classical music: Charles Pott ...     classical music:       The James Bowman Collection / Bowman, The King's Consort2 reviews Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, ... Hyperion UK, 1996 A great musician and singer Rarely have I run across a cd of this quality from the beginning to the end. Bowman is an artist who has a complete understanding of style and form but who also knows how to internalize his relationship with anything he does. The selections of Bach, Purcell and Handel are particularly breathtaking. Robert King and his Consort plays absolutely beautiful with Bowman and with the likes of soprano ...             Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh7 reviews Research Composer, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, ... Polygram Records, 1993 An amazing reproduction of 17th century Vespers Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort and Players have put together an entirely captivating re-creation of a Vespers service, the Catholic office of evening prayer, as it might have been performed at St. Mark's in Venice in the early 17th century. From the sacristy bell, to the chants, to the massive and breathtaking polychoral hymns and psalms, McCreesh weaves a tapestry of sound that is ...             Music for San Rocco8 reviews Gabrieli Consort, Mccreesh Archiv Produktion, 1996 Gabrieli, the original surround sound performer Being only marginally acquainted with the music of Gabrieli and his period, I have little to add to comments already made. I must confess that two discs worth of 16th century liturgical music runs a little long for me. I'll focus instead on the sound of the SACD version. This was one of my first SACD purchases, and I chose it because I knew that Gabrieli wrote for multiple choirs situated in ...             Purcell: Complete Odes and Welcom Songs, Vol.5 - Great Parent, Hail! / The Summer's Absence Unconcerned We ... Purcell, King's Consort Hyperion UK, 1993             Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music [Box Set]1 review Antonio Vivaldi, Giovanni Maria Ruggieri, ... Hyperion UK, 2005 Antonio Vivaldi The Complete Sacred Music, Hyperion, The King's Consort, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King, Soloists Test of a little meeting. When Antionio Vivaldi 1741 died in Vienna, he left a stately spiritual work. A large part of these compositions which were not sighted yet or still not authorized for the publication to this day was sighted only approx. 90 years ago in which one knows, the Vivaldi still had set many further spiritual works to music. The spiritual work contains a variety of compositions ...             Dresden Concerti Heinichen, Goebel, ... Polygram Records, 1994             Hail Bright Cecilia1 review Purcell, Mccreesh, ... Polygram Records, 1995 Not easy to understand, but worth the effort As well as the St Cecilia ode this disc contains two superb biblical 'verse anthems', the second ending with a lovely and most unusual quiet Alleluia. The disc is thus excellent value in terms of the amount of music provided, the performances have authority and scholarship stamped all over them, the performers are totally accomplished professionals in music of this period and the recorded sound ...             Sacred Musc 101 review Vivaldi, King, ... Hyperion UK, 2004 Stellar conclusion to a great series This the 10th and final CD in a survey of Vivaldi's sacred choral music. It takes maybe a wee bit of cheek to release the most famous piece, the Gloria RV 589, as part of the last CD in the series. However, the wait is worthwhile. A wonderful rendition. Aptly timed and well executed. The soloists are perfect. Additionally, there are two other bits that are worth noting (and buying): a ...             Venetian Coronation 15957 reviews A. Gabrieli & G., Mccreesh, ... Angel Records, 2002 5 stars doesn't do this recording justice There is little to say about this superlative recording that hasn't been said before. It represents the high point of the recording career of Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort and Players. This recording happens to be one of the best recordings of the music of Giovanni and Andrea Gabrieli available. If you only ever buy one recording of Gabrieli's music, make it this one. There are a few ...             Stillness & Sweet Harmony3 reviews Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ... Collegium, 1996 Bad day at work? Enter another realm This is a wonderfully mellow selection of choral works in the English tradition, and a particularly well-balanced program: You can set the CD to play and relax with a good glass of wine. The Cambridge Singers come across as a single, smooth instrument--not a group of belting soloists. Rutter's arrangements and orchestrations avoid here some of the cutesy movie-style effects on some of the ...             