Resonus Classics
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Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75
Newe Vialles, The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge & Orpheus Britannicus, Andrew Arthur
The collegiate blend of the Trinity Hall Choir, seductive and ravishing as it is, adds a plush Anglican gloss that sometimes works against the edgy grain of the always-compelling instrumental... —
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John Joubert: St. Mark Passion, Missa Wellensis & Locus Iste
Peter Auty (tenor), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Richard May (cello), David Bednall (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
Exemplary singing in this disc marking John Joubert’s 90th birthday. JS Bach’s music is threaded through the St Mark Passion; the Missa Wellensis is an engaging companion. —
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Seamlessly blended by choirmaster Matthew Owens, who has cultivated a bright, gleaming sonority, and the type of crisp attack heard to good effect in the Zither Carol…this is a desirable collection —
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The period instruments blend well in Tausch’s gentle Harmoniemusik, a sequence of perky dances, rondos and slower movements. It’s not the most striking music…[but] it works beautifully —
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Kodály & Dohnányi: Chamber Works for Strings
Simon Smith (violin), Clare Hayes (violin), Paul Silverthorne (viola) & Katherine Jenkinson (cello)
Lively refined performances of two significant 20th century Hungarians. —
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Winter Fragments
Chamber Music by Michael Berkeley
Fleur Barron (mezzo)
Berkeley Ensemble, Dominic Grier
The chamber context provides such an effective vehicle for one of his music’s most distinctive features – the often dichotomous interplay between the individual and the group…The Berkeley Ensemble,... —
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Unsurprisingly, these are all worldpremiere recordings; elegantly played, each is a lyrical, evocative and occasionally witty treat to be discovered. —
