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Special offer. Parry: Orchestral and Choral Works
Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Neeme Järvi
This is breast-swelling stuff...the BBC National Orchestra of Wales gives warmly sympathetic renditions of music which was probably completely unfamiliar to them before the recording sessions.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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I was glad: Sacred Music by Stanford & Parry
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson & David Wilson-Johnson
The King’s Consort & Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
a revelation. In the opening Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A by Stanford, the leanness of gut strings lends edge and urgency to the orchestral writing, which perfectly complements the punchy... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Parry: I was glad & other choral works
Daniel Cook (organ), Jonathan Brown (bass), Alexander Kyle (treble), David Martin (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Robert Macdonald (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, Onyx Brass, James O'Donnell
O'Donnell's performance of I was glad is hugely expansive and majestic...I'm not sure there isn't an element of overkill...Still, it's difficult to resist the spine-tingling monumentalism of... —
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If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, Chamber Choice
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The Dam Busters – Rousing Songs, Anthems and Marches
Opera Queensland Chorus, Cantillation, David Drury, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Army Reserve Pipes and Drums Perth, Australian...
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Rejoice, the Lord is king!
Great Hymns from Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ), Julian Empett (bass), Jonathan Brown (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
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Best of British Brass Bands
Massed Brass Bands of Fodens, Fairy Aviations and Morris Motors and Harry Mortimer, Fairy Aviations and Morris Motors, Jim Shepherd (soloist), Fairy Aviation And Morris Motors, Harry Mortimer & His All Star Brass, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Black Dyke Band, Harry Mortimer, George Thompson, Geoffrey...
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The Call: More Choral Classics from St John’s
Alison Martin (harp)
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
Anybody with deep affection for the more noble anthems of the Anglican tradition will need no excuse to grab a copy of this tasty selection, especially so when it features performances of such... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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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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Favourite Hymns
Carleton Etherington (organ)
The Choir of the Abbey School Tewkesbury, Benjamin Nicholas
