Choir of Magdalen College Oxford
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The choir pay immaculate attention to Muhly's settings, his harmonies and his dissonance, by turns uplifting, calm, evocative, direct. The effect is very much of a live thing, ineffably human. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd May 2026
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Special offer. Voices of Thunder - Works for Choir & Organ
The Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams
The installation of a new pipe organ, like any long-awaited new arrival, is always best marked with some kind of celebratory fanfare such as this splendid, generously filled disc...Another triumph... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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The Pillar of the Cloud
Five Centuries of Oxford Anthems
The Choir Of Magdalen College, Oxford, Mark Williams
There’s some wonderfully, unfairly unfashionable repertoire here…Magdalen’s sound has always had an unmannered, forthright quality to it, something Williams celebrates in the jagged, ecstatic... —
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Special offer. Peace I Leave With You - Music for the Evening Hour
Sebastian Hill (tenor), Milo Hodgkiss (tenor), Peter Brooks (bass-baritone), Alexander Pott, Benjamin Watkins (bass-baritone), Francis Brown (bass-baritone), Henry Isaacs, Maurice Cole (tenor), Choir of Magdalen College Oxford, Mark Williams
Among the contemporary offerings, the always responsive, well-integrated choral forces bring a serene, reverential simplicity to John Tavener’s setting of The Lord’s Prayer and in Roxanna Panufnik's... —
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this is not just another collection of well-worn favourites...Nor are the hymns simply belted out, but are sung with the refinement and care that such well-crafted pieces deserve. —
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Away in a Manger
A children's nativity
Susan Smith, Felicity Souter, Margaret Howard, Martin Souter (piano), South Oxfordshire Youth Music and Drama Group, Martin Souter and Lin Marsh, Victoria Davies, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford and Stephen Darlington, Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring, Musical Box of Magdalen College, Oxford, Southend...
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Sing, Precious Music
Five Centuries of Music from Magdalen
The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Mark Williams
The Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford has boasted a choir for nigh on five and a half centuries; and, recorded in the Chapel of Merton, this eclectic love letter to itself tracks a snapshot... —
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Special offer. Arise My Love - Music For the Break of Day
Alexander Potts, Flavius Dumitru, Alexander Pott, Henry Morris, Julian Hartley (tenor), Maurice Cole (tenor), Aidan MacLean (tenor), Ioan O'Reilly (bass-baritone), Blaise Durodie, Joseph Wragg (bass-baritone), Sadie Bosher (vocalist), Joshua Kenney (tenor), John Morshead (bass-baritone), Choir of...
The choir sings with a classic English cathedral sound: softedged attack, little concern for hyper-precision, and a treble sound marked by a gentle, airy breathiness...Not every piece convinces... —
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Christopher Tye - Latin & English Church Music
Richard Pinel (organ)
Byrde Recorder Consort, The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bill Ives
The English settings, dating from Edward VI's reign, are mainly in a concise, straightforward style designed to make the words fully intelligible. Magdalen College Choir, on top form throughout,... —
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A Child Is Born
Carols and music for Christmas
Martin Souter, Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring
The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, English Renaissance, The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, The Oxford Girls' Choir, James Weeks, Michael Stoddart, Grayston Ives, Richard Vendome
