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RecommendedByrd - Gibbons - Bull - Sweelinck
Mishka Rushdie Momen (piano)
Less dramatic [than Kit Armstrong's 2021 album] but more even-tempered and sometimes even delightfully sentimental, Momen’s approach is different but no less satisfying. I admired Armstrong’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th July 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Early Music
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Sunday Times, 20 Best Classical Albums of 2024
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There will be many recordings of Byrd's music in this 400th anniversary year of his death, but few will match the superb balance and poise of these performances from Stile Antico. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Combining Tallis and Gesualdo with modern/contemporary composers such as Sarah Rimkus, Gerda Blok-Wilson and the late Veljo Tormis can be tricky for an ensemble, but the Gesualdo Six and Owain... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The musical imagination of The Cardinall's Music does full justice to that of Byrd. The group's delivery is a sensual delight, as an individual singer's colours will flash up in polyphonic... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year
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Armstrong’s playing is both expressive and technically brilliant, a combination here in constant demand as the ornamentation is intricate and often dizzyingly fast. And they run the emotional... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th December 2021
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The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. —
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Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Clare College Choir is fairly substantial and they sing in a harmonious and touching manner, as in their reverent account of the chordal textures of Palestrina’s Magnificat and Byrd’s Emendemus... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th January 2025
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International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Laurence Dreyfus (himself something of a Renaissance man), combines rigorous intellect with sensitive musicianship...Ensemble and intonation are flawless; keen rhythms and feather-light bowing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th June 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Early Music
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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New. Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England
The Queen's Six, Rose Consort of Viols