Download, Duruflé (composer)
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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It’s music Trotter knows intimately, and it shows – even when refracted through the very English-sounding organ of King’s College, Cambridge, an instrument on which he cut his teeth as Organ... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Instrumental
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Durufle: Requiem & Poulenc: Lenten Motets
Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The choir is magnificent, emerging through former Trinity organ scholar Harrison Cole’s adroitly chosen organ textures in the Introit, yet producing searing radiance in the climax of the Sanctus.... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Debussy: Nocturnes and Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (mezzo)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Robin Ticciati
Ticciati’s performances are relaxed and lyrical, and recorded in splendid sound. Taking the Duruflé first, the sound opens up impressively in the big moments, with exhilarating climaxes in the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Duruflé: Requiem
RecommendedAnn Murray (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Building a Library, November 2002, First Choice
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Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
RecommendedKen Cowan (organ), Cecilia Duarte (mezzo-soprano), Norman Fischer (cello)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Recorded in warm, though not too reverberant acoustics, the choir’s tone is open and bright, and they and their conductor are sensitive to Duruflé’s demands. While they can be dramatic when... —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Choral Performance
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The former LSO principal flautist’s Chandos debut focuses on French flute works. His clear, considered sound refuses to retreat into the background. The sound spins – this would be a superb... —
