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Judith Weir: Choral Music
recorded in the presence of the composer
Matthew Fletcher and Annie Lydford (organ)
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber (director)
The freshness and precision of Weir's writing is perfectly matched by the well tuned, clearly articulated singing of Geoffrey Webber's Gonville & Caius Choir...Nearby Jesus College Chapel provides... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols
RecommendedKing’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury,Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
The opening track from 1958 sets the basic tone: the singing’s precise, sunny and rather dainty. Yet extra gusto soon arrives, and the modern carols Cleobury commissioned certainly stop tradition... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2018
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Dove, Weir & Martin (M): Choral works
RecommendedPeter Holder (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O’Donnell
This excellent collection of contemporary British choral works is a breath of fresh air, offering a gladly unstuffy vision of church music for the 21st century...Beautifully performed and skilfully... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th February 2022
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A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols: The Centenary Service
RecommendedChoir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
This is a priceless record not only of the centenary of the most famous carol service in the world, but of the last to be directed by Sir Stephen Cleobury after 37 years at the helm of chapel... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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the jutting vocal fanfares of [Weir's] Ave Regina caelorum set a brightly celebratory atmosphere at the disc's beginning...The seven-part writing of Hannah Kendall's numinous Regina caeli is... — More…
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Christmas with Winchester College Chapel Choir
Sara Macliver (soprano)
Winchester College Chapel Choir, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, William Lacey
The choir of the Boston-based Handel and Haydn Society is a technically formidable unit. Numbering 32 in this recording, they bring forensically precise standards of ensemble… in both Ives'... — More…
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The pulsing, fidgety rhythms of Adrian Peacock’s ‘Venite, Gaudete!’ mark the ORA Singers out as a chamber choir of high accomplishment. The technical accuracy is exceptional and the sound smoothly... — More…
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The bright, jangling soundworld of Judith Weir's All the Ends of the Earth immediately cleanses the aural palate...the BBC Singers bring their customary high standards of versatility and exectuion... — More…
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