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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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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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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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In Terra Pax
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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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Requiem - Music for All Souls & All Saints
Matthew Jorysz, Peter Harrison (organ)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
a marvellously sustained and thought-through performance by the Clare College students...Careful but unobtrusive detail is paid to dynamic detail...a firm, enthusiastic recommendation. — More…
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New, Even Such Is Time
The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge, David Rowland
A lot of thought has gone into this programme of English choral works. Occasionally the singers, especially the tenors, sound a little stretched. — More…
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Offer, Leighton - Orchestral Works Volume 2
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Despite its monumental aspect the Sinfonia mistica is essentially a personal, intimate work, and it gets a moving performance here, Richard Hickox judging to a nicety the various movements' complex... — More…
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James Gilchrist sings Leighton & Britten
James Gilchrist (tenor) & Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Gilchrist is an impressively rounded advocate. His enunciation is superb, his melodic phrasing is always wonderfully musical; he can be seductive, but at times there's an eloquent astringency... — More…