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One doesn’t often find Thomas Tallis, Edward Elgar and John Tavener sandwiching Massive Attack, but the lovely Teardrop works astonishingly well in this mixed programme devoted to the concept... —
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The authentic voice of Russian liturgical music is a challenge for Brits to emulate; there’s the unique timbre Church Slavonic an indefinable quality of melancholy and a visceral richness which... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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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... —
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This is a marvellous programme of Music for Advent and it is executed superbly by the Clare College Choir. It’s obvious that the standard built up during Timothy Brown’s long leadership, especially,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Those wary of an English choir's sensibilities in music almost from another planet should head stright to Tolstiakov's Blagoslovi and Rimsky-Korsakov's Our Father for blissful reassurance of... —
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It is not through choice of music that Pegasus provide dramatic impact but through Altham’s fervent direction. Making no concessions to the small-scale nature of the programme, he throws every... —
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The Legend of Sacred Music
from Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei
Stephanie Blythe, Barbara Bonney, Ileana Cotrubas, Véronique Gens, Barbara Hendricks, Gérard Lesne & Michel Corboz
Philip Ledger, Philippe Herreweghe, Richard Hickox, Raymond Leppard, Riccardo Muti, John Nelson, Roger Norrington, Andrew Parrott, Michel Plasson, Wolfgang Sawallisch &...
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Rachmaninov Essentials
Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Nicolai Lugansky, Kalevi Olli (baritone vocals), Ulrich Koneffke (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Alexandre Rabinovich (piano), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Mstislav Rostropovitch, Maureen Forrester (contralto vocals), Gene Tucker (tenor vocals), Nikolai Lugansky (solo piano)
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A Kremlin Christmas
Christmas Chants of Russia, 17th-20th Centuries
Kremlin Museum Capella of Moscow, Gennady Dmitriak
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Rachmaninoff: Vespers, Op. 37
Maureen Forrester (contralto), Gene Tucker (tenor)
Choral Arts Society of Washington, Mstislav Rostropovich
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