CD, Gruber, F (composer)
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All the Stars Looked Down: A John Rutter Celebration
Daniel Hyde, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia
Rutter favourites such as Dormi, Jesu, Nativity Carol and All Bells in Paradise receive radiant performances under Daniel Hyde's highly sympathetic direction, with the Britten Sinfonia adding... —
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The Cuban Nutcracker Suite stands comparison with Duke Ellington’s iconic 1960 reworking of the piece, with a sassily swung Overture showcasing Willis’s fabulous lower register and the Trepak... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2025
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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...
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On Christmas Night
Emma Bell (soloist), Malakai Bayoh (soloist), Martha McLorinan (soloist), Jimmy Holliday (soloist), London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron
London Choral Sinfonia's second Christmas album, and majors on freshly-made arrangements of favourite carols. Bob Chilcott's recasting of Silent Night and Away in a Manger combines novel harmonisations... —
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A Pembroke Christmas
Emma Johnson (clarinet), Wallis Power, The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, The Pembroke College Girls' Choir, Anna Lapwood
Highlights include a numinous take on MacMillan’s O Radiant Dawn, Ailsa McTernan’s soaring solo in Patricia Van Ness’s ‘Archangelus’ and a performance of Kerensa Briggs’s A Tender Shoot, which... —
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My Christmas
RecommendedDiana Damrau (soprano), Matthias Höfs (trumpet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Knabenchor Hanover, Richard Whilds, Riccardo Minasi
Damrau’s two-disc My Christmas ticks some of the same boxes as the legendary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s Christmas Album, though Damrau seems more naturally at home in the seasonal idiom...Opinions... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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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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Christmas is often treated as a time of extroverted celebration, intimacy is the keynote of Noël, the Armonico Consort’s new seasonal collection. That’s partly because the choir has just eleven... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Christmas Choice
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