Hyperion
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Carwood draws earthy, visceral performances; the ensemble's virile sound and Parsons's sinewy polyphony are a far cry from what some critics describe as the 'whitewashed', English choral tradition.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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If anyone is ever likely to convince you that there is more to Paganini's music than Rossini-in-technical overdrive melodramatics, it is Tanja Becker-Bender. …Becker-Bender gives the Italian's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Editor's Choice
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Constant Lambert: Piano Concerto
Jonathan Plowright (piano)
English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
A sparkling centenary showcase for the youthful genius of Constant Lambert. Jonathan Plowright cuts a dash with his scintillating technique, opalescent tone and beguiling range of colour, and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005, Editor's Choice
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Osborne’s phrasing and pacing is pure and poetic, as well as raptly atmospheric in ‘The Snow is Dancing’ and it finishes with a deliciously louche cake-walk. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
Purchase product
Vinyl Record
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The singing is exquisite, spun out relentlessly, culminating in a Jerusalem, convertere that is subtly varied each time it occurs. The listener may not notice, but the singers bring a new awareness... —
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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All the music on these two well-filled discs is recorded here for the first time. Absorbing for the scholar specialist —
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As choice as anything he's yet given us and the same goes for the recording —
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Tallis: Spem in Alium
and other choral works
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers, Vocal Arts Chorus, David Hill
A characterful acoustic, a spatially defined sound recording and treble-singing of a fine standard combine in an impressive conclusion [to Spem in alium] —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Recommendation
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Most of these pieces are light, even frothy morceaux, and Plowright does not overstate the musical case for them beyond their obvious delights of refinement and dexterity. But he balances them... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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