp performances of the St Paul’s Suite and Brook Green Suite, both written for St Paul’s Girls’ orchestras to perform. The booklet... —
