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…the superb singers of Stile Antico are up to the challenge of presenting all the required moods from pious restraint… to melting abandon… a magnificent display of the very best kind of polyphonic... — More…
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Superbly recorded, it is a masterclass in outstanding breadth of interpretation, balance and total teamwork … the group’s ‘worker’s co-operative’ ethos continues to reap dividends with, on this... — More…
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Offer, Gombert - Tribulatio et angustias
Four- & five-part motets
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (director)
This is the first disc to focus on the core of Gombert, his motets. What we know of his troubled life and extant music suggests that he was not a 'Laetentur coeli' sort of composer, and so the... — More…
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Cinquecento captures the work's meditative quality to profound effect, the all-male vocal ensemble creating an aptly plangent sonority and a tone of high seriousness. Using just six singers,... — More…
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Music for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon
With their boyish-sounding sopranos and youthful male voices, Chapelle du Roi produces a light, fresh sound, with aptly restrained and understated expressive gestures. …there is something strangely... — More…
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The singing is beautifully tidy and expressive, and the CD is a useful way to decid which of their CDs you would like to explore further. — More…
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Gombert: Motets, Chansons And Magnificat
Noel Bisson (soprano)
Capella Alamire, Woodman Consort of Viols, Peter Urquhart
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In the Beginning
Beth Mackay (mezzo-soprano) & Natasha Tyrwhitt-Drake (organ scholar)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips (directors)
The 18 uninterrupted minutes of Copland's a cappella In the Beginning are a major test of any choir's stamina and concentration, and it's one the Mertonians pass with confidence...[Beth Mackay]... — More…
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Scattered Ashes
Magnificat, Philip Cave
The music on these two discs ranges from austere to luxuriant, urgent to serene. Magnificat’s director Philip Cave shapes poised, subtly expressive and finely balanced readings from the vocal... — More…
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$24.00
Offer, Franco-Flemish Masterworks
Hilliard Ensemble
8 CDs
($30.00) $16.50
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