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…the superb singers of Stile Antico are up to the challenge of presenting all the required moods from pious restraint… to melting abandon… a magnificent display of the very best kind of polyphonic... — More…
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Jeremiah
David Orlowsky (clarinet)
Singer Pur
Offer, Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John’s
Timothy Ravalde (organ), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Helen Scarbrough (cor anglais), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Graham Walker (cello)
Choir of St John’s College, Andrew Nethsingha
the poised, sentient performance of Allegri's famous Miserere opening the disc bespeaks dedicated preparation, both technical and spiritual. I like the spatial variegations drawn by [Andrew Nethsinga]...and... — More…
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Roma æterna
Two Roman masses
Tim Keeler (countertenor), Andrew Fuchs (tenor) & Jonathan Woody (bass-baritone)
New York Polyphony
The all-male, one-to-a-part treatment adopted here is rare, not to say unique…New York Polyphony’s approach is almost intimate, its details articulated from within…the blend and unanimity of... — More…
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Palestrina: Messa di Santa Cecilia
Ensemble Officium
In the late 1580s a group of Roman musicians, including Palestrina, produced a rich 12-part mass in honour of St. Cecilia. This premiere recording has fine choral singing, beautifully recorded. — More…
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An Evening With Leopold Stokowski
Brussels Philharmonic, Richard Egarr (direction)
This vivid act of reclamation has so much to teach, and to enjoy. It shows that Stokowski's arrangements were made not only with love but acuity; that their flair and poetry may survive beyond... — More…
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Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Ensemble Officium, Wilfried Rombach
It's as though these singers wished to strip the work of some of its more portentous, mythical accretions; it's an almost understated performance, though by no means lacking in commitment. — More…
Offer, Philippe Rogier: Polychoral Works
Magnificat & His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, Philip Cave
Following the Spanish custom these performances accompany some of these pieces with a glorious jamboree of instruments doubling and decorating the vocal lines; this creates a particularly awesome... — More…
Roma Triumphans
Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM), Christopher Jackson
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Light of the Spirit
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown