Choral, Anthems & Motets, Weelkes (composer)
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English Royal Funeral Music
RecommendedLes Trompettes des Plaisirs, Lingua Franca & Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
one might call it a classically 'English' choral sound - but any suspicions of coolness are easily dispelled by the commitment shown to the meaning of both music and text...Once again, Vox Luminis... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2013, Editor's Choice
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From Weelkes we have the immensely subtle Hark all ye lovely saints, set to springy, vertiginous changes of metre beautifully negotiated by the singers, and his In nomine a 4, performed in a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Gentleman Extraordinary
Anthems, Services, and Instrumental Music by Thomas Weelkes
Resurgam, The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Mark Duley
Resurgam demonstrate the power and confidence of their ensemble, with bold lower voices and an attractive treble sheen from the sopranos. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Poetry in Music
Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Choral
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The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 coronation. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Technical Achievement
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The singers make a beautifully balanced sound with impressive fluency across each style...there is a pleasing tension between a consort blend and the vital quirkiness of individual voices...Jourdain’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Early Music
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Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes: See, See the Word is Incarnate
Choral & Instrumental Music by Gibbons, Tomkins & Weelkes
Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), James Grimwood, Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Newe Vialles, Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort, Andrew Arthur
The general effect is impressive and warmly resonant, though the size of the choir (23 male and female singers) makes for a slight lack of clarity in the complex textures…The great musical treat... — More…
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This truly rich advent feast is performed wonderfully well on all counts and can be highly recommended — More…
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This is a beautifully programmed and performed disc…Graham Ross takes a full-on approach, with tempos brisk and passions raised – mezzo Jennifer Johnson’s ‘Pie Jesu’ is, in particular, an emotional... — More…
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