Choral, Hymns, Howells (composer)
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Howells: Requiem & other works
RecommendedSimon 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
In a work intended to console, it's important that the actual sound the choir makes is warmly consoling. It certainly is in this new Trinity College recording of Howells's 1932 Requiem...It's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Choral
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Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare
RecommendedHelena Dix (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Bach Choir, David Hill
The combined forces certainly make a glorious noise, at its most impressive with the extensive Gloria section. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st May 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
They create a sense of isolation within the sadness of King David; they capture Ireland's responses to the poetry of Hardy, Sidney and Symons with total commitment; and they respond with sentience... —
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New. This Place
Imperial College Chamber Choir, Catherine James, Iona Biggart, Daniel Kaupa, Patrick Allies
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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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In Winter's House: Christmas With Tenebrae
RecommendedJoseph Edward, Grace Davidson (soprano), Joshua Davidson, Victoria Meteyard (soprano), Martha McLorinan (mezzo-soprano), Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Some might prefer Britten’s Ceremony of Carols to be a little rowdier, but this is otherwise a technically superb display of largely unfamiliar, and imaginatively chosen, festive music. One... —
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Building a Library, December 2024, Recommended Recording (A Ceremony of Carols)
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Their style of singing – perfectly blended vocal harmony, exquisite tuning, inventive phrasing, delicately poised textural clarity - provides a magical accompaniment to the warmth of the Christmas... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Recording of the Month
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Rejoice, the Lord is king!
Great Hymns from Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ), Julian Empett (bass), Jonathan Brown (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
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Special offer. Epiphany at St Paul’s
Huw Williams (organ), Jonathan Arnold (baritone), Robert Rice (baritone), Flann Corcoran (treble) & Mervyn Collins (tenor), Roy Rashbrook (tenor), Timothy Jones (baritone) & Robert Rice (bass), Christopher Royall (alto), Jon English (tenor) & Julian Clarkson (bass)
St Paul’s Cathedral...
This series is the richest treasure trove an Anglican musician or English choral buff could hope to find. Texts and notes are an Anglophile’s dream. Sound is stunningly rich and ringing —
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