Hyperion
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Rutter: Gloria & Other Sacred Music
Polyphony, City of London Sinfonia & Wallace Collection, Stephen Layton
This superb disc contains a balanced cross- section of Rutter's sacred choral music, spanning over a quarter century and featuring several first recordings. Rutter's stylistic hallmarks are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Editor's Choice
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[In the Regina coeli] the singers enliven the texture with their nuanced renderings of the marvellous contrapuntal connections, and the recording make the most of the double-choir effects in... —
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Ives - Romanzo di Central Park
RecommendedGerald Finley (baritone) & Julius Drake (piano), Magnus Johnston (violin)
…outstandingly well sung and played, equally well recorded, and highly recommendable to all lovers of fine songs and fine singing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Choral & Song Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tavener: No longer mourn for me & other works for cello
Steven Isserlis (cello), Matthew Rose (bass), Abi Sampa (vocals)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Trinity Boys Choir, Omer Meir Wellber
These are among Tavener’s most powerful works. They are magnificently performed. Those simple points could easily be lost in the necessity of charting not just the diverse range of music and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winer - Premiere Award
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Crecquillon - Missa Mort m’a privé and chansons & motets
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (director)
Stephen Rice and his Brabant Ensemble deserve thanks… for bringing to our ears a composer much admired and taken as a model by others, including Monteverdi… the final Easter motet, depicting... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Early Music
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The seven ‘Friedemann’ preludes sound especially effective as rendered on the clavichord by Esfahani, his intimate fluctuations of dynamic and tempo drawn out with beguiling freedom and sensitivity... —
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Ever the scholar, he takes a deep dive into Britten’s Third Suite…The performance itself digs deep. This is, as he says, a meditation on mortality. Isserlis makes it huge, and terrifying, fired... —
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Harpsichord pandemonium – thrills and thought provocation for commoners and connoisseurs alike. —
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these musicians cannot put a foot wrong, either technically or musically. The voices remain fresh and interesting throughout. —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 60 - Théodore Dubois
Cédric Tiberghien (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Through all these thickets and lyrical episodes Cédric Tiberghien strides with great refinement and energy...The performances throughout, from soloist and accompanists alike, are warm, elegant... —
