Browse: Choral, Leighton (composer)
This page lists all classical by Kenneth Leighton (1929–88), in genre: Choral.
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Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Vocal/Choral
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Offer, The Lamb's Journey. A Choral Narrative From Gibbons To Barber Ensemble Altera, Christopher Lowrey
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Leighton - Orchestral Works Volume 2 RecommendedBBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Despite its monumental aspect the Sinfonia mistica is essentially a personal, intimate work, and it gets a moving performance here, Richard Hickox judging to a nicety the various movements' complex... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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It’s sad that Nethsingha’s departure means that the next volume will be the last. I can’t think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director’s time at St John’s. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Choral
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out of the bran tub comes my favourite Christmas choral disc of 2009 - Joy in the morning, another wide-ranging collection from Jeffrey Skidmore's excellent Birmingham-based choir, Ex Cathedra.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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a Christmas issue which is genuinely challenging and different…Martin’s music evokes in an extraordinary suggestive manner the theological paradox buried within the Eden story… The Gabrieli’s... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Leighton: Complete Organ Works
Stephen Farr (organ) with John Butt (organ), Nicky Spence (tenor), Chloe Hanslip (violin)
Farr's unswerving authority, scrupulous phrasing and rhythmic playing make this a revelation. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Instrumental Choice
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Kenneth Leighton: Every Living Creature
Londinium, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Andrew Griffiths
…This recording is a triumph for all involved, not least director Andrew Griffiths, who was no doubt the main force behind this project, and not forgetting composer Kenneth Leighton, whose music... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey
RecommendedRobert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
An ambitious and superbly sung programme, sympathetically framed within the choir's spaciously atmospheric home acoustic. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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On Christmas Night RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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