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Britten - Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The programme is a potpourri, and one from which emanates the refined scent of the collegiate choir, à la King's or Trinity. The tuning is impeccable, the blend unimpeachable. Director Nigel... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, Choral & Song Choice
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The bulk of Britten's choral output, repackaged at budget level from full-price originals. Wonderfully sympathetic performances, rich recording. A top bargain for the Britten centenary. —
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Special offer. Poetry in Music
Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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Britten - St Nicolas & St Cecilia
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & Harry Briggs (treble)
Corydon Singers, Girls of Warwick University Chamber Choir, Choristers of St George's Chapel Windsor & English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
A very fine recording —
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Choir of Kings College Cambridge
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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Benjamin Britten - Sacred Choral Music
Iain Farrington (organ), Benedict Giles (treble), Malcolm Green (bass), Simon Wall (tenor), Thomas Williams (alto), Joseph Helps (treble), Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble), Christopher de la Hoyde (alto), William Goldring (treble), Edward Minton (treble), Ben Harrison (treble)
St. John's College...
With Britten comes the thought of high voices: boys' voices that on this Naxos disc belong to the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge… the St. John's singers roundly capture the elusive tonal... —
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The two outstanding features are the high quality of the choral singing and the fairly relaxed pace throughout. Higginbottom has said that he finds some of Britten's metronome markings on the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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Benjamin Britten: Choral Music
Michael Hartnett, Jonathan Steele, Philip Todd, Donald Francke, Saint John's College Choir, Worcester Cathedral Choir, New College Choir, The Purcell Singers, Lso Choir, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, George Guest, Donald Hunt, David Lumsden, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm, Richard Marlow
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This is very pleasant listening…The RIAS Chamber Choice sings each well contrasted dance [from Gloriana] to perfection…Equally good is the choir’s account of A.M.D.G…These receive vibrant and... —
