Harris, W - Faire is the Heaven
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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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The programme is a potpourri, and one from which emanates the refined scent of the collegiate choir, à la King's or Trinity. The tuning is impeccable, the blend unimpeachable. Director Nigel... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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It's when the pedal goes down (literally and metaphorically) that this disc really soars, startling the ear into ecstasy with the sudden release of Rachmaninov's Cherubic Hymn, the 'bright Seraphim'... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Poetry in Music
Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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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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Panis angelicus
Favourite Motets from Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Iain Simcock (organ)
James O'Donnell
A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country’s finest choirs —
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Special offer. New College: Commissions & Premieres
Nick Pritchard (soloist), Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney
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Choirs of Cambridge: Queen's College Choir 'Evening Hymn'
English Choral Music
Choir of Queens' College Cambridge & Cambridge University Brass Group, John Gibbons & Philip Walsh
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Renewal?
Caroline Dale, Voces8 (leadvocalist), Apollo5 (leadvocalist, group), Peter Holder, Teena Lyle, Clare Stewart (mezzo-soprano), Roger Chase (viola), Paul Smith, Barnaby Smith
Voces8 co-founder Paul Smith, this superbly devised programme leads us through a world of ref lection and melancholy, though ends with a glimmer of light. A disc for the present time, immaculately... —
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Evensong at New College Oxford
Nicholas Wearne (organ), Robert Patterson (organ)
Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
