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Vaughan Williams - Lord, Thou has been our refuge
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
Some performances grip you from the outset, and this St John’s College recording of Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor is one of them. The Kyrie’s rapt inwardness is built on the outstandingly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Music for Remembrance
Roderick Williams (baritone), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Westminster Abbey Choir & Britten Sinfonia, James O’Donnell
This is an exquisite performance of the Durufle Requiem...The playing of the Britten Sinfonia is superb, Robert Quinney's fluid, immensely colourful organ-playing a joy to behold and Roderick... — More…
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A Portrait of Vaughan Williams
Michael Bochmann (violin), Margaret Campbell (flute), Colin Lilley (flute), Audrey Douglas (harp), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Susan Lynn (violin), Pierre Joubert (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Thomas Waddington (cello), Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan...
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Special offer. English Visionaries
Nicholas Morris (organ)
Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Choir, Paul Spicer
Another fine disc from Somm and Paul Spicer with his student choir from Birmingham. — More…
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British Choral Music of the Twentieth Century
Iain Simcock (organ), Martin Jones (piano), John Anderson (oboe), Stephen Farr (organ)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, English String Orchestra, Stephen Darlington
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Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Toward the Unknown Region
RecommendedJudith Howarth (soprano & Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Matthew Souter (viola), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)
Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, July 2017, First Choice
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music
Thomas Fitches (organ)
Elora Festival Singers, Noel Edison
This fine Canadian choir perform very beautifully in a style which seems natural and right.
The Elora Festival Singers have much in common with King's College, Cambridge under Willcocks; relaxed... — More… -
Reformation 1517-2017
Holly Holt (soprano), Catherine Clark (mezzo-soprano), Jackson Riley (tenor), Christopher Holliday (bass), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Nicholas Morris (organ)
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross
Thanks to the instrumental incisiveness of Clare Baroque, a splendid quartet of soloists, and Ross’s well-chosen tempos, the Bach has plenty of bite. All in all, an astutely conceived, rewarding... — More…
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'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' - favourite Choral works
St. John’s College Choir, Cambridge, George Guest
Purists might dislike the slightly heavy old-fashioned approach but there are plenty of spine-tingling, grand moments in this attractive programme from St John’s College Choir. Slightly woolly... — More…
