Choral , Masses

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Julie Roset (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo). Lucile Richardot (alto), Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (tenor), Christian Immler (bass), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Special offer. The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd

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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Enfers

Stéphane Degout (baritone) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
Record Review, 24th February 2018, Recording of the Week
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
The Times Records of the Year, 2018
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Vocal
International Opera Awards, 2019, Winner - Recital Album

Special offer. Time & Eternity

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Camerata Bern

BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Concerto Choice
Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Assorted Program
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem

Grace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short

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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice

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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Christian Immler (bass) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki

BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the month
Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Choral
Building a Library, September 2020, Recommended Recording

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Schütz: Musicalische Exequien

Masato Suzuki (organ) Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Recording of the Year
Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Ida Falk Winland (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Baroque Vocal

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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Laura Aikin (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Johannes Chum (tenor) & Ruben Drole (bass) Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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Building A Library, July 2022, Also Recommended

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Stanford: Requiem

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins

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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral

A Prayer For Deliverance

Tenebrae, Nigel Short

BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Choral

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Special offer. Josquin: Masses | Hercules Dux Ferrarie, D'ung aultre amer & Missa Faysant regretz

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips

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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Choral
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Verdi: Requiem

Anja Harteros (soprano), Elīna Garanča (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass) Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Daniel Barenboim

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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording

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Gounod: Cantates et Musique Sacrée | Collection Prix de Rome Vol. 6

The Krasiński Codex

Ensemble Peregrina, Ensemble Dragma, Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett

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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Winners, Early Music
International Classical Music Awards, 2026, Nominated - Early Music
Presto Recording of the Week, 26th December 2025

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Brussels Philharmonic, Flemish Radio Choir, Hervé Niquet

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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral

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Martin: Mass for Double Choir

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell

Building a Library, March 2005, Also Recommended
Gramophone Awards, 1998, Recording of the Year
Gramophone Awards, 1998, Winner - Choral
Penguin Guide, Rosette

Brahms & Bruckner: Motets

Mark Templeton (trombone), Helen Vollam (trombone), Patrick Jackman (trombone), Alexander Mason (organ) Tenebrae, Nigel Short

BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Choral Winner
Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice

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Rossini: Messa di Gloria

Eleonora Buratto (soprano), Teresa Iervolino (contralto), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Michael Spyres (tenor), Carlo Lepore (bass), Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Presto Recording of the Week, 14th October 2022
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Choral Music
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Male Singer of the Year (Spyres)
Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year

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Byrd Edition Volume 5 - The Masses

David Skinner Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood

Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Howells: Requiem & other works

Simon Bland (organ), Hannah Partridge (soprano), Jeremy Cole (organ), Gwilym Bowen (tenor), Laurence Williams (bass), Hannah Partridge (soprano) & Amy Lyddon-Towl (alto) Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton

BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Choral & Song Choice
Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Choral

Alessandro Striggio - Mass in 40 Parts

I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

Presto Recording of the Week, 7th March 2011
Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Early Music
Building a Library, October 2016, Recommended version with mixed voices and instruments
Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2011

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Special offer. Dame Ethel Smyth: Mass in D & Overture to 'The Wreckers'

BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sakari Oramo

Record Review, 5th October 2019, Disc of the Week
Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2019
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019

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Special offer. Echoes of an Old Hall

Gothic Voices

Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music

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Byrd Edition Volume 13 - Infelix ego

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood

Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year

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Monteverdi - Vespers

Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Daniel Auchincloss & Nicholas Mulroy The King’s Consort, Robert King

Building a Library, April 2007, First Choice
Building a Library, December 2010, First Choice
Gramophone Magazine, June 2006, Editor's Choice

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Katherine Watson (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (tenor) & André Morsch (baritone) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

Presto Recording of the Week, 30th March 2018
Record Review, 17th February 2018, Recording of the Week
The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018

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Guerrero: Missa Congratulamini mihi | and other works

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood

Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Early Music
Gramophone Magazine, October 2010, Editor's Choice

