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Special offer. English Hymn Anthems
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
The Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Parry: I was glad & other choral works
Daniel Cook (organ), Jonathan Brown (bass), Alexander Kyle (treble), David Martin (countertenor), Mark Dobell (tenor), Robert Macdonald (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, Onyx Brass, James O'Donnell
O'Donnell's performance of I was glad is hugely expansive and majestic...I'm not sure there isn't an element of overkill...Still, it's difficult to resist the spine-tingling monumentalism of... —
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The Songs of Farewell have been recorded using Quinney’s new edition from Parry’s manuscript in the Bodleian Library. His reading is near- perfectly judged, the choir’s tone bright and full.... —
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Special offer. Parry - Choral Masterpieces
Jeffrey Makinson (organ), Mark Rowlinson (baritone)
Manchester Cathedral Choir, Christopher Stokes
The opening 'My soul, there is a country' immediately draws the listener in by its self-communing quality, and conductor Christopher Stokes intelligently punctuates Parry's response to Henry... —
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A Festival of Psalms
Sally Pryce (harp), Robert Millett (percussion) & Greg Morris & Ian Le Grice (organ)
The Choir of the Temple Church, James Vivian (director)
this anthology links the liturgies of Jewish and Christian traditions...
The organ can sometimes hang too heavily over the pieces by Wesley and Parry. But the highlight is the beautiful version... — -
standards such as Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer set alongside Poulenc’s acrobatically difficult Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël and works by Tallis, Parsons, Parry and others, all sung with... —
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Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John’s
Timothy Ravalde (organ), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Helen Scarbrough (cor anglais), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Graham Walker (cello)
Choir of St John’s College, Andrew Nethsingha
the poised, sentient performance of Allegri's famous Miserere opening the disc bespeaks dedicated preparation, both technical and spiritual. I like the spatial variegations drawn by [Andrew... —