CD, Skempton (composer)
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Special offer. Skempton: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto & The Moon is Flashing
Roderick Williams (baritone), James Gilchrist (tenor), Tim Horton (piano), Ensemble 360
These are lovely, subtle works, and I hope that Skempton finds a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Listeners who appreciate the music of Gavin Bryars probably will respond to Skempton... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Here is a deeply satisfying, centuries-spanning, thought-provoking debut album by the fine choral ensemble Echo...The highlight of the album is Howard Skempton’s luminous Yeats setting ‘He wishes... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
RecommendedChristopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins
[Skempton] judges the balance between reiteration and variety to perfection, while the typical Skempton traits – clarity, deceptive simplicity and apparently familiar yet fresh and capricious... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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A Garland For John McCabe
An anthology of tributes from 19 composers
Linda Merrick (clarinet), John Turner (recorder), Alistair Vennart (viola), Peter Lawson (piano)
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Special offer. The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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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... — More…
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Christmas in Canada, courtesy of this silk-toned, impeccably mannered ensemble of adult singers. The Elora's airiness and ease of voice production is very noticeable, with excellent enunciation. — More…
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From the gorgeously shaped performance of Morten Lauridsen’s modern classic O magnum mysterium which opens the programme, to the urgent, ardent account of James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Special offer. Howard Skempton - Ben Somewhen
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group & EXAUDI, James Weeks
Howard Skempton's music sounds deceptively easy. Openness to simplicity is one of the hardest qualities to nurture in music, and it is the heart and soul of Skempton's creativity. Exaudi is... — More…
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