Grace Davidson
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Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie
RecommendedPsalmes, Sonets & Songs of sadnes and pietie
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner
The real beauty of these readings...is the singers’ poetic nuancing of the texts, which they articulate with glassy clarity. The members of Fretwork play with characteristic grace, weaving gossamer... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Jephtha
RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Susan Bickley (Storge), Sophie Bevan (Iphis), Robin Blaze (Hamor), Matthew Brook (Zebul) & Grace Davidson (Angel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers's taut, vibrant, and beautifully sprung account is bright and dazzling, yet so often the score ought to inhabit the tortured light and shade of Caravaggio...the choruses are finely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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John Rutter: A Song in Season
RecommendedNew sacred choral music by John Rutter
Cambridge Singers & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter
The Wells Jubilate is typical Rutter - brightly melodic, immediately communicative, and well calculated to bring executive satisfaction to the performers...With Rutter himself conducting his... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2010
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Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano), Stephen Kennedy (baritone), Hila Plitmann (spoken Hebrew) & Christopher Glynn (piano)
The Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, The King’s Singers & Pavão Quartet, Eric Whitacre
'The Stolen Child'...is the most immediately impressive. Here Whitacre deftly weaves the entreating faerie voices of Yeats's poem with that of the 'human child'...The burgeoning crescendo which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Disc of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 54th Awards (2011), Best Choral Performance
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Christophers positions himself halfway between the Purcells and Amsterdamers, settling on a choir of eight voices with predictably transparent results...Christophers's customary precision and... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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This is a fascinating lesson in the art of creative transcription by a master transcriber. Both Masses bring out the relaxed and avuncular in Christophers...With scrupulous instrumental underpinning,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Paradisum: Serene Sacred Songs Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Renee Fleming (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Elina Garanca (mezzo), Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Juan Diego Florez (tenor), Jose Carreras (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu...
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Grace Davidson, Charlotte Mobbs (sopranos), Simon Berridge, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell (tenor) & Ben Davies, Eamonn Dougan (bass)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers sees Monteverdi attempting here to 'speak through singing'...and this, he tells us, allows the conductor 'the most amazing licence' - of accentuation, speed and declamation. Hence... — More…
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