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ALLEGRI / PALESTRINA / ANERIO
Miserere & the music of Rome The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "This recording's breadth of moods, devices and styles is refreshing...More importantly, the vocalists use declamation to emote, transporting the listener from sorrow to transcendent joy." (BBC Music Magazine - Choral & Song Choice - March 2011) |
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THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: The Votive Antiphons The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] The monumental votive antiphon settings are among the highlights of Hyperion's Tallis recordings from Andrew Carwood and The Cardinall's Musick, the composer's evolving style a musical response to the religious vicissitudes of the time. |
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THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Gaude gloriosa The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - Early Music GOLDBERG MAGAZINE 50 DISCS OF THE DECADE |
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THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Missa Puer natus est nobis & other sacred music The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (director) [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] Gramophone Record of the Year-winning group The Cardinall's Musick continues its exploration of Tallis's sacred music. These recordings not only showcase the greatest repertoire of the English Renaissance in dazzling performances, but also illustrate... |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 13: Infelix ego The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "The commitment of singers and label alike is a cause for gratitude, perhaps even optimism. Congratulations to all concerned." Gramophone Award Winner 2010: RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
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WILLIAM BYRD
The Great Service The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] 'This new recording is something special. Whether it's because of the sheer experience of having sung so much of Byrd's music as to have assimilated his musical language utterly, or whether it's simply the raw musicianship and cultivated intelligence... |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 10: Laudibus in sanctis The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] 'If, according to Burney, the Mannheim orchestra of 1772 was 'an army of Generals', the Cardinall's Musick of 2006 is surely 'an exaltation of larks'... Performances of exquisite perfection' (International Record Review) |
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GUERRERO
Missa Congratulamini mihi The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This latest addition to Guerrero's discography is especially to be welcomed for his fine Mass on a motet by Thomas Crecquillon...a joyful, extrovert piece, to which Andrew Carwood's singers respond with an equal measure of buoyancy and vigour."... |
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THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Lamentations & other sacred music The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] Superlative performances of the Tallis Lamentations make this penultimate volume in The Cardinall's Musick cycle something rather special. Andrew Carwood's typically inspiring commentaries further enhance an album to savour. |
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THOMAS TALLIS
Tallis: Spem in alium & other sacred music The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] "Carwood moulds the structures to great effect, with wide ranging dynamics from hushed groupings of eight voices to the full force." Five Stars BBC Music |
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GERASO / PEREZ / CECERE / PAPA / PALELLA
Neapolitan Flute Concertos, Vol. 2 Carlo Ipata (flute) / Auser Musici [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2013 ] "[Ipata's] virtuosity is, as always, exceptional, and there's fine playing from his own period band, Auser Musici. The close recording captures Ipata's occasionally heavy breathing and the sound of his fingers tapping his flute." The Guardian |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: The Sacred Music Vol.1 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram, Rogers Covey-Crump, Daniel Auchincloss, Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Oct/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 04)"This is life-enhancing stuff" |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Vespers (1610) Carolyn Sampson / Rebecca Outram (sopranos) / Daniel Auchlincloss, Nicholas Mulroy (high tenor) etc. / The King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE / MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS TOP 10 CLASSICAL CDs of 2006 / TIME OUT NEW YORK BEST OF 2006 / FANFARE BEST OF 2006 |
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MONTEVERDI
The Sacred Music Vol. 2 Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (sops) Rogers Covey-Crump (high tenor) Charles Daniels, James Gilchrist (ten) Peter Harvey (bass) / King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] This second volume of Hyperion's project to record all of Monteverdi's sacred music focuses on works to be found in the 1650 publication Messa a quattro voci e salmi and includes a glorious Mass-setting, Litany of Loreto and the five-part Exultent caeli. |
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HANDEL
Nine German Arias Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Alexandra Bellamy (oboe) / The King's Consort / Robert King, director [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] 'With her pure, luminous tone, graceful sense of phrase and discerning musicality, Carolyn Sampson gives enchanting performances of music that is essentially about enchantment … 'Süsse Stille' is exquisitely shaped and savoured, with a rapt,... |
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FIOCCO / LACOSTE / LALANDE / MONDONVILLE / RAMEAU
A French Baroque Diva: Arias for Marie Fel Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] "Sampson is quite remarkable. She has the capacity to soften the vocal line with carefully controlled vibrato, but also deploys tone of crystalline clarity... (Gramophone Award WINNER 2015 - Recital) |
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MICHAEL HAYDN
Haydn, (M.): Requiem & Mass Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Hilary Summers (alto) James Gilchrist (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) / King's Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] "King and his forces give the Mass a satisfyingly spirited performance, but these discs are memorable for their fine recording of Michael Haydn's astonishing Requiem. This must be one of my records of the year and I do urge you to buy it." -... |
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HANDEL
An Ode for St Cecilia's Day Carolyn Sampson (soprano) James Gilchrist (tenor) / Choir of the King's Consort, The King's Consort Robert King, director [ Hyperion SACD / SACD - released 3/Nov/2004 ] MAGAZINE CD OF THE MONTH/EDITOR'S CHOICE |
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JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
Sacred Music Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Rebecca Outram (soprano) Robin Blaze (countertenor) James Gilchrist (tenor) Michael Georgr (bass) / King's Consort [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Constantly fascinating to listen to. Especially when performed as beautifully and with such evident care and affection as it is on Robert King's new CD … Zelenka's curious music could scarcely have better advocacy" (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Violin Concertos Catharine Mackintosh, Elizabeth Wallfisch (violins) / Paul Goodwin (oboe) / The Kings Consort / Robert King [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'Inspired performances combining a satisfying historical approach with interpretations that explore the music's emotional depth' (American Record Guide) |