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Fauré: Requiem
Christopher Robinson (organ)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, with St John's College Choir, Cambridge, David Hill
a charming freshness, and many unmistakeably Faurean touches —
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The sound quality really does interfere with this recording, but both performances featuring Sviatoslav Richter remain remarkable for their no-holds-barred intensity. —
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Sullivan: Pineapple Poll & Favourite Overtures
Royal Philharmonic & Pro Arte Orchestra, Charles Mackerras & Malcolm Sargent
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Handel: Messiah: Oratorio in 3 Parts
Lynne Dawson (soprano), Hilary Summers (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), King's College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
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Impressive accounts from Colin Davis and the LSO highlighting tremendous drive and energy in the passionate Seventh and probing darker recesses of emotion beneath the Eighth’s more easy-going... —
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Mozart - Clarinet Concerto & Flute & Harp Concerto
David Campbell (clarinet), Philippa Davies (flute) & Rachel Masters (harp)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Chesnokov: Liturgy of St.John Chrysostom Op.42
Choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Vladykino, Moscow, Nikolai Georgievsky
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Sir Alexander Gibson conducts Sibelius
Christine Pendrill (cor anglais)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
Gibson was a much under-recorded conductor, so this reissue of his tight-reined, yet sweepingly intense way with early Sibelius is especially welcome. The RPO responds to him in classy style. —
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Victoria: Easter Week Lamentations & Responsories
Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Richard Marlow
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