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A Rose Magnificat
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
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…
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Offer, On Christmas Night
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Carols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... — More…
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Offer, A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey
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Robert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
An ambitious and superbly sung programme, sympathetically framed within the choir's spaciously atmospheric home acoustic. — More…
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A Christmas Anthology
Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)
City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections. — More…
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out of the bran tub comes my favourite Christmas choral disc of 2009 - Joy in the morning, another wide-ranging collection from Jeffrey Skidmore's excellent Birmingham-based choir, Ex Cathedra.... — More…
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Offer, 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... — More…
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British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 4
Paul Watkins (cello) & Huw Watkins (piano)
This latest volume of Paul and Huw Watkins's survey of British cello works showcases the expressive range of the instrument which emerged through later 20th-century composition, with adventurous... — More…
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The disc is full of sensitively balanced, expressive performance, most of them sung unaccompanied…A jazzed-up God rest you merry, gentlemen and a chittering Jingle Bells bring fun into the equation,... — More…
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Offer, British Violin Concertos
Paul Patterson, Kenneth Leighton & Gordon Jacob
Clare Howick (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn
Patterson’s piece is the most appealing…Howick is often more muscular than she is nostalgic and that’s fine – especially in the slow movement with its own whiff of stale English modality – and... — More…
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Offer, The Christmas Collection
Christmas carols from medieval times to the present day, both familiar and unfamiliar
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Performed with every virtue and every grace including fresh, firm tone, uncanny precision and the finest possible control of grades and shades of volume. — More…
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