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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág
RecommendedSusan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)
...one of the finest examples of Kurtág’s vocal music I have encountered. Narucki’s probing intelligence is matched by a remarkable vocal talent, and the result is a triumph. All the assisting... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740 Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
These mostly unfamiliar pieces make highly enjoyable listening, especially when played with the natural exuberance that La Serenissima bring to them. Legrenzi's dances are catchy, Navara's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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Songs of Orpheus
RecommendedMonteverdi, Caccini, Merula, Brunelli, Castello, Cima, Landi
Karim Sulayman (tenor)
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sulayman’s approach tends more towards the lyrical than the rhetorical – his lucid, velvety tenor and pop-star charisma best suited to melodious arias rather than the text-driven stile recitativo…Under... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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This recording is stunningly different from the norm. This is because Sorrell knows that ‘authentic performances’ do not guarantee ‘authentic experiences’...The real understanding of style is... — More…
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Handel: Dixit Dominus, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne & Zadok the Priest Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord & conductor)
Apollo’s Fire
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More Divine Than Human: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 1 The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephen Darlington
What makes this disc entrancingly fresh is its use of boy choristers: their translucence as a choir, their colours as soloists, and their easy swing through florid passages inject lightness... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Early Music
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Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas & other choral works Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington (director)
Stephen Darlington gives majestic shape to this monumental work, effectively drawing out the imperturbable tread of the 'Gloria tibi Trinitas' cantus firmus. The choir produces a sound of blistering... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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The Sun Most Radiant: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 4 The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
gloriously broad, magisterial readings of Browne’s two Salve Regina settings and other solemn delights by Horwood and William, Monk of Stratford, delivering the listener to the beating heart... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2016, Editor's Choice
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