Marian Consort
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This exquisite late-Renaissance Portuguese polyphonic repertoire is as richly expressive as it is politically poised…This beautiful new album from The Marian Consort is surely one of the best... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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With two women in the group, they make no pretence at emulating what might have happened in the 16th century; but that lets them sing out with more freedom. So this is no-nonsense musicianship,... — More…
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Loquebantur: Music from the Baldwin Partbooks
The Marian Consort, Rose Consort of Viols, Rory McCleery
The most striking feature of this entertainingly varied collection is the consistently fresh, fruit-ripe tonal quality of the Marian Consort's singing…sensitive unison singing, and a firm bass... — More…
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An Emerald in a Work of Gold
Music from the Dow Partbooks
The Marian Consort & Rose Consort of Viols, Rory McCleery
It's a well-designed programme in which the two groups alternate, only partly combining when the viols accompany a vocal soloist....The Marian Consort's contributions are cleanly and calmly... — More…
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Stabat Mater: Sacred Choral Music by Lennox and Michael Berkeley
The Marian Consort, Berkeley Ensemble, David Wordsworth
The Marian Consort’s background in early music pays dividends in their superb precision of pitch, impeccable rhythmic placing and beautiful diction…the lush harmonies that open [Judica me] are... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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In Sorrow's Footsteps
Music by Gabriel Jackson, Palestrina, Allegri and James MacMillan
The Marian Consort, Rory McCleery
The sharp, jabbing gestures at the opening of Gabriel Jackson’s new setting of the Stabat Mater…announce that wilting introspection is by no means the composer’s default position in his response... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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Perhaps the ideal consort for this repertoire, the Marians bring an intimate, individually passionate flavour to Byrd’s Latin works. Nimble, lively vocal colour, warmth in the soprano (all too... — More…
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O Virgo Benedicta
Music of Marian Devotion from Spain’s Century of Gold
The Marian Consort: Gwendolen Martin, Emma Walshe (sopranos), Nicholas Scott (tenor), Steffan Jones (baritone), Christopher Borrett (bass) & Rory McCleery (countertenor/director)
The Oxford-based mixed choir makes a bold, bright sound with strong individual voices. — More…
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Highly-charged dissonances, strange harmonic progressions paint words that implore and plead and cry out for mercy. Though they are as dramatic as Gesualdo’s madrigals, these sacred works inhabit... — More…
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The Marian Consort’s performances deliver full value in terms of expressive range and sophistication. Pitch-perfect tuning and immaculately clean ensemble grace the poised accounts of James... — More…
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