Bairstow - Blessed City, heavenly Salem
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Special offer. English Hymn Anthems
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
The Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral Works
Peter Holder (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
The unison singing of the trebles in Stanford’s A Song of Wisdom is exquisite, while the full choir relishes both the drama and the wistful beauty of famous anthems such as Bairstow’s Blessed... —
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Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Jonathan Lee (organ), Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The Ely instrument has never sounded more full of fire and vim. Here's a splendid way every corner to round off Stephen sing Layton's 17-year tenure directing the chapel choir of Trinity College... —
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Orchestral Anthems: Elgar | Finzi | Dyson | Howells
Britten Sinfonia, Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas
Benjamin Nicholas maintains excellent control of his forces in a recording that is sonorously generous and forward in sound. The Merton choirs (including the soloists) are in fine voice and... —
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Hubert Parry's glorious Coronation anthem 'I was glad' unfolds in waves of increasing elation and broad, sweeping lyricism. It's a tremendous performance by The Sixteen, and it's an effective... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Choral
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Bairstow - Choral Music
Paul Provost (organ) & Roderick Williams (baritone)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge & Britten Sinfonia, David Hill (Director of Music)
…Bairstow could hardly have finer advocates than David Hill's St John's Choir, beautiful in tone and balance… admirably clear in enunciation, well supported by rhythmic organ playing, and outstandingly... —
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Sensitive interpretations enhance the excellence of the singing throughout this testing programme, which displays a group of choir soloists who never falter. Tavener’s mysticism in music brings... —
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The Year 1914 in Classical Music
Oscar Chausow (violin), The Caecilian Trio (piano trio), Frank Glazer (piano), Regina Resnik (soprano vocals), Michael Ponti (piano), Tokyo String Quartet (string quartet), Renata Scotto (mezzo-soprano vocals), Susanne Lautenbacher (violin), Georg Egger (violin), János Starker (cello), Arnold Eidus...
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The Evening Hour
British Choral Music from the 16th and 20th Centuries
The Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Mark Williams
