CD, Blow (composer)
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The ensemble is a coterie of some of the finest early musicians on the scene today – friends who evidently relish the art of musical conversation, the guiding ethos of the English consort tradition. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
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Emma Walshe (soprano), Zoë Brookshaw (soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), Thomas Walker (tenor), William Gaunt (bass)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Duets for high tenor seem to have been something of a Blow speciality…and in Samuel Boden and Thomas Walker, director Jonathan Cohen has harnessed a quintessentially English sound whose lyricism... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Vocal
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Record Review, 21st October 2017, Recording of the Week
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There are two appealing strengths to this recording. The first is that Grace Davidson and Julian Perkins are eminent and experienced performers who know how to make the most of this repertory.... —
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John Blow - Anthems
Richard Collins, Christopher Hill, Julian Kaye, Nathaniel Lippiett, Gavin Mccormick, Robin Blaze, Richard Childress, Joseph Cornwell, William Kendall, Peter Butterfield, Stephen Varcoe, Stephen Alder & Donald Sweeney
Winchester Cathedral Choir & The Parley Of Instruments, David Hill
Though overshadowed by his pupil Purcell, John Blow's church music is highly distinguished. Here are 14 of his richly scored anthems in skilful and idiomatic performances. —
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2 CDs
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These uplifting Baroque anthems are the high-water mark of music for royalty. More pomp and swagger may be found elsewhere, but Justin Doyle leads lively and stylish performances. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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O praise the Lord
Restoration Music from Westminster Abbey
Robert Quinney (organ), Julian Stocker (tenor) & Robert Macdonald (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
Throughout every work O'Donnell's direction is alive to the sophisticated vocal layering, and ever attentive to the meaning of the words - an innate musicality echoed in Robert Quinney's 'voluntary... —
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The Last Rose
Mathilde Vialle (bass viol), Thibaut Roussel (lute), Ronan Khalil (virginal), Zachary Wilder (tenor)
The recording culminates in the titular ‘’Tis the last rose of summer’, arranged by Roussel and Vialle. It’s a gorgeous, poignant end that encapsulates the project’s essence: the delicate preservation... —
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Elegy – Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
Iestyn Davies, James Hall (countertenors)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies is the headline artist on the cover; but in fact he duets with James Hall on notably equal terms, the two voices subtly differing in timbre but compatible in articulation and expressivity.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2019, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Purcell: Tyrannic Love
Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Eugénie Lefebvre, Etienne Bazola (baritone)
The theme is love, but there’s nothing coy or sugary about either music or performances that embrace extremes of emotion and expression...Much of this is theatre music, and in the absence of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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8 CDs
HK$370.69
