CD, Finnissy (composer)
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Pious Anthems and Voluntaries aspires, in Finnissy’s words, ‘to be a work of guts and brains’. It embodies both in spades…Nethsingha and his forces do it proud. Indeed one of their greatest... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Ian Pace [is] never other than authoritative in terms of technical acuity or interpretative insight. —
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as an antidote to musical tinsel, this new double album devoted to a wonderfully uncompromising composer is very welcome...Eimold's project gives us the long view of a composer who turns 80... —
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Michael Finnissy: Alternative Readings
Marsyas Trio, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Havlat
Anyone nervous of the so-called New Complexity could do far worse than ease into this style via this recording...The performers all give insightful performances, although mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, Chamber Choice
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Special offer. On Christmas Night
RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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New. Finnissy and the Guitar
Sam Cave, Mēla Guitar Quartet, Diego Castro Magaš, Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…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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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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The virtuosic intensity of Finnissy’s writing is on display throughout, and each work demands utter conviction from its performers as well as rock-solid technique. Weeks’s EXAUDI have complete... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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This is fascinating and fun...The result is entirely convincing with no sense of a point where Grieg ends and Finnissy begins...The transformation is masterly and utterly compelling, as are... —
