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JONATHAN HARVEY
Harvey: Deo: Choral and Organ Works The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Edward Picton-Turbervill (organ), Andrew Nethsingha (director) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "nuanced and exhilarating performances." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Choral Winner |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Psalms From St.Paul's Vol.8 Choir Of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott, with Andrew Lucas (organ) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/1995 ] Hyperion is to be congratulated a gem; beautiful language, wonderful music, superb accompaniments, magnificent singing. Buy this and relish in its freshness (Cathedral Music). |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for the Coronation of James II, 1685 The Choir of the Chapel Royal and The Musicians Extra-Ordinary / Andrew Gant [ Signum / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] "The Performances are excellent" The Sunday Telegraph |
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HANDEL
Music for the Chapel Royal Choir of the Chapel Royal / Andrew Grant [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] This recording restores some of Handel’s finest but least-known music to the choir for which he wrote it and to the building where he performed it, probably for the first time since his own performances there. |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Cello Concerto / Cello Sonata Christian Poltara (cello) bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton, with Kathryn Stott (piano) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Dec/2012 ] Cellist Christian Poltéra turns to the music of Samuel Barber. He is joined by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Andrew Litton and pianist Kathryn Stott. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3 [recorded in 2013] Christiane Karg, Mari Eriksmoen, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples, Christian Gerhaher / Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Hardi [ BR Klassik / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Ever since his debut in 2005 with Berg's "Wozzeck" (concertante) with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding has regularly attracted public attention with spectacular concerts. With the "Faust Scenes" by Robert Schumann -... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas / Dona Nobis Pacem Christina Pier (soprano) Matthew Brook (baritone) Andrew Staples (tenor) / Winchester Cathedral Choristers / Winchester College Quiristers [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "These performances under David Hill are fine, responsive to the beauty and the terror" Gramophone Awards 2010: Finalist - Choral |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (complete original opera production from 1859) Véronique Gens, Andrew Foster-Williams; Benjamin Bernheim; Jean-Sébastien Bou /Flemish Radio Choir, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Bru Zane / 3 CD/Book - released 23/Aug/2019 ] "It also happens to be a terrific recording on its own terms...Rousset underpins it all with conducting that is fleet and dramatically engaged." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short list - Opera |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona nobis pacem (with Hough - Missa Mirabilis) Christopher Maltman (baritone), Sarah Fox (soprano) / Colorado Symphony Chorus & Colorado Symphony, Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] Dona nobis pacem became a somewhat unexpected hit for Vaughan Williams. A fervently anti-war plea from the heart composed in 1936 as a pièce d'occasion for the Huddersfield Choral Society, it remains to this day one of the composer's most widely... |
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JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol. 2 City of London Sinfonia, Andrew Watkinson [ Naxos The 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 13/Jan/2011 ] "The Vanhal symphonies are technically exceptional and capable of going toe-to-toe with the middle-period symphonies of Haydn and even several of Mozart's." (American Record Guide) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The NMC Songbook (4 CD set) Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby, Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett, etc [ NMC / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Contemporary - "…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... |
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ELGAR
Crown of India, Op. 66 [Orchestrations by Anthony Payne] Clare Shearer (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), various narrators / Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "The music… is from start to finish authentic middling Elgar, highly enjoyable and well worth revival. Gerald Finley shines as St George in 'The Rule of England', however embarrassing the words." BBC Music Magazine |
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TRADITIONAL
Troubadours: Minnesanger & other Courtly Arts (Southern France, 11th & 12th centuries) Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] The programme of this CD, accompanied by full explanatory notes, features the poems and songs of the trouvères, troubadours and Minnesingers. These inventors of an (almost) exclusively secular poetic style were also the first musicians to emerge from... |
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TRADITIONAL
Trouveres & Troubadours: Minnesanger & other courtly arias Clemencic Consort / Rene Clemencic (dir) / Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / The Harp Consort / Andrew Lawrence King / Dufay Collective / etc [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A thrilling voyage of discovery of music through the ages. Poems and songs of the Trouveres, troubadours and Minnesingers. |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
The Complete Morning and Evening Canticles The Collegiate Singers / Andrew Millinger [ Priory / CD - released 27/May/2004 ] Recorded in Marlborough College Chapel on 22/23 February 2003 |
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COPLAND
Billy the Kid and Rodeo (complete ballet scores) / An Outdoor Overture / El Salón México Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] "Litton leaves his rivals choking in the dust; the same goes for BIS's exceptional recording." (MusicWeb Nov 2015) |
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MAX REGER
Choral Music Consortium, Andrew-John Smith [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] A second disc from new chamber choir Consortium, who were acclaimed for their disc of Brahms's secular partsongs. |
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BRAHMS
Zigeunerlieder Consortium / Andrew-John Smith (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "I have much enjoyed Consortium's Brahms, especially for the sheer quality of the singing. They are particularly good at sustaining tone in pianissimo, and they are always rhythmically alive, which is vital in this repertoire" International Record Re |
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CHARLES IVES
Symphonies - Volume 1 (Nos 2 & 3) Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/Jul/2007 ] "So, an excellent pair of discs, well filled and beautifully recorded" (MusicWeb Oct 2006) |