Christopher Robinson
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Howells - Sacred Choral Music
RecommendedIain Farrington (organ)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The St. Johns Choir has never sounded better, and the recorded sound is glorious: clear and clean, but with great warmth and a sense of space. The finely nuanced performances are impressively... —
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Leighton - Sacred Choral Music
Christopher Whitton (organ), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), James Oxley (tenor)
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Our reviewer summed up: 'In this business of record-reviewing I find, on the positive side, music and performances I like, more that I admire, some that I love, but not much that evokes affirmation... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2004, Editor's Choice
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Elgar - Sacred Choral Music
Jonathan Vaughn (organ)
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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Stanford - Anthems and Services
Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The mean old saying, 'Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach', would have withered in the presence of Stanford; and no doubt one of the reasons why he was such a great teacher is that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Benjamin Britten - Sacred Choral Music
Iain Farrington (organ), Benedict Giles (treble), Malcolm Green (bass), Simon Wall (tenor), Thomas Williams (alto), Joseph Helps (treble), Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble), Christopher de la Hoyde (alto), William Goldring (treble), Edward Minton (treble), Ben Harrison (treble)
St. John's College...
With Britten comes the thought of high voices: boys' voices that on this Naxos disc belong to the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge… the St. John's singers roundly capture the elusive tonal... —
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Tavener: Song for Athene, Svyati & other choral music
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
If John Tavener's reputation were to rest solely on his unaccompanied choral music and nothing else, then his stature as one of the most striking and original composers working today would be... —
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Vaughan Williams: Hymns & Choral Music
Worcester Cathedral, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Christopher Robinson, Douglas Guest
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Roger Judd (organ)
St George's Chapel Choir, Windsor, Christopher Robinson
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Rubbra - Sacred Choral Music
Robert Houssart (organ), Edward Lyon (tenor), Jonathan Bungard (tenor), Laurence Keegan-Fischer (treble), Thomas Williams (alto)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
Christopher Robinson and his St John's College Choir prove especially eloquent, humane advocates of the eight-part Missa Cantuariensis. We've long needed a top-notch digital recording of this,... —
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Lennox Berkeley's church music has now entered the cathedral lists – both Anglican and Roman – to an extent unthinkable even 10 years ago. He was a pious Catholic, and much of his music is rooted... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2003, Editor's Choice
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