Download, Duruflé (composer)
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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It’s music Trotter knows intimately, and it shows – even when refracted through the very English-sounding organ of King’s College, Cambridge, an instrument on which he cut his teeth as Organ... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Instrumental
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Special offer. Debussy: Nocturnes and Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Ticciati’s performances are relaxed and lyrical, and recorded in splendid sound. Taking the Duruflé first, the sound opens up impressively in the big moments, with exhilarating climaxes in the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Special offer. Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
RecommendedKen Cowan (organ), Cecilia Duarte (mezzo-soprano), Norman Fischer (cello)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Recorded in warm, though not too reverberant acoustics, the choir’s tone is open and bright, and they and their conductor are sensitive to Duruflé’s demands. While they can be dramatic when... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Choral Performance
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Special offer. Duruflé: Requiem
Patricia Bardon (contralto), Ashley Riches (baritone)
The Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
The unaccompanied Quatre Motets are neatly presented, if a touch glib and emotionally reticent. Probably the best performance here is of the Messe Cum Jubilo for baritones, where the singers’... — More…
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Special offer. Durufle: Requiem & Poulenc: Lenten Motets
Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The choir is magnificent, emerging through former Trinity organ scholar Harrison Cole’s adroitly chosen organ textures in the Introit, yet producing searing radiance in the climax of the Sanctus.... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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This is the day
Music on royal occasions
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Aurora Orchestra & Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
Elin Manahan Thomas is impressive with her poise and limpidity...The Cambridge Singers, outstandingly fresh and communicative throughout under John Rutter's expert, energising direction, excel... — More…
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Special offer. Organs of Edinburgh
Usher Hall – John Kitchen, St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly, Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson, Freemasons’ Hall – Timothy Byram-Wigfield, St Andrew’s & St George’s West Parish Church – Michael Harris, Broughton St Mary’s...
This is a magnificent package, fully befitting its subject...The entire collection is a veritable treasure-trove, a feast for lovers of organ music...Just 2,000 copies of this will ever be published... — More…
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A pleasant selection of French music from over 2000 years, ranging from Gregorian chant to 20th-century motets. A tidy interpretation from Vox Clamantis, with a delicate top line. — More…
