Instrumental, Organ Solos, Howells (composer)
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Howells: Cello Concerto & An English Mass
Guy Johnston (cello), Stephen Cleobury (organ)
Britten Sinfonia, King's College Choir Cambridge, King's Voices, Christopher Seaman
Seaman conducts a by turns atmospheric and lively account of the Concerto, while a movement of An English Mass – the ‘Credo’ – is conducted to striking effect by Ben Parry. Cleobury conducts... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Howells - Sacred Choral Music
RecommendedIain Farrington (organ)
St. John's College Choir, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The St. Johns Choir has never sounded better, and the recorded sound is glorious: clear and clean, but with great warmth and a sense of space. The finely nuanced performances are impressively... —
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Building a Library, November 2008, First Choice
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Howells: Collegium Regale 'King's College Cambridge Service'
& other choral works
Owain Park (organ)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The Evening Service boasts some beautifully controlled singing from the sopranos in particular, their deft tapering of quiet dynamics in the Magnificat heightening the introspective quality... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Choral
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Trinity Sunday at Westminster Abbey
A sequence of music as might be heard in the Abbey on Trinity Sunday
Robert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
James O'Donnell proves himself master of two Westminster traditions: the Collegiate Abbey style is as assured as his former 'continental' Cathedral persona. Best of the persuasively-layered... —
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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
This is a priceless record not only of the centenary of the most famous carol service in the world, but of the last to be directed by Sir Stephen Cleobury after 37 years at the helm of chapel... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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Following eight highly acclaimed discs of 'Organ Fireworks', the winning combination of Christopher Herrick and Hyperion turn their attention towards the calmer and more reflective repertory... —
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…Liszt's Ad nos… is magisterial, its 30-minute span commandingly paced, its grandeur and rhapsody held in equilibrium. As for the concluding Toccata by Marcel Lanquetuit, move over Widor!... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Editor's Choice
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If, as the disc’s title seems to suggest, the organ is the star first and foremost here, it’s apt. The St Paul’s organ has got guts and fire in its belly – despite being scheduled for a major... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2007, Editor's Choice
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British Music Collection - Herbert Howells
RecommendedGregory Moore (cantor), Simon Williams (tenor), Peter Barley (organ)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Cleobury's Kings College singers are in their element, particularly so when singing music written specifically for them! Peter Barley's renditions of some of Howells' delightful organ works... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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An East Riding Treasure
Robert Poyser plays the restored Organ of Beverley Minster
Robert Poyser (organ of Beverley Minster)
