Morgan Pearse
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Jan Ladislav Dussek: Messe Solemnelle
RecommendedStefanie True (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Morgan Pearse (bass), Choir of the AAM, Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
The work is fluent, imaginatively orchestrated with impressive contrapuntal writing…This enjoyable, well recorded rendition, with lovely solo singing, has clear passionate advocacy; notwithstanding... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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Andrew Downes: A St Luke Passion and Sacred Choral Works
Morgan Pearse, Paula Downes, Hannah Cooke (contralto), Philharmonia Voices, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Trippett
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Ethel Smyth: Der Wald
RecommendedNatalya Romaniw (Röschen), Claire Barnett-Jones (Iolanthe), Robert Murray (Heinrich), Andrew Shore (A Peddler), Morgan Pearse (Count Rudolf), Matthew Brook (Peter), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews
Der Wald may not be such an outstanding piece [as The Wreckers], but it is well worth getting to know. While Harry Brewster’s somewhat naïve libretto holds it back, Smyth’s score shows an impressive... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs
Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano), Morgan Pearse (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra
John Andrews
The two soloists take contrasting approaches: mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty brings a touching, bright clarity and an intelligence that serves the texts she sings beautifully. Morgan Pearse’s baritone... —
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Special offer. Handel: Caio Fabriccio, Hwv A9
Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilviel, Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Allan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Morgan Pearse, Hannah Poulsom, Anna Gorbachyova, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Cunningham directs Caio Fabbricio brilliantly, leading from the harpsichord to energise the other players, and to give them space to exploit juicy passages. The singers’ virtuosity and rich... —
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Stanford: Te Deum & Elegiac Ode
BBC National Chorus of Wales, Rhian Lois, Adrian Partington, Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Morgan Pearse, Samantha Price, BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The Welsh forces here give us a majestic, highly charged account of Stanford’s celebratory score which, over its span of three-quarters of an hour, encapsulates the self-confidence of the Victorian... —
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Johann Sigismund Kusser: Adonis
Ulrike Hofbauer, Yannick Debus, Nils Wanderer, Morgan Pearse, Nina Bernsteiner, Anita Rosati, Seda Amir-Karayan (contralto), Dominik Wörner (bass), Il Gusto Barocco
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Eleanor Alberga: Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2
Thomas Bowes (violin), Morgan Pearse (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Joseph Swensen
The latest and most beguiling work, from 2020, is the violin concerto (No. 2), inspired by the Greek myth of Narcissus…The gifted violinist, Thomas Bowes (also Alberga’s husband), weaves his... —
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Van Dieren: Chinese Symphony
Morgan Pearse, Rebecca Evans, Nathan Vale, Catherine Wyn Rogers, David Soar, Raphael Wallfisch
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, William Boughton
William Boughton secures commendable results from a strong line-up of singers and his assembled BBC NOW forces; Raphael Wallfisch is at his customarily eloquent, self-effacing best in the Elegie.... —
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Coming soon. Handel: Giulio Cesare
Christophe Dumaux (Cesare), Louise Alder (Cleopatra), Paula Murrihy (Sesto), Beth Taylor (Cornelia), John Holiday (Tolomeo), Morgan Pearse (Achilla), The English Concert, Harry Bicket
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