SACD, 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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A Simple Song
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)
Von Otter’s generous personality is reflected in the way she puts over every item, with care for text and a honeyed sweetness of tone…Admirers of the singer will certainly want it; and, if you’re... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Copland: Motets, Duruflé: Gregorian Motets & other choral works
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Norman Mackenzie
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Fauré & Duruflé: Requiems
Miah Persson (soprano), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Olle Persson (baritone), Mattias Wager (organ)
Swedish Radio Choir, Fredrik Malmberg
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Duruflé: Requiem
Patricia Bardon (contralto), Ashley Riches (baritone)
The Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
The unaccompanied Quatre Motets are neatly presented, if a touch glib and emotionally reticent. Probably the best performance here is of the Messe Cum Jubilo for baritones, where the singers’... —
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Here is excellent fingerwork from Friedhelm Flamme, and an exceptional level of acoustic clarity. This hybrid SACD is recommended if surround sound is your main concern. —
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Organ Works By Bach, Bossi, Durufle, Jongen
Lea Suter, Stephan Leuthold, Felix Mende, David Schollmeyer (Sauer-Organ Glocke Bremen)
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What gives distinction to this disc of 20th century French organ music by the usual suspects is the recording location - the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris where, from 1930 until his... —
