Building a Library, November 2018
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Stravinsky: Les Noces, Mass & Cantata
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Susan Parry, Jan Kobow, Vsevolod Grivnov & Maxim Mikhailov
RIAS-Kammerchor, MusikFabrik & Ensemble für Neue Musik, Daniel Reuss
Stravinsky loathed superimposed 'expressiveness', and always insisted his music should be executed rather than interpreted. On that basis, this latest release from the RIAS Chamber Choir of... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommendation - Choral & instrumental virtuosity
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Stravinsky & Poulenc: Choral Music RecommendedMarcus Creed (baritone), Richard Morton (tenor)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Simon Preston
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommended - Liturgical
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Three Russian Sacred Choruses & other choral works
RecommendedMary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Bogdan (tenor), Fred Sherry (cello), Stephen Taylor (oboe), Melanie Feld (oboe and cor anglais), Michael Parloff and Bart Feller (flutes) & David Wilson-Johnson (narrator)
The Simon Joly Chorale, The Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s &...
Any Stravinsky recording making the point that the 20th century's paramount composer wrote more than just a few early ballet scores (however great those are) is resoundingly welcome, and even... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Historical Recommendation
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle RecommendedDaniela Dessi (soprano), Gloria Scalchi (mezzo), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), Michele Pertusi (bass-baritone)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly
A proper representative of the orchestrated version of the Petite messe has been long overdue.
Chailly's performance is a glorious heartwarming affair. Not that you're likely to be convinced... — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, May 2001, Recommended Orchestral Version
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedSimon Bucher (piano), Andreas Grasle (harmonium)
Kirchheimer Vokal-Consort, Tonu Kaljuste
Kaljuste's forward-pressing tempi provide an element of urgency that acts both viscerally and spiritually. The Rossinian sense of joy is palpable yet the performance also etches in that undertow... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommended Recording
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Mass & Canticum Sacrums
RecommendedJohn Mark Ainsley, Stephen Roberts, Iain Simcock, Martin Baker
The City of London Sinfonia, Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommended Recording
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Couperin, F: Trois Leçons de Ténèbres RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Veronique Gens (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
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Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Hilary Summers (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), Gary Cooper (19th-century piano), Matthew Halls (19th-century piano) & Mark Williams (harmonium)
The Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
I like the fact that the overall effect isn't operatic, and that every attempt seems to have been made to be faithful to Rossini's original intentions. That includes the acoustic, which sounds... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Also Recommended
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Miserere: Clérambault & Couperin
RecommendedIsabelle Druet, Hasnaa Bennani, Claire Lefilliâtre
Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre
These performances, in a nicely-captured resonant acoustic, are engaging and expertly ornamented. Hasnaa Bennani is particularly affecting in the first of Couperin's Lessons for the Wednesday... — More…
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Stravinsky: Choral Works
RecommendedRuby Hughes (soprano) & Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh & Scottish Chamber Orchestra Soloists, Duncan Ferguson
Edinburgh's mixed cathedral choir bring vernal freshness to the cantata. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Recommended - Liturgical
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