Stanford: Requiem
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the...
Stanford: Requiem
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the...
About
Recorded in association with a live performance from Birmingham's Symphony Hall last year, this account of Stanford's Requiem rescues a magnificent work from wholly unjustified neglect.
The performance of Charles Villiers Stanford's forgotten late-Victorian masterpiece, marking 125 years since the premiere of the Requiem at the Birmingham Triennial Festival, featured a number of international soloists alongside Brabbins ? including Carolyn Sampson and Marta Fontanal-Simmons (both Birmingham alumni), with James Way and Ross Ramgobin.
Contents and tracklist
- Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
- University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Martyn Brabbins
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJune 2023Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2023
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Presto Editor's ChoiceMay 2023
June 2023
Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the period, it is a must!
May 2023
The consoling spirit of Brahms's German Requiem (written three decades earlier) hovers over the mass which Stanford composed in memory of his friend Lord Frederic Leighton in 1896, but the Irish composer remains very much his own man. The well-drilled young Birmingham singers sound fresh and incisive throughout, and there's marvellous work (singly and collectively) from the solo quartet - particularly Sampson, floating a radiant top C in the Rex Tremendae.
