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Download, Bryars (composer)
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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 Fifth Century is signature Bryars but no less affecting for its familiar soundworld...The text is fascinating...but it is equally possible to allow the words to wash over you entirely and... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Best Choral Performance
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Fretwork takes everything in its expertly burnished stride. Muhly’s provocative vigour is answered by the soulful musings of the Bryars, and a consort respray of Bull’s keyboard In Nomine in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Chamber Choice
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Bryars - On Photography
Edgars Saksons (percussion), Janis Maleckis (piano) & Gavin Bryars (harmonium)
Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava
The choir's every bit as good as Bryars says it is, with a focused and clear yet wonderfully rich sound. The recordings, made in two churches in the Latvian capital Riga, are a marvel, capturing... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2006, Editor's Choice
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Harpsichord pandemonium – thrills and thought provocation for commoners and connoisseurs alike. — More…
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A Worcester Ladymass
Anna Maria Friman, Linn Andrea Fuglseth & Torunn Østrem Ossum (voice)
Trio Mediaeval
The whole programme flows together beautifully and the Trio's diction and tone perfectly combines celestial purity and perfection with human warmth and vulnerability. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Gavin Bryars's music and the special qualities of the Latvian Radio Choir fit one another like hand and glove. And the glorious acoustic of Riga Cathedral lends its aura to his CadmanRequiem... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, Editor's Choice
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