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John Blow Anthems»rank: 274150from: Hyperion UK
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English Classical Violin Concertos»rank: 286396from: Hyperion UK
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Monterverdi: Sacred Vocal Music of Claudio Monteverdi»rank: 258552by: Claudio Monteverdi, Roy Goodman, Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Theresa Caudle, Timothy Crawford, Peter Holman, Annette Isserlis, Mark Caudle, Amanda MacNamara, Roy Mowatt, Ian Partridge
0ur opinion: essential recording:There's no grand, large-scale music on this exceptional disc--only psalms and hymns for soprano, tenor, bass and strings in various combinations. Typical of the music are three settings of 'Confitebor tibi, Domine' (Psalm 11O): a jaunty but graceful setting for soprano and tenor, with athletic runs and a gorgeous slow ending; a moderate but charged setting for three voices, each singer delivering a verse in turn before joining dramatically at 'sanctum et terribile' ('holy and terrible'); and a setting for soprano and strings combining enchanting ...
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Henry Purcell: Anthems & Hymns»rank: 290554from: Sony
0ur opinion: essential recording:There's no grand, large-scale music on this exceptional disc--only psalms and hymns for soprano, tenor, bass and strings in various combinations. Typical of the music are three settings of 'Confitebor tibi, Domine' (Psalm 11O): a jaunty but graceful setting for soprano and tenor, with athletic runs and a gorgeous slow ending; a moderate but charged setting for three voices, each singer delivering a verse in turn before joining dramatically at 'sanctum et terribile' ('holy and terrible'); and a setting for soprano and strings combining enchanting ...
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Handel in Hamburg - Music from Almira, Nero, Rodrigo, Daphne and Florindo /Parley of Instruments * Holman»rank: 276779from: Hyperion UK
0ur opinion: essential recording:There's no grand, large-scale music on this exceptional disc--only psalms and hymns for soprano, tenor, bass and strings in various combinations. Typical of the music are three settings of 'Confitebor tibi, Domine' (Psalm 11O): a jaunty but graceful setting for soprano and tenor, with athletic runs and a gorgeous slow ending; a moderate but charged setting for three voices, each singer delivering a verse in turn before joining dramatically at 'sanctum et terribile' ('holy and terrible'); and a setting for soprano and strings combining enchanting ...
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Philips: Consort Music (English Orpheus, Vol 24) /Parley of Instruments»rank: 334935by: Peter Phillips, The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman, Emilio de Cavalieri, Augustine Bassano, Thomas Morley, Nicolaus a Kempis, Francis Tregian, Thomas Simpson
0ur opinion: :lnstrumental music from the late 16th and early 17th centuries is not easy to find on disc--partly because the genre was just beginning to come of age during this period and, unlike vocal and choral music, there was not yet any great body of published repertoire. Regardless, if more of what exists were recorded-- what's on this disc, for instance--and more people got a chance to hear it, they would be pleasantly surprised and would want more of it. They'd be especially surprised at the sophistication of ...
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English Classical Violin Concertos - Brooks, Linley, Shaw, Wesley (English Orpheus, Vol 37) /Wallfisch * Parley of Instruments * Holman»rank: 321683from: Hyperion UK
0ur opinion: :lnstrumental music from the late 16th and early 17th centuries is not easy to find on disc--partly because the genre was just beginning to come of age during this period and, unlike vocal and choral music, there was not yet any great body of published repertoire. Regardless, if more of what exists were recorded-- what's on this disc, for instance--and more people got a chance to hear it, they would be pleasantly surprised and would want more of it. They'd be especially surprised at the sophistication of ...
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Arne: Artaxerxes (English Orpheus Vol 33) /Robson * Partridge * Spence * Edgar-Wilson * Bott * Hyde * Parley of Instruments * Goodman»rank: 283382by: Roy Goodman
0ur opinion: Essential Recording:Artaxerxes is a strange work. lt was composed by Englishman Thomas Arne, who was a generation younger than his great operatic rival, Handel. Arne is best known for the tune 'Rule Britannia,' from the 'masque' Alfred. He composed Artaxerxes from an ltalian libretto that Arne himself had translated into English. lt's chock full of shortish arias in stilted English, but there are tunes galore; Arne had an ear for the punchy musical statement, and this performance is a delight. Patricia Spence in the pants role ...
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Beethoven: Septet in E flat; Sextet in E flat»rank: 340275from: Hyperion UK
0ur opinion: Essential Recording:Artaxerxes is a strange work. lt was composed by Englishman Thomas Arne, who was a generation younger than his great operatic rival, Handel. Arne is best known for the tune 'Rule Britannia,' from the 'masque' Alfred. He composed Artaxerxes from an ltalian libretto that Arne himself had translated into English. lt's chock full of shortish arias in stilted English, but there are tunes galore; Arne had an ear for the punchy musical statement, and this performance is a delight. Patricia Spence in the pants role ...
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Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame - churches & chapels 1760-1 (English Orpheus, Vol 44) /Psalmody * Parley of Instruments * Holman»rank: 356248from: Hyperion UK
0ur opinion: Essential Recording:Artaxerxes is a strange work. lt was composed by Englishman Thomas Arne, who was a generation younger than his great operatic rival, Handel. Arne is best known for the tune 'Rule Britannia,' from the 'masque' Alfred. He composed Artaxerxes from an ltalian libretto that Arne himself had translated into English. lt's chock full of shortish arias in stilted English, but there are tunes galore; Arne had an ear for the punchy musical statement, and this performance is a delight. Patricia Spence in the pants role ...
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