Naxos
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bernstein: Mass
RecommendedJubilant Sykes (baritone)
Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Children's Chorus, Morgan State University Marching Band & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
…is a virtual triumph from beginning to end, and the only recording for me worthy of sitting next to the composer's own. …Alsop's tight-knit, symphonic pacing delineates the structure of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Howells: Stabat Mater
RecommendedBenjamin Hulett (tenor), Alison Hill (soprano)
The Bach Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Though there is much emotional turbulence in this music, Hill maintains a compelling life and forward momentum in Howells's immensely contrapuntal score...The Bach Choir has a palpable vibrancy... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Richard Danielpour: The Passion of Yeshua
RecommendedJames K. Bass (bass), Matthew Worth (baritone), Kenneth Overton (baritone), Hila Plitmann (soprano), J'Nai Bridges (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Fallon (tenor), Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, University of California, Los Angeles Chamber Singers, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
The score is symphonic in its richness and operatic in its drama; scenes are set with extraordinary vividness, and there is some wonderful, lyrical writing for the vocal soloists, particularly... —
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Kodály: Háry János Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major
RecommendedBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Given the quality of these performances from JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic, it must be hoped they'll return to the composer for a second volume...Falletta draws vivid performances... —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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This is a magnificent record. The Weimar Staatskapelle are rare visitors to disc, but they are a top-class orchestra, with superb strings which sound overwhelmingly, sensuously beautiful in... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Poulenc: Organ Concerto & Concert champêtre
Philippe Lefebvre (organ), Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord)
Lille National Orchestra, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Elisabeth Chojnacka gets off to a head start against most others who have recorded the Concertchampêtre by using the right kind of instrument: she understands that it's much sillier to play... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Recommendation
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
RecommendedMaria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
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Building a Library, January 2005, Budget Choice
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If he lacked the audacious imagination of his teacher, Scarlatti, there are delights to be found among Soler's harpsichord sonatas. Gilbert Rowland, playing a resonant French harpsichord, is... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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