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The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedCharlotte Margiono (soprano), Rodney Gilfry (baritone)
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's performance is notable for its intensity and fervour, and for the superb singing of his choir: splendidly firm and secure attacks and phrasing, always with fine tonal quality, meticulous... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
Arleen Augér, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley & David Thomas
Winchester Cathedral Choir & The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Mozart left unfinished the work that ought to have been the choral masterpiece of his early Viennese years but there's enough of it to make up nearly an hour's music – music that's sometimes... — More…
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British Music Collection - Gerald Finzi
RecommendedBryn Terfel, Philip Langridge, Donald Sweeney, Benjamin Luxon
Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, David Hill, Richard Hickox, Edward Higginbottom, Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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The World of Sacred Music
Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, John Scott (organ), The St. Anthony Singers, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Semple (treble), Jonathan Chinchen (treble), Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Peter White (organ), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Academy...
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Berio: Sinfonia & Concerto for Two Pianos
RecommendedLuciano Berio, Antonio Ballista (piano), Bruno Canino (piano)
Pierre Boulez
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Gramophone Awards, 1977, Winner - Contemporary
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Choral Performance
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Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
RecommendedJessye Norman (Tove), Tatiana Troyanos (Waldtaube), James McCracken (Waldemar), Kim Scown (Klaus-Narr), David Arnold (Peasant), Werner Klemperer (narrator)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
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Gramophone Awards, 1979, Winner - Choral
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Gibbons: Church Music
RecommendedThe Choir of King's College Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Boris Ord
The artistry of the performers perfectly matches Gibbons's demands in this Critics' Choice disc. Limpid clarity, sensitivity to text and earnest delivery reveal the subtleties of the composer's... — More…
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Building a Library, Also Recommended
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British Music Collection - Herbert Howells
RecommendedGregory Moore (cantor), Simon Williams (tenor), Peter Barley (organ)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Cleobury's Kings College singers are in their element, particularly so when singing music written specifically for them! Peter Barley's renditions of some of Howells' delightful organ works round... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bartók: The Wooden Prince & Cantata Profana
RecommendedJohn Aler (tenor), John Tomlinson (baritone)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Pierre Boulez
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Classical Album of the Year
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