Delphian
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Piers Hellawell: Up By The Roots
Paul Watkins (cello), Huw Watkins (piano), William Howard (piano)
Fidelio Trio, Hard Rain Ensemble, Ulster Orchestra
There's a 20-minute orchestral piece, Wild Flow, but the others are chamber-scaled. The title piece, a melodrama to poems about the plight of migrants, read by the author Sinéad Morrissey, does,... — More…
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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The Epiphoni Consort sings splendidly. Every element one looks for in choral singing can be found here—blend, balance, intonation, and clarity of diction, along with depth of feeling. Occasional... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Working in a broadly traditional style, he explores a harmonic world of blurred but euphonious richness, the writing skilled and unfailingly effective…These beautifully shaped performances by... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Do not be fooled by the music’s seeming inactivity, for the insubstantiality [of Finnis's Devotions] is a mirage, the inner workings, derived from the ‘Heiliger Dankegesang’ movement of Beethoven’s... — More…
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MacRae wrote the majority of the music on this album especially for Betts-Dean (the daughter of Hamlet composer Brett) after hearing her perform his The Lif of this World a few years ago, and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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In the Beginning
Beth Mackay (mezzo-soprano) & Natasha Tyrwhitt-Drake (organ scholar)
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas & Peter Phillips (directors)
The 18 uninterrupted minutes of Copland's a cappella In the Beginning are a major test of any choir's stamina and concentration, and it's one the Mertonians pass with confidence...[Beth Mackay]... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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[‘Why do they shut me out of heaven?’] is a good example of Fontanals-Simmons’s tendency to prioritise solidity of vocal production and excellent diction over flashy point-making and expressive... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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The outstanding Edinburgh Quartet deliver every detail of these sometimes complex scores with total commitment, communicating them with passion and intensity. With an excellent recorded sound,... — More…
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All the usual debates about historically informed performance can be left aside by the power of the music...Mostly sedate in character, Riddle Songs is not so much introverted as contemplative,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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This is ravishing…Webber and the Choir of Gonville & Caius, Cambridge, shimmer and scintillate in conveying Anderson’s broad musical and emotional palette. It is clear that all involved have... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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