Naxos
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Special offer. Giacomo Meyerbeer: Romilda e Costanza
Patrick Kabongo (Teobaldo), Javier Povedano (Retello), Chiara Brunello (Romilda), Cesar Cortes (Lotario), Luiza Fatyol (Costanza), Emmanuel Franco (Albertone), Claire Gascoin (Annina), Giulio Mastrototaro (Pierotto), Timophey Pavlenko (Ugo), Gorecki Chamber Choir, Passionart Orchestra, Luciano Acocella
There is plenty to enjoy: drama, passion, plot and a satisfying ending. But a wider expressive range, with more vocal agility and choral-orchestral polish, would serve Meyerbeer’s fertile imagination... —
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John Field: Piano Concertos, Nocturnes, Sonatas
Benjamin Frith (piano), Northern Sinfonia, David Haslam
Lively, heartfelt performances of all the Field one is ever likely to need. —
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Orff: Carmina Burana
Claire Rutter, Tom Randle & Markus Eiche
Highcliffe Junior Choir (Director: Mary Denniss), Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus (Director: Andrew Knights) & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Director: Greg Beardsell), Marin Alsop
Marin Alsop's pacing of the opening 'O Fortuna' chorus is spot on… Diction is excellent… Tenor Tom Randle… is the pick of the soloists. Soprano Claire Rutter makes worthy contributions… Conductor... —
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Rubbra - Sacred Choral Music
Robert Houssart (organ), Edward Lyon (tenor), Jonathan Bungard (tenor), Laurence Keegan-Fischer (treble), Thomas Williams (alto)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Christopher Robinson and his St John's College Choir prove especially eloquent, humane advocates of the eight-part Missa Cantuariensis. We've long needed a top-notch digital recording of this,... —
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Biret's bold, meaty technique fits the music well. —
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Building a Library, March 2003, Budget Choice
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Another irresistible volume in The English Song Series: a compilation of John Ireland which reveals the sheer breadth of emotional experience and variegated piano writing within his songs.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2008, Choral & Song Choice
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Lennox Berkeley's church music has now entered the cathedral lists – both Anglican and Roman – to an extent unthinkable even 10 years ago. He was a pious Catholic, and much of his music is rooted... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Editor's Choice
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fully worthy of the composer’s inexhaustible invention —
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Special offer. American Classics - David Diamond
Theodore Bikel (narrator), Cantor Charles Osbourne, Richard Troxell, Margery Dodds (organ), Karl Dent (tenor), Elaine Close, Patrick Mason
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Singers, Carolina Chamber Chorale, University Choir of Texas Tech University, Chorus of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,...
