Latest News: Classical, Gabrieli Consort (Early Music Ensemble)
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Recording of the Week,
Purcell's Fairy Queen from Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli 10th April 2020A glorious return to the Restoration stage, with a semi-opera if anything even more vivid than King Arthur - featuring a cast of gods, fairies, peasants, poets and... monkeys?
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Recording of the Week,
Purcell's King Arthur from Gabrieli and Paul McCreesh 25th October 2019Paul McCreesh and Gabrieli give a sparkling performance of Purcell's patriotic extravaganza, from a new edition prepared by Christopher Suckling.
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Interview,
Paul McCreesh on An English Coronation 1st May 2019The conductor talks to David about his latest recording with Gabrieli, which weaves music and readings from the coronations of four British monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II) into a composite ceremony, recorded in Ely Cathedral.
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Recording of the Week,
Two terrific Italian Renaissance reconstructions 18th June 2012A new Venetian Coronation from Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort, and a reconstruction of a typical Italian Vespers programme from circa 1612 from Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini.
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Recording of the Week,
Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts from Paul McCreesh 3rd October 2011With a massed choir of English and Polish singers and an orchestra which deploys as many authentic nineteenth-century instruments as possible, McCreesh plays up not only the sound and fury of Berlioz’s super-sized Requiem but also the astonishing range of textures which the young composer summons.