Naxos
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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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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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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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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Ireland: Piano Concerto in E Flat
John Lenehan (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson
alert to the work's many changes of mood and wide range of pianistic demand. I particularly like [Lenehan's] musing, elegiac take on the haunting slow movement, and the orchestral playing is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Paulus: Three Places of Enlightenment, Veil of Tears & Grand Concerto
RecommendedJun Iwasaki (violin), Carolyn Wann Bailey (violin), Daniel Reinker (viola), Anthony LaMarchina (cello), Nathan J. Laube (organ)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Classical Compendium
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Bob Chilcott: The Rose in the Middle of Winter
RecommendedCarols by Bob Chilcott
Commotio, Matthew Berry
Chilcott share Rutter's facility with melody...An ex-chorister himself, he also sets words very naturally....Chilcott's music is often more demanding than Rutter's, but that's no problem for... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Messiaen: Livre du Saint-Sacrement
RecommendedPaul Jacobs (organ at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, New York City)
That Paul Jacobs has the requisite stamina is certainly not in doubt...The playing is magnificent, with a splendid sense of colour and power...The registration and speed of each passage are... —
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Alexander Kastalsky: Requiem
RecommendedJoseph Charles Beutel (bass-baritone), Anna Dennis (soprano), Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, The Saint Tikhon Choir, Kansas City Chorale, Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Leonard Slatkin
Most of the music is clearly steeped in the Orthodox tradition, infused with memories of Mozart’s Requiem, but includes disquieting elements such as the Musorgsky-like funeral bell chord which... —
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Choral Performance
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