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Handel: Samson RecommendedJoshua Ellicott (tenor), Sophie Bevan(soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Vitali Rozynko (bass-baritone)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Butt has created the best Samson ever...These choral forces make for a vibrancy unique among Samson recordings…Butt’s deep grasp of both Handel’s rhetoric and of large-scale structure turns... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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These are all very experienced musicians with marvellous voices and a deep understanding of the repertory; and Philip Cave guides them with a thoroughly experienced and musically thoughtful... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Bach: Ich habe genug. Cantatas BWV 32, 82 & 106 Joanne Lunn, Katie Bray, Hugo Hymas, Robert Davies, Matthew Brook, The Dunedin Consort, John Butt
As with all their releases, John Butt and the Dunedins approach the scores from a scholarly angle (Butt’s approachable notes guide us through various musical and liturgical considerations) but... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Choral
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Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
You should catch Carolyn Sampson, Ian Bostridge and the Dunedin in this Handel masterpiece. They glide through the score in utterly ravishing ways that transcend rival recordings…Butt’s tempos... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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Among the earlier pieces here is probably Leonel Power’s Gloria, whose acerbic clashes and angular, thrusting lines are fashioned by these singers into a compelling sonic journey. The slightly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Early Music
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610) RecommendedDunedin Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, John Butt
[Butt’s] flexible approach to the vexed question of the proportional speeds between duple and triple sections produces some surprisingly languid effects…but a dance-like vitality elsewhere…using... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Freeman-Attwood’s sound is mellifluous and gentle, delicately inflected with vibrato, especially in ‘With thee th’unsheltered moor I’d tread’ from Solomon. He is complemented by Szałucka’s deft... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Philippe Rogier: Music from the Missae Sex His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts & Magnificat, Philip Cave
The Council of Trent would have been pleased: with just two voices per part, and with clear diction and articulation from the members of Magnificat, the texts are generally easy to follow. The... — More…
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Philips & Dering: Motets The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, In Echo, Matthew Martin
The performances are first-rate; one especially notes that the choir’s diction remains intelligible even in a somewhat reverberant acoustic with accompanying instruments. — More…
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The Trials of Tenducci: A Castrato in Ireland RecommendedTara Erraught (mezzo-soprano), Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
[The Mozart] is given a very capable performance by mezzo Tara Erraught, whose attractive tone and warmth are heard to particular advantage in the second aria (‘Tu virginum’)...she copes well... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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