Business update: Our website remains open for orders. However, delays in postal and courier services mean that deliveries are currently taking longer than usual
Browse: Gramophone Awards, Renaissance (era)
Return to Gramophone Awards.
CD
$14.75In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
In War & Peace
Recommended
Harmony Through Music
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Though the top of her voice is wiry under pressure, her coloratura is tightly sprung, her diction is flawless, and her phrasing of the often underrated poetry is sympathetic and sophisticated…Il... — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.75In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
The 12 voices of Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis put their faith in tonal focus and sweetly balanced textures. Though one might expect from that a certain coolness, their singing produces music-making... — More…
Awards:
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Perpetual Night
17th Century Ayres and Songs
Lucile Richardot (contralto)
Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
The title may be ‘Perpetual Night’ but there’s absolutely nothing gloomy or unremitting about this delicious disc and its chiaroscuro play of shading and texture…Lawes and Locke may never quite... — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Western Wind
Recommended
Music 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…
Awards:
CD
$14.75In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
This is a marvellously handled recording conjuring up a ‘live’ event that is greatly aided by the opening bell-ringing and the ethereal spacious surround of the chanting. — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
The sound image is compelling on its own terms, with the homogeneity typical of ensembles with countertenors on the top lines. But it's a flexible interpretation nonetheless...an involving experience. — More…
Awards:
CD
$14.75In stock
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
Harmonia Mundi's production has all the sumptuousness of the original Medici spectacle...The performances are highly polished, chorus and ensemble, producing a glossy and liberally embellished... — More…
Awards:
2 CDs + Book
$18.00Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
This is likely to become one of your most cherished discs. It's notable for its spacious depth of sound, volatile unpredictability of interpretation, and above all the soaring sostenuto of the... — More…
