Download, Leighton (composer)
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Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2018, Winner - Vocal/Choral
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Despite its monumental aspect the Sinfonia mistica is essentially a personal, intimate work, and it gets a moving performance here, Richard Hickox judging to a nicety the various movements'... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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It’s sad that Nethsingha’s departure means that the next volume will be the last. I can’t think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director’s time at St John’s. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
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This latest volume of Paul and Huw Watkins's survey of British cello works showcases the expressive range of the instrument which emerged through later 20th-century composition, with adventurous... — More…
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That Sweet City
Leighton: Veris gratia and Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy
Rowan Atkinson (narrator), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Britten Sinfonia, Choir of the Queen's College Oxford, Owen Rees
This is a recording of captivating richness, carefully and tenderly executed; I shall undoubtedly want to return to it many times to rediscover the luxuriant vision of two English composers,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Leighton - Orchestral Works Volume 1
All premiere recordings
John Scott (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
Richard Hickox directs superbly-paced and eloquent performances of this fine music. — More…
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Altera’s debut album is a superb showcase. Clean as a whistle and conf ident in exposed moments such as in Poulenc’s Agnus Dei, and immaculately balanced in richly scored textures elsewhere,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Opera
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Special offer. Leighton: Complete Organ Works
Stephen Farr (organ) with John Butt (organ), Nicky Spence (tenor), Chloe Hanslip (violin)
Farr's unswerving authority, scrupulous phrasing and rhythmic playing make this a revelation. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Instrumental Choice
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3 CDs
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In Terra Pax
RecommendedA Christmas Anthology
Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)
City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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Special offer. Organs of Edinburgh
Usher Hall – John Kitchen, St Cuthbert’s Parish Church – Thomas Laing-Reilly, Palmerston Place Church – Andrew Caskie, St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral- Duncan Ferguson, Freemasons’ Hall – Timothy Byram-Wigfield, St Andrew’s & St George’s West Parish Church – Michael Harris, Broughton St Mary’s...
This is a magnificent package, fully befitting its subject...The entire collection is a veritable treasure-trove, a feast for lovers of organ music...Just 2,000 copies of this will ever be published... — More…
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4 CDs
Original price (HK$237.06) Reduced price HK$142.23Downloads
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