Lyrita
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Stanford: Mass 'Via Victrix' & At the Abbey Gate
Kiandra Howarth (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Ruairi Bowen (tenor), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone)
BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, Adrian Partington
Rescued from obscurity nearly a century after its composition, Stanford’s large-scale post-war mass is definitely worth checking out. Impassioned performances here. —
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Sterndale Bennett - Overtures
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Berkeley was typical of the English composers whom Lyrita championed in the 1970s, and this beautifully planned collection introduces some of the most elegant and enjoyable music that he ever... —
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Special offer. Crosse, G: Purgatory
Peter Bodenham (tenor) & Glenville Hargreaves (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Northern College of Music, Michael Lankester
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A gratifying return for a rich homage to Catalonia and an exciting symphony. —
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Birtwistle - The Fields of Sorrow
Jane Manning (soprano), Alan Hacker (clarinet) & The Matrix (bass clarinets)
London Sinfonietta & Chorus, David Atherton
This trio of compositions charts Harrison Birtwistle's transition from the brutal mechanics and plaintive lyricism of his first opera Punch and Judy (1967) to the more subtle expressive qualities... —
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Lutyens - Quincunx
Josephine Nendick (soprano) & John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Herbert Handt (tenor/director), Jane Manning (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, John Carewe
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Tavener - Canciones Españolas & Requiem for Father Malachy
James Bowman & Kevin Smith
The Nash Ensemble, The King’s Singers & The Nash Ensemble, John Tavener
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Malcolm Lipkin: The Symphonies
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Lionel Friend, Edward Downes, Adrian Leaper
