Byrd - Vigilate (from Cantiones sacrae 1589)
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Choral » Anthems & Motets
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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This superior seasonal disc, chiefly of carols (some with organ played by Luke Bond), is satisfyingly divided into three parts: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Each starts with a plainchant,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Christmas Choice
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The most striking feature of these performances is how wonderfully varied they are. In some pieces… the presentational style almost enters the realm of musical theatre, while in Tallis's God... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This is a marvellous programme of Music for Advent and it is executed superbly by the Clare College Choir. It’s obvious that the standard built up during Timothy Brown’s long leadership, especially,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Christophers’s juxtapositions are always rewarding, and The Sixteen is on ravishing form. There’s an unmannered generosity to the singing whose wide-eyed freshness enables Christophers to keep... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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The award-winning group Voces 8 is well-known for its wide-ranging programmes and accomplished technical control...In Monteverdi's Cantate Dominum (this is his 1620 setting, not the 1615 one)... —
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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Thomas Fields (viola da gamba), Kerry Heimann (organ), Francis Williams (tenor), Thomas Lynch (baritone), Daniel Boring (theorbo), Loretta O'Sullivan (cello), Tim Brent (organ), Katie Lipow (soprano)
Westminster Kantorei, Amanda Quist
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The King's Singers, Gabriel Crouch (baritone), Robert Chilcott (tenor), Bruce Russell (baritone), Simon Carrington (baritone), Stephen Connolly (bass vocal), David Hurley (countertenor), Alastair Hume (countertenor), Bob Chilcott (tenor), Jeremy Jackman (countertenor), Philip Lawson (baritone), Nigel...
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