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Pious Anthems and Voluntaries aspires, in Finnissy’s words, ‘to be a work of guts and brains’. It embodies both in spades…Nethsingha and his forces do it proud. Indeed one of their greatest achievements... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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On Christmas Night RecommendedCarols 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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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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This superior seasonal disc, chiefly of carols (some with organ played by Luke Bond), is satisfyingly divided into three parts: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Each starts with a plainchant,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Christmas Choice
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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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The virtuosic intensity of Finnissy’s writing is on display throughout, and each work demands utter conviction from its performers as well as rock-solid technique. Weeks’s EXAUDI have complete... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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A programme of subtle and absorbing sounds. Despite the occasional clustery outburst, Michael Finnissy's piano style envelops bristlingly ornamented, irregular melodic lines in a haze of sustaining... — More…
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[In James Dillon's 'A Roaring Flame'] the Gaelic and Provencal texts and sinuous vocal line give the music a haunting beauty, which is realised with superb concentration by both performers. — More…
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This is rather special. Perhaps the greatest pleasure of this disc is Finnissy's re-evaluation in each piece of the modes of interaction between the four musicians of this time-honoured medium:... — More…
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Michael Finnissy: Mississippi Hornpipes
The Music for Violin and Piano
Darragh Morgan (violin), Mary Dullea (piano), Michael Finnissy (additional keyboards)
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Michael Finnissy: Choralvorspiele & Andersen-Liederkreis
Mark Knoop (piano), Juliet Fraser (soprano)
The piano-writing [in Choralvorspiele] ranges from manic to stark: from the note-spinning of the fifth movement, reminiscent of the ‘High’ Baroque at its most obsessive, to, at the other extreme,... — More…
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