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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág
RecommendedSusan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)
...one of the finest examples of Kurtág’s vocal music I have encountered. Narucki’s probing intelligence is matched by a remarkable vocal talent, and the result is a triumph. All the assisting... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740 Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
These mostly unfamiliar pieces make highly enjoyable listening, especially when played with the natural exuberance that La Serenissima bring to them. Legrenzi's dances are catchy, Navara's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Songs of Orpheus
RecommendedMonteverdi, Caccini, Merula, Brunelli, Castello, Cima, Landi
Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sulayman’s approach tends more towards the lyrical than the rhetorical – his lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma best suited to melodious arias rather than the text-driven stile recitativo…Under... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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This recording is stunningly different from the norm. This is because Sorrell knows that ‘authentic performances’ do not guarantee ‘authentic experiences’...The real understanding of style is... — More…
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Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas & other choral works Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)
Stephen Darlington gives majestic shape to this monumental work, effectively drawing out the imperturbable tread of the 'Gloria tibi Trinitas' cantus firmus. The choir produces a sound of blistering... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Vivaldi - Music for the Chapel of the Pieta Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Robert Howarth (organ), Sarah McMahon (cello solo)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin & direction)
…Mhairi Lawson sings with secure intonation, expressive sensibility and pleasing warmth of colour. Chandler is the solo violinist in four strongly contrasted concertos… In two of them he is... — More…
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Claire Booth and Christopher Glynn have nurtured a love of Grainger’s folk song transcriptions and re-compositions since university days 20 years ago. Now the love has exploded onto this CD,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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The 18-strong Apollo's Fire ensemble...plays with great crispness and vigour, offering terse supporting musical pillars to the voices and emphasizing rhythmic vigour over a sense of line...the... — More…
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