Stella: Renaissance Gems and Their Reflections, Vol. 3
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
this is easily the best volume in the series so far. We often talk about the cragginess, the monumentality of Spanish polyphony but what’s striking here is the supple beauty and brilliance of...
Stella: Renaissance Gems and Their Reflections, Vol. 3
ORA Singers, Suzi Digby
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
this is easily the best volume in the series so far. We often talk about the cragginess, the monumentality of Spanish polyphony but what’s striking here is the supple beauty and brilliance of...
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‘Spanish composers of the sixteenth century followed a long tradition of writing music in honour of the Virgin Mary. The composer Tomás Luis de Victoria, a priest and a scholar too, wrote multiple settings of devotion to Mary of which this collection showcases some real gems. The album sees us continue our series of great renaissance masterworks being reflected by some of the finest choral composers of our present day, all of whom respond in their own unique way to these extraordinary Marian texts.’ – Suzie Digby
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineCritics' Choice 2022
May 2022
this is easily the best volume in the series so far. We often talk about the cragginess, the monumentality of Spanish polyphony but what’s striking here is the supple beauty and brilliance of the sound.
Digby’s choir is one of this country’s finest, and their performances capture the dissonance, space and Victorian references in new works by Francisco Coll, Julian Wachner, Mark Simpson, Cecilia McDowall and others as hauntingly as they do the sustained but subtle devotional fidelity of the original pieces...The source material is a flame igniting inspiration and experiment.
