Robert King
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Monteverdi - Vespers
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Daniel Auchincloss & Nicholas Mulroy
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Despite four wonderful volumes of Monteverdi's sacred music from The King's Consort, nothing will prepare you for the ecstatic consequences of taking seriously at least one aspect of Monteverdi's... —
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Building a Library, April 2007, First Choice
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Building a Library, December 2010, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Deborah
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort, New College Choir, Oxford, Choristers Of Salisbury Cathedral, Robert King
Superb ... The recording is another of these inspired ventures by Hyperion into music we ought to know better —
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Vivaldi - Cello Concertos
Jonathan Cohen (cello) & Sarah McMahon (cello)
The King’s Consort, Robert King (director, harpsichord)
Cohen is an expressive player with a feeling for articulate phrasing who responds readily to the poetry of slow movements… The King's Consort under Robert King's direction from the harpsichord... —
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Special offer. Boccherini & d’Astorga: Stabat mater
Susan Gritton, Sarah Fox (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Outstanding performances —
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Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans, RV644
Ann Murray, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Susan Bickley, Sarah Connolly, Jean Rigby
King's Consort, Robert King
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Special offer. Knüpfer: Sacred Music
Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Lisa Beckley, Susan Hamilton, Julie Cooper (sopranos), James Bowman, Robin Blaze (countertenors), James Gilchrist, Charles Daniels (tenors) & Peter Harvey, Michael George, Robert Evans (basses)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
There is no respect in which the vocal and instrumental performances or the recording fail to do justice to a composer whose revival is long overdue. I strongly recommend you to discover this... —
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Handel: The Choice of Hercules
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), with Susan Gritton (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo soprano)
King's Consort, Robert King
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Elegy – Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
Iestyn Davies, James Hall (countertenors)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies is the headline artist on the cover; but in fact he duets with James Hall on notably equal terms, the two voices subtly differing in timbre but compatible in articulation and expressivity.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
RecommendedEmma Kirkby, James Bowman & John Mark Ainsley
New College Choir & King's Consort, Robert King
With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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