Jeffrey Skidmore
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…a heady mix of gloriously rich polyphony and manic, earthy villancicos (popular songs consisting of stanzas framed by a refrain, in Latin America often allied to richly syncopated dances).... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Disc of the month
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A French Baroque Diva RecommendedArias for Marie Fel
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore
Sampson is quite remarkable. She has the capacity to soften the vocal line with carefully controlled vibrato, but also deploys tone of crystalline clarity...bright, vibrant, responsive and entirely... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Recital
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out of the bran tub comes my favourite Christmas choral disc of 2009 - Joy in the morning, another wide-ranging collection from Jeffrey Skidmore's excellent Birmingham-based choir, Ex Cathedra.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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Charpentier - Mass for Four Choirs & other works RecommendedEx Cathedra choir and orchestra, Jeffrey Skidmore
The blend of the vocal lines is superb and the handling of ornament little short of breathtaking. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2004, Highly Recommended
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The writing for upper voices in Lobo de Mesquita's Padre nosso gleams alluringly, and has the same quality of artless fluidity which seems to characterise Brazilian music of this period. The... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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A heady mix, rooted in European polyphony but influenced, often almost beyond recognition, by local rhythm and colour. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Editor's Choice
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Panufnik’s works present varied sound worlds, luminous settings of sacred texts and, in the title track, traces of Celtic folksong. Celestial Bird sets a mystical poem by Carmelite nun Jessica... — More…
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Britten To America
Huw Watkins (piano), Samuel West (narrator), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Jean Rigby (mezzo soprano) & Mary Carewe (mezzo soprano)
Ex Cathedra & Hallé, Sir Mark Elder & Jeffrey Skidmore
Jean Rigby admirably handles the dialogue and the songs of the ambiguous mother figure in F6...the blues moments such as 'Stop all the clocks', feel a bit stiff. Mary Carewe, meanwhile, finds... — More…
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