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Stile Antico

Stile Antico (Choir)

Formed: 2001

Artist's website: https://www.stileantico.co.uk/

Stile Antico was formed by a group of recent Oxford and Cambridge graduates in 2001 – since its inception, the ensemble has worked without a conductor (even when tackling larger-scale works), and focuses mainly on Tudor and Jacobean repertoire, with a particular emphasis on music which grew out of the religious tensions in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England.

Shortly after winning the Audience Prize at the early Music Network Young Artists’ Competition in York in 2005, Stile signed to Harmonia Mundi, releasing their debut album Music for Compline in 2007; the disc (which features music by Sheppard, Byrd and Tallis) won widespread acclaim, including a Schallplattenkritik Award, a Grammy nomination, a Diapason d’Or and a Choc du Monde de la Musique, and was described by Choir & Organ as ‘as near-perfect a recording as you will find of this repertoire’. They have remained with the label ever since, with subsequent albums including Heavenly Harmonies (2008), Song of Songs (2009), Puer natus est (2010), Tune thy Musicke to Thy Hart (2012), and Passion and Resurrection (which includes the group’s first commission and first foray into contemporary music, John McCabe’s Woefully Arrayed).

Find out more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stile_Antico_(vocal_ensemble)

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Recording of the Week, 2019 Christmas Selections

29th November 2019

David picks out three of this year's Christmas releases, featuring Septura (with guest appearance from Derek Jacobi), Stile Antico, and the late Stephen Cleobury in his valedictory service at the helm of Carols from King's.

Interview, Giaches de Wert from Stile Antico

28th February 2017

Katherine talks to baritone Will Dawes about the group's latest recording, focusing on the music of the Italian-domiciled Flemish composer.

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