Hyperion
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Editor's Choice
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François Couperin: L'Apothéose de Lully & Leçons de ténèbres
Katherine Watson (soprano), Anna Dennis (soprano)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
The pictorial movements of L’Apothéose are introduced by a reciter and all are well characterise with unnecessary exaggeration. Indeed, at times, the performance errs slightly on the side of... —
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Record Review, 13th May 2017, Recording of the Week
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The standard of the songs is impressively high… Julius Drake shines in all of them. So, too, does Finley, with his sensitivity to the fore in the fine Heine settings, bringing emotional engagement... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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From the vaults of Westminster Cathedral
RecommendedA procession of chant & polyphony from Advent to Christmas & the Epiphany and Presentation of our Lord
Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment), & Martin Baker (organ improvisations)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker
Epiphany brings Monteverdi's Messa a 4 da cappella, whose polyphonic complexities elicit a confidently assertive response from the choir, with fine internal balances between the voice sections. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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Shelley is a first-rate advocate, with passage-work of crystalline clarity, light-footed pedalling, and communicating a sense of deep commitment to this unjustly under-rated repertoire. The... —
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The Florestan are particularly successful in the two 20th-century trios. The brief Adagio of the Martinu is remarkably moving. If anything, the Eben is more impressive with the players completely... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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This is above all music to beguile the ear. The performances are a delight. What with Carlo Ipata's liquid tone and secure virtuosity, and the brightness, nimbleness and transparency of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2010, Editor's Choice
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Transcribing Franck's D minor Symphony for organ works extremely well. Simon Johnson's instrument at St Paul's Cathedral is deftly paced, and the shorter pieces are also enjoyable. —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Judith Bingham: Choral Music
Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Finn Lacey (treble)
Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
The whole setting memorably commingles an anxious, questing quality with glimpses of certitude and placidity, a balance sensitively struck in this assured Wells Cathedral performance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2013, Editor's Choice
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