Huddersfield Choral Society
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Cyril Scott - Orchestral Works Volume 1
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins
this release represents a remarkable discovery in 20th-century British music: excellent recording, too. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Caractacus
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Elgan Llŷr Thomas and Elizabeth Llewellyn are especially touching, while in the title role, baritone Roland Wood is on terrific form. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
RecommendedAlexander Vinogradov (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Choral shortcomings apart, this makes a fine epilogue to Vasily Petrenko's magnificent Liverpool Shostakovich cycle...Alexander Vinogradov is the finest bass interpreter here since Sergey Alexashkin,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedDame Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, James Johnston, Norman Walker
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Huddersfield Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the 1940s until the early 1960s one of the greatest of regular British musical events (every bit as important as the Proms) was Malcolm Sargent's Messiah. He conducted it up and down the... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Stainer: The Crucifixion
Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) & Darius Battiwalla (organ)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Joseph Cullen
…the Huddersfield Choral Society under Joseph Cullen's highly sensitive direction provides a vital instance of how The Crucifixion was conceived - that is, to be sung with romantic, emotional... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Elgar: Cello Concerto & The Dream of Gerontius
RecommendedPaul Tortelier (cello), Heddle Nash, Gladys Ripley, Dennis Noble, Norman Walker
Huddersfield Choral Society, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
This pioneering set of Gerontius has come up newly minted in these superbly engineered transfers taken from 78rpm masters. That only enhances the incandescence and fervour of the reading itself,... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2006, Historic Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Anthem – Great British Hymns & Choral Works
Thomas Trotter (organ)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Aidan Oliver
Here is a large, full-bodied choir, singing in full voice and clearly having an absolute ball…Seek it out for the grandeur and gloriously robust sound of some great British coronation anthems... — More…
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HM Queen Elizabeth II - The Commemorative Album Richard Farnes (organ, keyboards), Denis Burton (participant), Pipe Major D W J Potter (vocals), The Middlesex County Volunteer Fifes & Drums, from Massachusettes, USA (drums), Jon Cohen (keyboards, piano, drum programming, programmer), Robert Quinney (organ), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Debbie...
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Abide With Me
50 Favourite Hymns
Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Paisley Abbey Choir, Choir of St John's College Cambridge, et al.
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