Purcell - Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15
Genres:
Choral » Anthems & Motets
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Purcell - Full Anthems & Organ Music
Music on the Death of Queen Mary
Andrew Carwood (tenor), Laurence Cummings (organ), Michael McCarthy (bass)
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
I would say that any disc which offered such a 24-carat Purcell selection in performances even half as good as these would be hard to resist. —
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Special offer. English Royal Funeral Music
RecommendedLes Trompettes des Plaisirs, Lingua Franca & Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
one might call it a classically 'English' choral sound - but any suspicions of coolness are easily dispelled by the commitment shown to the meaning of both music and text...Once again, Vox Luminis... —
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Building a Library, April 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice
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Though the Consort brings together acclaimed international opera singers with cousins or siblings for whom singing is merely a hobby, the ensemble is consistently faultless: attention to blend... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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Choral blend and enunciation are immaculate, at their very best in Martin's Songs of Ariel…it's particularly good to see 'Let mine eyes run down with tears' among the more familiar numbers -... —
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Vinyl Record
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Purcell - Funeral Sentences
RecommendedTessa Bonner & Patrizia Kwella
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
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Building a Library, October 2017, Recommended Recording
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O praise the Lord
Restoration Music from Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ), Julian Stocker (tenor) & Robert Macdonald (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
Throughout every work O'Donnell's direction is alive to the sophisticated vocal layering, and ever attentive to the meaning of the words - an innate musicality echoed in Robert Quinney's 'voluntary... —
