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The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana RecommendedJohn Aler (tenor), John Tomlinson (baritone)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Classical Album of the Year
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedCharlotte Margiono (soprano), Rodney Gilfry (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's performance is notable for its intensity and fervour, and for the superb singing of his choir: splendidly firm and secure attacks and phrasing, always with fine tonal quality, meticulous... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Walton: Symphony No. 1 & Belshazzar's Feast
RecommendedThomas Hampson (tenor, baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle
This is a winning coupling, with Walton’s two searing masterpieces from the 1930s given electrifying performances…Rattle with players he knows so well combines expressive freedom with knife-edged... — More…
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Building A Library, July 2022, First Choice
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The World of Sacred Music Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, John Scott (organ), The St. Anthony Singers, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Semple (treble), Jonathan Chinchen (treble), Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Peter White (organ), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Academy...
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (Tove), Tatiana Troyanos (Waldtaube), James McCracken (Waldemar), Kim Scown (Klaus-Narr), David Arnold (Peasant), Werner Klemperer (narrator)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Choral
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 RecommendedElizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano), Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Choral Performance
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British Music Collection - Sir John Stainer - The Crucifixion
Richard Lewis (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), Brian Runnett (organ)
The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, The Choir of King's College Cambridge, George Guest, Stephen Cleobury
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Holst: The Planets & Ligeti: Lux aeterna Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, William Steinberg, Helmut Franz
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Orff: Carmina Burana RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), John Daniecki (tenor), Kevin McMillan (baritone)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt
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Grammy Awards, 34th Awards (1991), Best Choral Performance
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