Whitacre - When David Heard
Genre:
Choral
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Cloudburst is the central piece here, a dazzling kaleidoscope of busy clamour, arcing lyricism, solo and spoken passages, sighing, handbells, wind chimes, inter alia. Whitacre was only 22 when... —
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In the Beginning
Beth Mackay (mezzo-soprano) & Natasha Tyrwhitt-Drake (organ scholar)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips (directors)
The 18 uninterrupted minutes of Copland's a cappella In the Beginning are a major test of any choir's stamina and concentration, and it's one the Mertonians pass with confidence...[Beth Mackay]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Cantos Sagrados
Ešenvalds, Macmillan, Musgrave, Tippett, Whitacre
National Youth Choir of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christopher Bell
Christopher Bell’s beautifully assembled programme is completed by Biebl’s attractive setting of the Ave Maria. In addition to their impeccable tuning, vocal balance and tone quality, you can... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2020, Editor's Choice
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Cloudburst is the central piece here, a dazzling kaleidoscope of busy clamour, arcing lyricism, solo and spoken passages, sighing, handbells, wind chimes, inter alia. Whitacre was only 22 when... —
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Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Nominated - Best Choral Performance
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Special offer. Eric Whitacre - Choral Music
Leslie De’Ath (piano), Carol Bauman (percussion)
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
...a choir long on experience and comfortable in its own collective skin. The mainly vibrato-less singing is warmly blended, with spot-on pitching, and a welcome focus on elucidating text and... —
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Sixten: Requiem
Karin Ingeback (soprano), Anders Larsson (bass)
Swedish Radio Chorus, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Ragnar Bohlin
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Eric Whitacre: Water Night
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Hila Plitman (soprano)
The Eric Whitacre Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Eric Whitacre
In The River Cam...Vaughan Williams and Elgar are acknowledged points of reference, and the mellowly lyrical lines spun for solo cello are feelingly played here by Julian Lloyd Webber, for whose... —
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