Gibbons, O - See, see, the Word is incarnate
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Choral » Anthems & Motets
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The Oxford Camerata provides a representative selection of choral works by Gibbons, together with three of his organ pieces. The programme is introduced by a bright and busy performance of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 1996, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2018, Recommended Recording
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Where words and music most happily merge - for instance in Gibbons's Hosanna to the Son of David - the director and his vocalists exude confidence, animating melodic lines gracefully to reach... —
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Gibbons: Church Music
RecommendedThe Choir of King's College Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Boris Ord
The artistry of the performers perfectly matches Gibbons's demands in this Critics' Choice disc. Limpid clarity, sensitivity to text and earnest delivery reveal the subtleties of the composer's... —
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Building a Library, Also Recommended
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On Byrd's Wings
Dorothee Mields (performer), Magdalene Harer (performer), Ryosuke Sakamoto (lute), Boreas Quartett Bremen, Hathor Consort
An immensely rewarding exploration of the richness of English consort music from the Elizabethan and post-Elizabethan periods...the two sopranos and consorts tell a compelling story of invention... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Baroque Vocal
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a varied treasure trove of seldom heard but extremely affecting music, nicely sung and spliced together with some darkly-glittering string In Nomines played by Fretwork...[They] easily persuade... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2012, Editor's Choice
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Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music
Philip Ledger (organ)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Early Music Group
Not only are the performances touched with distinction, the recording too is in the highest flight and the analogue sound has been transferred to CD with complete naturalness. Strongl recommended. —
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Special offer. Orlando Gibbons At the Chapel Royal
Joshua Simões, The Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Carl Jackson
an impressively wide range of the composer's output. If the voices are a little ragged and underpowered in the dry acoustic, there is an admirable unanimity of purpose. —
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Peace on Earth
Sacred and secular music by Orlando Gibbons
Christopher Gray (organ)
Truro Cathedral Choir, Robert Sharpe
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The highest quality of performance on early instruments that can be found in North America —
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a nourishing anthology … performances range from good to excellent —
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