Download, Chilcott (composer)
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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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A spooky, flickering account of Elgar’s Owls underlines the ability of Short and his outstandingly responsive singers to create riveting atmosphere, and communicate to the listener the import... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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The Tallis is performed with a suitably gorgeous sound by ORA, even if this listener yearned for more sonic bite at times, but the choir soars in the disc’s new commissions. Alongside richly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Ensemble (choral)
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Bob Chilcott: Canticles of Light
Dagmara Kołodziej-Gorczyczyńska, Aleksandra Turalska, Sebastian Mach, National Forum Of Music Choir, Instrumentalists of the Wrocław Philharmonic, Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny
Chilcott’s Move him into the sun dates from 2018, and commemorates the centenary of war poet Wilfred Owen’s death. Tenor Sebastian Mach’s plangent solo in ‘Apologia pro Poemate meo’ is a highlight... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Composer of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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This album stems from a lockdown project designed to lif t the spirits, and boy does it still do so. The choir is warm and, as ever, pitch perfect, but it’s Taylor Scott Davis’s sparkling ,... —
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Special offer. Bob Chilcott: The Rose in the Middle of Winter
RecommendedCarols by Bob Chilcott
Commotio, Matthew Berry
Chilcott share Rutter's facility with melody...An ex-chorister himself, he also sets words very naturally....Chilcott's music is often more demanding than Rutter's, but that's no problem for... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Highlights include Lisa Robertson’s inventive, ethereal a cappella vision ...a link in a chain...; MacMillan’s complex, 11-minute Nothing in vain...and a thrilling performance of the ‘For Lo,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, Editor's Choice
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News of Great Joy: Christmas From St John's College, Oxford
The Choir of St John's College, Oxford
David Bannister
The performances are, in the best sense, unpretentious – there’s no straining after forced jollity or attention-grabbing effects, and each individual voice is comfortably embedded within the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Christmas Choice
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Christmas is often treated as a time of extroverted celebration, intimacy is the keynote of Noël, the Armonico Consort’s new seasonal collection. That’s partly because the choir has just eleven... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Christmas Choice
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