Browse: Vivat (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Vivat.
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Elegy – Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
Iestyn Davies, James Hall (countertenors)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies is the headline artist on the cover; but in fact he duets with James Hall on notably equal terms, the two voices subtly differing in timbre but compatible in articulation and expressivity.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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I was glad: Sacred Music by Stanford & Parry
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson & David Wilson-Johnson
The King’s Consort & Choir of The King’s Consort, Robert King
a revelation. In the opening Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A by Stanford, the leanness of gut strings lends edge and urgency to the orchestral writing, which perfectly complements the punchy... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Choral
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Handel: Israel in Ägypten RecommendedLydia Teuscher, Julia Doyle (sopranos), Hilary Summers (alto), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (bass)
Choir of The King’s Consort & The King’s Consort, Robert King
the performance makes a strong case for the piece, even if Mendelssohn's version is unlikely to make a full-scale comeback. The choir is lively, making every word clear, though some of King's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th March 2016
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2016, Editor's Choice
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Purcell: Birthday Odes for Queen Mary Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Emily Owen (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), David de Winter (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass-baritone), Edward Grint (bass-baritone), The King's Consort, Robert King
‘Arise My Muse’ (1690) is performed from a new, clearer edition which still allows accomplished singers like Charles Daniels and Iestyn Davies to fashion the melodic lines brilliantly with individuality... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Choral
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He's ingeniously rethought Mrs Purcell's arbitrary ordering, and ends with the magnificent chaconne-driven G minor Sonata Z807, using the so-called 'Golden Sonata' as a central pivot with sonatas... — More…
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The King's Consort, whose Purcellian pedigree has been honed over a long and distinguished discography, presents informed yet instinctive performances. Purcell's expressive points are made without... — More…
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Purcell: Royal Odes Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), The King’s Consort, Robert King
In Welcome Glorious Morn for Queen Mary in 1691 we reach a higher musical level. Both Carolyn Sampson and Matthew Brook suavely maintain their vocal lines against the ingenious but busy aria... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 3 1830 - 1840
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Alexey Gusev (bass-baritone), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Soraya Mafi (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Kirchschlager, a singer incapable of being boring, has the lion’s share of the German Lieder here…With accompaniments that are often discreetly supportive, it’s too easy to take for granted Martineau’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gugliemi's disc gives a lively snapshot of what at least might have been heard; and, thanks to an instrument built in the year before Bach's death…how it must have sounded too…thoughtfully programmed,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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