Download, MacMillan (composer)
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There’s no doubting that [Shibe] is an artist blessed with grace to spare, and a roar that is fearsome – witness the opening section of Julia Wolfe’s LAD which screams into anguished life before... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Concept Album
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His vivid, trenchant string writing is realised with striking clarity by the Britten Sinfonia in this recording, made just a fortnight after the same performers gave the world premiere last... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Musique Chorale
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Record Review, 4th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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Poetry in Music
Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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Brahms: Symphony No.4 & MacMillan: Larghetto for Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honeck draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European string sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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MacMillan: Since it was the day of preparation…
RecommendedBrindley Sherratt (bass)
Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals
Since it was the day of preparation is on the face of it a chamber piece, with just ten performers needed. Yet in an extraordinarily perceptive and affecting manner it broaches enduring universal... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th June 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories
& other choral works
Peter Stevens (organ), Alexander Hopkins (treble)
Westminster Cathedral Choir & London Brass, Martin Baker
MacMillan creates a magnificent effusion of sound, over which the trebles of the Westminster Cathedral Choir soar dramatically...[the Edinburgh Te Deum] is particularly valuable, further attesting... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Vocal/Choral
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Kenny lacks neither extensive playing experience in chamber, orchestral or operatic contexts nor a brilliant musical imagination. She brings both to bear on these performances of ‘old and new... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Instrumental
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
RecommendedNicholas Daniel (oboe & conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan
[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Contemporary Winner
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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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