Stephen Layton
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 RecommendedIan Bostridge (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Iestyn Davies (countertenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Polyphony, Stephen Layton
this new recording's credentials border on the unassailable...Layton's pacing is compelling - there's no mistaking the gambling fever as the soldiers cast lots for Christ's garment...[Neal Davies]... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th February 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Howells: Requiem & other works
RecommendedSimon Bland (organ), Hannah Partridge (soprano), Jeremy Cole (organ), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Laurence Williams (bass), Hannah Partridge (soprano) & Amy Lyddon-Towl (alto)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
In a work intended to console, it's important that the actual sound the choir makes is warmly consoling. It certainly is in this new Trinity College recording of Howells's 1932 Requiem...It's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Choral
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Trinity’s mixed young adults are effortless in the ease with which they respond to Layton’s exacting demands. The ground is hit running with a Magnificat whose iterations of the word ‘magnify’... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Poulenc - Gloria and Motets
RecommendedSusan Gritton
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Stephen Layton's tight control of his forces, both choral and orchestral, lends impeccable ensemble and heart-thumping excitement - has the opening tutti ever had such punch? Soprano Susan... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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New,
Durufle: Requiem & Poulenc: Lenten Motets Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The choir is magnificent, emerging through former Trinity organ scholar Harrison Cole’s adroitly chosen organ textures in the Introit, yet producing searing radiance in the climax of the Sanctus.... — More…
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David Briggs - Mass for Notre Dame
RecommendedDavid Briggs (organ)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Briggs [draws] sounds of roaring, surging eloquence and grandeur from the splendid instrument at Gloucester Cathedral. It helps, too, that the Trinity College Choir have such a 'live', untrammelled... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2010, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Award for Technical Excellence
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Stocked with female voices rather than boy trebles, the Trinity choir attack this repertoire with a brisk attack and mature aplomb under Stephen Layton’s sensitive direction. There is so much... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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This recording surveys Cecilia McDowall’s substantial choral output, most of it written in the past two decades. She could scarcely have a better group to sing it than Stephen Layton’s Trinity... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2021
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You either love or hate Rutter's Christmas music, but for me, Christmas is John Rutter. Complete with sublime melodies, choir-friendly textures and just the right amount of frivolity, this... — More…
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Rutter: Gloria & Other Sacred Music
Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia & Wallace Collection, Stephen Layton
This superb disc contains a balanced cross- section of Rutter's sacred choral music, spanning over a quarter century and featuring several first recordings. Rutter's stylistic hallmarks are... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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