American Polyphony

David Allsopp (countertenor), Christopher Lowrey (countertenor) & Robert Millett (percussion) Polyphony, Stephen Layton

Presto Recording of the Week, 6th July 2015
BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Disc of the month
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015

The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina

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Special offer. Gilles Binchois: Loyal Souvenir

Grace Newcombe, Le Miroir de Musique, Baptiste Romain

Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Early

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Dufay: Les Messes à Teneur

Cut Circle, Jesse Rodin

Gramophone Magazine, July 2016, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Early Music

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Special offer. Mozart: Requiem

Chadi Lazreq (treble), Ying Fang (soprano), Beth Taylor (mezzo), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Alex Rosen (bass) Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Choral

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Victoria: Missa Ave Maris Stella

Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill

Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
Penguin Guide, Rosette

Special offer. Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)

Robert Murray (tenor) Gabrieli Consort and Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Chetham's School of Music Brass Ensemble, Paul McCreesh

Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd October 2011
Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Award for Technical Excellence

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Edmund Rubbra: Crucifixus Pro Nobis

Choir of Merton College Oxford, Benjamin Hulett, Benjamin Nicholas

Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Choral

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Special offer. Hummel - Masses Volume 1

Susan Gritton (soprano) Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox

Gramophone Awards, 2002, Finalist - Choral
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Mozart Requiem

Rachel Redmond (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), Le Concert Des Nations, La Cappela Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall

Record Review, 13th May 2023, Record of the Week
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral

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Special offer. Passions

Les Cris de Paris and Geoffroy Jourdain

Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Nouveauté
Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020

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Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Hannah Morrison (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo), Meg Bragle (alto), Kate Symonds-Joy (alto), Peter Davoren (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alex Ashworth (bass), David Shipley (bass) Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal

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Special offer. Biber: Requiem

Freiburger Barockconsort, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier

Record Review, 27th February 2021, Record of the Week
Presto Recording of the Week, 26th February 2021
Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Vocal

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Ferneyhough: La Terre est un Homme

Olivia Robinson (soprano), Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) & Cherith Millburn-Fryer (alto) ensemble recherche, BBC Symphony Orchestra, EXAUDI, Martyn Brabbins, James Weeks

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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
The Times Records of the Year, 2018
The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018

Special offer. Vivaldi: Gloria & Bach: Magnificat

Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner (sopranos), Michael Chance (counter-tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox

Building a Library, December 2018, Recommended Recording

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Special offer. Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Maria Keohane (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Alex Potter (countertenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen

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Building a Library, February 2017, First Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal

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Jacquet of Mantua: Missa Surge Petre & motets

Verdi: Requiem

Anja Harteros (soprano), Sonia Ganassi (mezzo), Rolando Villazon (tenor), René Pape (bass) Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano

Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Disc of the Month
Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Choral
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The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice

BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, Choral & Song Choice
Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Early Music

Rutter: Gloria & Other Sacred Music

Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia & Wallace Collection, Stephen Layton

Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice

Special offer. Verdi: Requiem

Erika Grimaldi (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Francesco Meli (tenor) & Michele Pertusi (baritone) London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

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Anima Sacra

Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Il pomo d’oro, Maxim Emelyanychev

Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
The Times Records of the Year, 2018
Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Solo Vocal Recital (Opera)

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Special offer. Vivaldi: The Great Venetian Mass

Les Arts Florissants (early music ensemble), Paul Agnew (tenor), Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Lucile Richardot (mezzo-soprano), Renata Pokupić (mezzo-soprano)

Record Review, 25th June 2022, Record of the Week
BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Choral & Song Choice

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John Rutter: Requiem

Nicolas Rimmer (organ), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) Choir of Clare College Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, Timothy Brown

Gramophone Magazine, May 2003, Editor's Choice
Penguin Guide, Rosette

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Byrd: The Three Masses

Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker

BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Choral & Song Choice

Jacob Obrecht: Missa Maria Zart

Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull

Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
Gramophone Awards, 2024 Winners, Early Music

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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Rattle

BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Disc of the month
Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Choral
Grammy Awards, 50th Awards (2007), Best Choral Performance

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