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JAMES WHITBOURN
Living Voices Jeremy Powell (soprano saxophone) & Ken Cowan (organ) / Westminster Williamson Voices, James Jordan [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] "Tonal, tuneful, technically accessible, harmonically palliative: James Whitbourn's music ticks many of the boxes beloved by choral societies" (BBC Music) |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Busoni: Concerto for piano, orchestra & male chorus, Op.39 John Ogdon (piano) / Men's Voices of the John Alldis Choir / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniell Revenaugh [ EMI Studio / CD - released 12/Feb/1989 ] Busoni's vast Piano Concerto lasts for nearly 70 minutes, and as well as the usual piano and orchestra combination requires, in the last of its five movements, a choir of men's voices. |
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LEOPOLD KOŽELUCH
Kozeluch: Cantata for the Coronation of Leopold II, "Hail to the Monarch" Kristýna Vylíčilová (soprano), Tomáš Kořínek, Josef Moravec (tenors), Filip Dvořá k (harpsichord) Martinů Voices & Prague Symphony, Marek Štilec [ Naxos / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] The coronation of Leopold II in Prague in 1791 came at a difficult time for European monarchs, although Leopold himself enjoyed a reputation as an enlightened ruler. Two musical works were commissioned for the occasion: Mozart's opera La clemenza di... |
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JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Missa pastoralis in G / Missa Solemnis in C Mary Enid Haines, Nina Scott Stoddart / Tower Voices New Zealand / Uwe Grodd [ Naxos 18th Century Sacred Music / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Recorded at St John's Cathedral, Napier-July/August 2000 |
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MAX RICHTER
Mary Queen of Scots (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Max Richter, Dave Foster, Jane Marshall (cor anglais), Hugh Webb (harp), London Voices (chorus), Jean Kelly (celtic harp) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Mar/2019 ] "It's a rich palette - strings, percussion, harp, cor anglais, glass armonica, choir - but the music is never over-embellished…Besides Celtic harp and some martial percussion, Richter steers clear of a particularly period sound, but delivers a robust... |
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MAX RICHTER
Hostiles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Max Richter, London Voices, Air Lyndhurst Orchestra, Ian Burge [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 9/Feb/2018 ] Max Richter's Hostiles soundtrack conveys the power of the human spirit to overcome hatred and division The latest film score by award-winning composer Max Richter, for director Scott Cooper's Hostiles, evokes with beauty and restraint the wild... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Verdi / Donizetti Michael Fabiano (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Voices [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/May/2019 ] American star tenor Michael Fabiano presents a spectacular set of scenes taken from late Donizetti and middle Verdi operas, revealing the strong ties between these two composers. The album documents a paradigmatic shift in Italian opera, from the... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory Mosaic Voices [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Mosaic Voices are the Resident Choir at the New West End Synagogue, in London. The synagogue, designed in 1877 by the Scottish architect George Audsley, is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture, known for its beautiful choral acoustic. |
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ANONYMOUS / CORNYSHE / HENRY VIII / MASCHERA / SUSATO
The Tudors - Courtly Pastimes: Songs and dances from 'Henry VIII's Book' Musica Reservata & Purcell Consort of Voices, Grayston Burgess & Michael Morrow [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 15/Dec/2015 ] "[a] most attractive record" (Gramophone) |
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NEW YORK VOICES
A DAY LIKE THIS [ CD - released 26/Aug/2007 ] |
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JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Elegy / Violin Concerto No. 2 / Of Thee I Sing Noah Bendix-Balgley (violin) / Canterbury Voices / Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Alexander Mickelthwate [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Apr/2023 ] "Leshnoff's music is given the high level of performances and recorded sound it merits, making this a release I am happy to recommend with enthusiasm" Fanfare |
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TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Nordic Voices Sing Victoria Nordic Voices [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2017 ] "This Chandos SACD deserves the closest attention and headphones to register the full impact, in terms of both separation and integration, of this exquisite group." (AudAud.com) |
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HENRIK HELLSTENIUS
Hellstenius - Public Behaviour / Together Nordic Voices, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sörensen (percussion) Ellen Ugelvik (piano) / Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Feb/2024 ] "Looking for something to blow the musical cobwebs away? Try Henrik Hellstenius...Potent, powerful stuff." Gramophone |
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Paquito D'rivera & Ny Voices
Brazillian Dreams [ Telarc / CD - released 18/Nov/2002 ] |
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HOWARD BLAKE
The Passion of Mary / 4 Songs of the Nativity Patricia Rozario / Robert William Blake / David Wilson-Johnson / London Voices / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Howard Blake [ Naxos / CD - released 11/May/2010 ] "Choirs looking for new repertoire need look no further. Here are two works which can communicate easily and make a real impression on the audience. This music is far too good to miss." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month May 2010) |
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JOHN CAGE
Litany for the Whale Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices / Terry Riley [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 5/Aug/2002 ] "A landmark for Cage" - Gramophone |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin / Dance Suite / Contrasts Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Voices, Esa-Pekka Salonen, with Yefim Bronfman (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] Recorded as part of their critically praised 'Infernal Dance' season, the Philharmonia Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen explores three contrasting works by Béla Bartók-Dance Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin, and the chamber piece Contrasts. |
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DAVY / LAMBE / CORNYSH / DUNSTABLE / des PRES / etc
The Eton Songbook Purcell Consort of Voices, Elizabethan Consort of Viols, Grayston Burgess [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 14/Feb/2020 ] The first substantial survey of the Eton Choirbooks treasures on record, newly remastered, compiled and reissued on CD for the first time. Copied out between 1490 and 1502, the Eton Choirbook is the most substantial extant source of English... |
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PRINCE ALBERT
Music of Albert: Prince of Saxe. Coburg and Gotha Purcell Consort of Voices, Grayston Burgess [ Australian SBS Decca Eloquence / CD - released 10/Jul/2015 ] " I strongly recommend this record, and not only for Musical Quizzes" (Gramophone) |
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CORNYSH / RICHAFORT / ANONYMOUS
The Tudors: To Entertain a King - Music for Henry VIII and his Court Purcell Consort of Voices, Musica Reservata, Michael Morrow & Grayston Burgess [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "The songs … are very good music indeed, and anyone who has not yet come across Pastime with good company, or I am a jolly foster should make their acquaintance forthwith, for their tunes are full of vigour." (Gramophone) |