Browse: Choral, Anthems & Motets, Britten (composer)
This page lists all classical by Benjamin Britten (1913–76), in genre: Choral » Anthems & Motets.
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The programme is a potpourri, and one from which emanates the refined scent of the collegiate choir, à la King's or Trinity. The tuning is impeccable, the blend unimpeachable. Director Nigel... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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Britten: Saint Nicolas RecommendedAndrew Kennedy (tenor)
Britten Sinfonia, Sawston Village College Choir & Cambridge University Musical Society, Stephen Cleobury
This Saint Nicolas is involving from the outset...Kennedy is a gripping Nicolas, palpably a man of practical Christian action, though careful not to over-project operatically...he has a storyteller's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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Pitch-perfect harmonies, in dreamily sumptuous sonics. — More…
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It's when the pedal goes down (literally and metaphorically) that this disc really soars, startling the ear into ecstasy with the sudden release of Rachmaninov's Cherubic Hymn, the 'bright Seraphim'... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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The two outstanding features are the high quality of the choral singing and the fairly relaxed pace throughout. Higginbottom has said that he finds some of Britten's metronome markings on the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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Poetry in Music Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols RecommendedJames O'Donnell (organ), Sioned Williams (harp)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill
A Ceremony of Carols sets nine medieval and 16th-century poems between the 'Hodie' of the plainsong Vespers. The sole accompanying instrument is a harp, but given the right acoustic, sensitive... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2004, Also Recommended
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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... — More…
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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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