Williams, Roderick
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From Weelkes we have the immensely subtle Hark all ye lovely saints, set to springy, vertiginous changes of metre beautifully negotiated by the singers, and his In nomine a 4, performed in a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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I can confirm that Williams is on splendid form, responding with impeccable technique, burnished tone and perceptive observation throughout. — More…
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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... — More…
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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This disc contains more strikingly diverse sounds than the title New England Choirworks might suggest…Tawnie Olson’s Magnificat immediately grabs attention with its pungent evocations of Bulgarian... — More…
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1 2 3 11 Barnaby Robson (clarinet), Fiona Harris (piano), Simon Chamberlain (piano), Rebecca Chamber (viola)
By no means a conventionally programmed recital, but one that consistently piques the listener’s attention. — More…
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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... — More…
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Williams’s voice, with its smooth production and clear, unforced high notes, is well suited to the French mélodie, while his pronunciation is excellent. The Poulenc and Honegger songs are particularly... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Most conservative in idiom are those of Roderick Williams, moonlighting from his day-job as a baritone. His St John setting O Guiding Night is striking for the instinctive word-setting and audibly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Good Night, Beloved
Alexandra Kidgell, Mark Dobell, George Pooley, Rob Macdonald, Christopher Glynn (piano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Kirsty Hopkins
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The album is an enchanting collection of works loosely themed around the night, from lullabies and nocturnes to the music of late-night revelry. The disc’s title track is a highlight: ‘Good... — More…
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