Hi Res Download, Dove (composer)
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Jonathan Lee (organ), Harrison Cole (organ), The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The Ely instrument has never sounded more full of fire and vim. Here's a splendid way every corner to round off Stephen sing Layton's 17-year tenure directing the chapel choir of Trinity College... —
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Both Padmore and the Sacconi Quartet, who have a major expressive role as accompanists, are at their finest in ‘Soon, we will be free’, the serene, lyrical heart of [In Damascus]…pianist Charles... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2017, Recording of the Month
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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New. Arise My Love - Music For the Break of Day
Alexander Potts, Flavius Dumitru, Alexander Pott, Henry Morris, Julian Hartley (tenor), Maurice Cole (tenor), Aidan MacLean (tenor), Ioan O'Reilly (bass-baritone), Blaise Durodie, Joseph Wragg (bass-baritone), Sadie Bosher (vocalist), Joshua Kenney (tenor), John Morshead (bass-baritone), Choir of...
The choir sings with a classic English cathedral sound: softedged attack, little concern for hyper-precision, and a treble sound marked by a gentle, airy breathiness...Not every piece convinces... —
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Sometimes the best discoveries in music aren’t pieces that you’ve never heard before, but those you have, made new by remarkable interpretations…At the recital’s heart is a breath-catching performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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It's when the pedal goes down (literally and metaphorically) that this disc really soars, startling the ear into ecstasy with the sudden release of Rachmaninov's Cherubic Hymn, the 'bright Seraphim'... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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The English Song Series Volume 23 - Jonathan Dove Song Cycles
Claire Booth (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor) & Andrew Matthews-Owen (piano)
All three singers are very good, particularly Spence, but the star of [the] show is Matthews-Owen. So much of the effectiveness of these songs lies in Dove's inventive piano writing with its... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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The installation of a new pipe organ, like any long-awaited new arrival, is always best marked with some kind of celebratory fanfare such as this splendid, generously filled disc...Another triumph... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Editor's Choice
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O Holy Night: Christmas Carols From St John’s
Alexander Robson, Montague Tatnell (soprano), Arthur Cobb (soprano), Bryony Macleod-Jones (soprano), Alice Markham (vocalist), Theodore Horch (tenor), Alexander Semple (bass-baritone), Nicholas Garcia (soprano), Matthew Monaghan (vocalist), Anna Morgan (vocalist), William Collison (tenor), Garbhán...
