Hyperion
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The combined effect of this wonderful, timeless music and Cinquecento’s brilliant performances can only be described as therapeutic...the six voices of Cinquecento have produced a recording... —
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This is a fine recital, with a recording to match —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Editor's Choice
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The Schola may be the Brompton Oratory’s parish choir but they are also a school ensemble whose back lines are made up of boys aged 18 and under, with the support of just six adult lay clerks.... —
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As Angela Hewitt tells us in her exemplary accompanying essay, Bach's Toccatas were inspired by Buxtehude's 'stylus fantasticus – a very unrestrained and free way of composing, using dramatic... —
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The Brabant Ensemble is very experienced in this type of repertory, and achieves some magical effects in the Doulce memoire Mass...Of the motets O altitudino divitiarum is a truly outstanding... —
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Alec Roth: A Time to Dance
& other choral works
Grace Davidson (soprano), Matthew Venner (countertenor), Samuel Boden (tenor), Greg Skidmore (bass), Tim Harper (organ)
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore
A strong quartet of soloists move through the seasons…[and] all come together with the massed forces of Ex Cathedra (on typically fine form) for a stately Globe-style jig, bringing this immensely... —
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Arensky: Piano Trios
Leonore Piano Trio: Tim Horton (piano), Benjamin Nabarro (violin) & Gemma Rosefield (cello)
here is music for all those who weary of grappling with the complexities of contemporary works to rejoice in an all-Russian fountain of melodic charm...The Leonores play with truly glorious... —
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Supreme artistry. —
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Building a Library, May 2016, Also Recommended
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Driver revels in Emanuel's idiosyncrasies, underlining the spontaneous and edgier qualities in the composer's Empfindsamer stil (sensitive style). —
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Those who like their Romantic bravura piano with added stamina will find this release…a rewarding experience. —
