Hi Res Download, Sullivan, A (composer)
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This latest recording once again showcases his singers' effortless versatility both as choristers and soloists...One of Tenebrae's great strengths is to bring both dignity and panache to these... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, August 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba
Half-forgotten overtures show the vigour of Britain's musical revivial throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. —
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Gilbert & Sullivan: Utopia, Limited Or the Flowers of Progress
RecommendedNeal Davies (King Paramount), Ellie Laugharne (Princess Zara), Yvonne Howard (Lady Sophy), William Morgan (Captain Fitzbattleaxe), Richard Suart (Scaphio), Arthur Bruce (Phantis)
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera & Chorus, Derek Clark
Clark has an easy, affectionate touch in this repertoire, and the cast includes some of the finest Savoyards of both the older (Richard Suart, Yvonne Howard) and younger (Ellie Laugharne, William... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th June 2025
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Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (Josephine), Toby Spence (Ralph Rackstraw), John Mark Ainsley (Sir Joseph Porter KCB), Andrew Foster-Williams (Captain Corcoran), Hilary Summers (Buttercup), Neal Davies (Dick Deadeye), Gavan Ring (Bill Bobstay), Barnaby Rea (Bob Becket), Kitty Whately (Hebe), Tim Brooke-Taylor (narrator)
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Richard Egarr brings springy energy to the score...Elizabeth Watts's Josephine has a mischievous touch. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th May 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Opera Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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The diversity of the compositions is little short of astonishing and is matched by fabulous piano-playing from Guinery. Agility, dexterity, poise, elegance and a strong bass line are some of... —
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Special offer. O Holy Night – A Merton Christmas
Choir of Merton College, Oxford & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Nicholas
There are many vibrantly, energetic moment here…In many ways, though, the best singing comes in quieter moment: Elizabeth Poston’s Jesus Christ the apple tree, with the top line sweetly profiled... —
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At the heart of the album is the cycle Huit Chansons de Fleurs, by Ricky Ian Gordon. He’s no slouch when it comes to picturing words in his music – so we have drunken bees teetering along the... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Debut Solo Album
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One would have to travel very far to find an album of British a cappella (mostly) music as beautifully sung as this...The Sixteen’s singing, like Mike Hatch’s recording, is as excellent as one... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Arthur Sullivan: On Shore and Sea & Kenilworth
Sally Silver (soprano), Nico Darmanin (tenor), Louise Winter (mezzo), Donald Maxwell (bass-baritone)
Victorian Opera Northwest, Richard Bonynge
Much of the solo singing is attractive but it lacks a certain theatrical extroversion and character essential to Sullivan's genius for drama and his affinity for the Italian and French stage.... —
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Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Donald Harris (baritone), Ella Halman (contralto), Darrell Fancourt (bass), Leonard Osborn (tenor), Joan Gillingham (mezzo-soprano), Joyce Wright (soprano), Muriel Harding (soprano), Martyn Green (baritone), Richard Watson (bass), D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, Isidore Godfrey
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