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Download, Sullivan, A (composer)
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This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Limited Or the Flowers of Progress
RecommendedNeal Davies (King Paramount), Ellie Laugharne (Princess Zara), Yvonne Howard (Lady Sophy), William Morgan (Captain Fitzbattleaxe), Richard Suart (Scaphio), Arthur Bruce (Phantis)
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera & Chorus, Derek Clark
Clark has an easy, affectionate touch in this repertoire, and the cast includes some of the finest Savoyards of both the older (Richard Suart, Yvonne Howard) and younger (Ellie Laugharne, William... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th June 2025
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator)
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Richard Egarr brings springy energy to the score...Elizabeth Watts's Josephine has a mischievous touch. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Plaudits all round to Richard Hickox and his excellent Manchester band (and the Chandos production team) for at last granting Sullivan's Irish symphony the first wholly recommendable digital... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2001, Editor's Choice
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[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Finalist
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Sullivan, A: The Mikado
RecommendedDonald Adams (The Mikado), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Nanki-Poo), Richard Suart (Ko-Ko), Felicity Palmer (Katisha), Marie McLaughlin (Yum-Yum), Richard Van Allan (Pooh-Bah), Nicholas Folwell (Pish-Tush)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Building a Library, May 2017, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Rose in Bloom
RecommendedErin Morley (soprano), Gerald Martin Moore (piano), Ransom Wilson (flute)
At the heart of the album is the cycle Huit Chansons de Fleurs, by Ricky Ian Gordon. He’s no slouch when it comes to picturing words in his music – so we have drunken bees teetering along the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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Special offer. O Holy Night – A Merton Christmas
Choir of Merton College, Oxford & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Nicholas
There are many vibrantly, energetic moment here…In many ways, though, the best singing comes in quieter moment: Elizabeth Poston’s Jesus Christ the apple tree, with the top line sweetly profiled... — More…
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
RecommendedThomas Round (Ralph), Jean Hindmarsh (Josephine), Jeffrey Skitch (Captain Corcoran), Gillian Knight (Buttercup), Donald Adams (Dick Deadeye), Joyce Wright (Hebe), George Cook (Bill Bobstay), Eric Wilson-Hyde (Bob Becket)
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Isidore...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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One would have to travel very far to find an album of British a cappella (mostly) music as beautifully sung as this...The Sixteen’s singing, like Mike Hatch’s recording, is as excellent as one... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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