Download, Gregorian Chant (composer)
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This is absolutely superb. We must accept that Josquin is unlikely to have heard this music with two women on the top line, but they do it so well that only a fundamentalist would mark the disc... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Early Music
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New. Veni Creator Spiritus - Second Vespers of the Solemnity of Pentecost
Peter Stevens, Simon Johnson
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Here is a sumptuous feast of Pentecostal music in its truest form: a wholesome programme of plainsong or plainsonginfused music sung by a Catholic choir at the top of its game, spanning authentic... — More…
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New. O Sacrum Convivium! - Music For the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
The Choir of Buckfast Abbey, Charles Maxtone-Smith, Matthew Searles
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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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Mahan Esfahani: Byrd, Bach, Ligeti
RecommendedRecorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 3 May 2013
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
perhaps most striking are the dazzling realisations of three harpsichord pieces by Gyorgy Ligeti. These eclectic soundscapes are splahsed with the exotic colours of Hungarian folk music and... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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The recital's radiant heart is Sheppard's Media Vite, but there are more highlights to come, including an outstanding reading of Holst's Nunc Dimittis, the flowing textures of Harris's Bring... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Ave Maria: First Vespers of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Buckfast
Matthew Searles (assistantproducer), Philip Arkwright, David Davies and The Choir of Buckfast Abbey
The Choir of Buckfast Abbey, Philip Arkwright
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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Francis Xavier - The Route of the Orient
RecommendedDriss El Maloumi & Lahoucine Baquir (oud & percussion) & Senhora del Mundo (voz, psalteri, sarod & tablas)
Hespèrion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
Highlights here include performances by El Maloumi (oud), Zuckermand (sarod) and Seki (shakuhachi), while the singing of Yokio Tanaka (accompanying himself on biwa), though not an easy taste... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2008
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The performances - and the music - are highly distinguished...However, a word of warning is appropriate: the music is addictive and once you have sampled it in these exquisite performances you... — More…
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