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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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This is absolutely superb. We must accept that Josquin is unlikely to have heard this music with two women on the top line, but they do it so well that only a fundamentalist would mark the disc... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Early Music
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The recital's radiant heart is Sheppard's Media Vite, but there are more highlights to come, including an outstanding reading of Holst's Nunc Dimittis, the flowing textures of Harris's Bring... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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The 14 works recorded here make for a rich and heady mix and we should be grateful to Digby and her superb ORA Singers for what proves to be a fascinating musical journey. Digby coaxes a simply... —
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In this recording of Missa Assumpta est Maria Peter Phillips has included the motet on which this work is based, together with another parody mass, the Sicut lilium with its corresponding motet.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1991, Winner - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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The performances - and the music - are highly distinguished...However, a word of warning is appropriate: the music is addictive and once you have sampled it in these exquisite performances you... —
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Francis Xavier - The Route of the Orient
RecommendedDriss El Maloumi & Lahoucine Baquir (oud & percussion) & Senhora del Mundo (voz, psalteri, sarod & tablas)
Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Highlights here include performances by El Maloumi (oud), Zuckermand (sarod) and Seki (shakuhachi), while the singing of Yokio Tanaka (accompanying himself on biwa), though not an easy taste... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2008
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