Hyperion
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you're unlikely to find more sympathetic and committed performances than these: Tanja Becker-Bender's phrasing of Respighi's long lines and her range and subtlety of colour give both Sonatas... —
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Holst: the Evening Watch & Other Choral Works
John Birch (organ), Christopher Mercer (tenor), Joya Logan (alto), Isobel Collyer (soprano), Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
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The 50-strong oratory choir is made up entirely of boys, and conductor Charles Cole draws singing of vernal freshness from them, with excellent ensemble and an interpretive awareness that puts... —
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Jackson - Not no faceless Angel and other choral works
with Clare O'Connell (cello) & Katherine Bicknell (flute)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Not no faceless Angel', which takes a poem on bereavement as its basis. …is triumphantly holistic in its impact, with some soaring, ecstatic soprano writing particularly catching the ear, and... —
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Written in 1978 for the West Riding Cathedrals Festival, A Sequence for All Saints is a major score for large choir and organ, its five sections running continuously and containing some of Leighton's... —
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Porpora - Or sì m’avveggio, oh Amore
Cantatas for soprano
Elena Cecchi Fedi (soprano)
Auser Musici, Carlo Ipata
Some of the most genuinely enjoyable and captivating performances of eighteenth-century vocal music I have heard on disc for a very long time … these are brilliantly written recitatives, clearly,... —
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Vivaldi: Lute & Mandolin Concertos
Paul O'Dette (baroque lute, soprano lute & mandolin)
The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman & Peter Holman
The performances are ‘authentic’ in the best meaning of the word, and the recorded sound is everywhere first rate —
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Although it must be a daunting challenge to reduce Peeters's vast organ output down to a 75 minute representative selection, Trinkwon has managed successfully to cover most angles...the playing... —
