CD, Tavener (composer)
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Tavener: No longer mourn for me & other works for cello
Steven Isserlis (cello), Matthew Rose (bass), Abi Sampa (vocals)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir, Omer Meir Wellber
These are among Tavener’s most powerful works. They are magnificently performed. Those simple points could easily be lost in the necessity of charting not just the diverse range of music and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winer - Premiere Award
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Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes’s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception...A disc... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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There may have been many Tavener choral CDs in recent years, but this one is very special. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Choral
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This affecting collection contains music for mourning and remembrance...The great experience and skill of these singers provide perfect tuning in pieces such as Tallis’s In ieiunio (sung at... —
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One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... —
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Vaughan Williams, Macmillan & Tavener: Choral Works
James Tweedie (treble), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Julian Stocker (tenor), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Brown (bass), Benji Rimington (treble), Stuart O'Hara (bass), Freddie Ursell Beer (treble), David Gould (countertenor), William Balkwill (tenor), David Martin (countertenor), Tristram Cooke (countertenor),...
James O’Donnell masterminds an account of Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor to rank alongside the finest to have come my way...In sum, this classy collection will surely give lasting pleasure. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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Bestion’s singers are very flexible, and frequently superb...they are equal to Scelsi’s quartertones; and they can sing ‘straight’ when needed. These stylistic shifts are not jarring. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Music for Remembrance
Roderick Williams (baritone), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Westminster Abbey Choir & Britten Sinfonia, James O’Donnell
This is an exquisite performance of the Durufle Requiem...The playing of the Britten Sinfonia is superb, Robert Quinney's fluid, immensely colourful organ-playing a joy to behold and Roderick... —
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As a concept, this collection of songs inspired by rugged British landscapes is intriguing. The delivery is powerful, but borders on twee at moments. —
