Download, Lassus (composer)
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Unaccompanied, the Monteverdi Choir goes back to its roots in a programme which harnesses scholarship and singing of breathtaking beauty. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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The sound image is compelling on its own terms, with the homogeneity typical of ensembles with countertenors on the top lines. But it's a flexible interpretation nonetheless...an involving experience. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Early Music
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Building a Library, December 2016, First Choice
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the music here is exceptionally varied, often florid and requiring no little agility. Its not insubstantial challenges are masterfully met by the admirable Brabant Ensemble. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Early Music
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There seems to be no modern edition of the Agostini and certainly no previous recording; and the pieces recorded here are ample evidence that he was a highly skilled composer. —
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The high point is the vocalists' searching and sublime rendering of the Benedicta es motet with its Magnificat. You may have to find your own reasons for listening to eight Magnificats with... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
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The famed King’s Singers attention to pin-point pitching, slick ensemble, and deft balances between the voices are present in abundance. The two Beatles arrangements are particularly successful…The... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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As an album it radiates an inventive glee similar to Uri Caine’s Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 10/00). Consider the Ikea-esque build-your-own-motet approach of Super flumina Babylonis. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Early Music
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These are all very experienced musicians with marvellous voices and a deep understanding of the repertory; and Philip Cave guides them with a thoroughly experienced and musically thoughtful... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Early Music
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Carissimi: Jonas
Monteverdi - Lassus
Il Giardino Armonico, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Giovanni Antonini
There's lots to enjoy here but I'll return mostly for the Carissimi choruses. —
