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CD, Wood, C (composer)
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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New. Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Jonathan Lee (organ), Harrison Cole (organ)
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
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Special offer. From the vaults of Westminster Cathedral
RecommendedA procession of chant & polyphony from Advent to Christmas & the Epiphany and Presentation of our Lord
Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment), & Martin Baker (organ improvisations)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker
Epiphany brings Monteverdi's Messa a 4 da cappella, whose polyphonic complexities elicit a confidently assertive response from the choir, with fine internal balances between the voice sections. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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In the first movement, I love the way Madeleine Mitchell and her colleagues let the music unfold in a natural manner, as though they were treading the very contours of Howell’s beloved landscape... — More…
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Bathed in a haze of sound, the crystal-clear voices of Ensemble Altera delight in held suspensions and crunchy chords. Glorious! — More…
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Special offer. Christmas with True Concord
Carols in the American Voice
True Concord Voices & Orchestra, Eric Holtan
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Special offer. Parry: Songs of Farewell & works by Stanford, Gray & Wood
George Purves (treble)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O’Donnell
The ensemble rides that acoustic knowingly, using its echo and harbouring its resonance, but the anatomy of its sound is as distinctive as it is lopsided: trebles capable of pinpoint accuracy,... — More…
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The voice of experience meets the voice of youth in this album contrasting the voices of Bowman, a countertenor, and Swait, a boy chorister.
Swait's voice is clear, bright and tuned with innate... — More… -
Great Cathedral Anthems Vol. 10
Andrew Johnstone (organ)
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Mark Duley