Handel - Alexander Balus / Denley, George, C. Daniels, Dawson, McFadden, The King's Consort7 reviews George Frideric Handel, Robert King, ... Hyperion UK, 1997 Not Joshua, not Saul, but perhaps somewhere in between . . . It would be a great shame, this being the oratorio's sole recording to date besides one dreadfully amateurish recording by Rudolph Palmer, if this recording were not up-to-scratch. "Alexander Balus" is full of wonderful music, the vehicle for a very satisfying plot. Fortunately, this recording is excellent. Though it has been referred to as one of several distinctly militaristic oratorios (such ...             Bach Cantatas: 54; 169; 1701 review James Bowman, King's Consort, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 a spiritual listening experience Glorious Bach singing and playing. It gets you into the atmosphere immediately. The performance sounds very authentic and the recorded sound is pleasantly warm. This CD contains some unusually melodious music from Bach.             The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort3 reviews Henry Purcell, Robert King, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 valuable and enjoyable This set will delight any lover of Purcell. Ideally, you will want all 8 CD's; but if you must pick and choose, get at least Vols 1, 2 & 8 (these contain, between them, Welcome to all the pleasures, Hail Bright Cecilia and Come ye sons of art). Volume 1, entitled Royal and Ceremonial Odes, was probably recorded before King knew for sure that his idea of producing the complete chamber vocal ...             Purcell: Royal and Ceremonial Odes1 review Michael George, Henry Purcell, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 a voice teacher and early music fan THREE GREAT ODES PERFORMED BY EIGHT SUPERSTAR SOLOISTS AND THE KING'S CONSORT! Henry Purcell (1659-1695) looked like a Florentine prince, was hail-fellow-well-met in tavern and taproom, wrote for the church and also for the stage and salon, was in fact a most likeable young man, as well as a great 'Master of Musick'. Purcell was a master of English declamation. He did not 'write down' to his ...             The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey Charles Villiers Stanford, Bernard Rose, ... Hyperion UK, 2008             Cambridge Singers - A Cappella (Collegium)3 reviews Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, ... Collegium, 1993 A Fine Survey of Choral Music John Rutter has long been established as a fine choral conductor as well as an intelligent programmer and this CD further substantiates his preeminent position. For this album Rutter has selected a wide ranging repertoire of songs written for unaccompanied chorus, a tradition that dates back to the plainsongs of the old churches. Opening with Benjamin Britten's completely enchanting setting ...             A Banquet of Voices: Music for Multiple Choirs3 reviews Thomas Tallis, Gregorio Allegri, ... Collegium, 2000 Haunting Beauty. This has to be one of the finest demonstrations of what the human voice can acheive. It's music that that strikes a chord with you. It's music that gives you chills. It captures your soul, and then enriches it. Modern popular is laughable compared to the delicate depths of emotion and spirituality that are expressed here.             Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players2 reviews Heinrich Schütz, Paul McCreesh, ... Archiv Prod Import, 1999 Splendid choral sound and fabulous organ in superb acoustic This fine recording continues the tradition started by the Consort with their Praetorius Christmas recording released several seasons ago. The organ sound is rich and impressive, and the choral sound is, as usual, impeccable. Charles Daniels is an effective evangelist in the Schutz Christmas Oratorio, though he is not as sonorous as John Mark Ainsley on Hyperion. This as close as I come to a ...             Purcell: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volume 3 - Fly, bold rebellion; Sound the trumpet, beat the drum; ...1 review Henry Purcell, James Bowman, ... Hyperion UK, 1993 Purcell would have been pleased The first ode on this CD - Fly bold rebellion - is one of Purcell's earliest odes. But it already shows the characteristics of Purcell's brand of vocal chamber music: vocal movements over a walking ground bass, followed by intricate string ritornelli, and imitative choruses with creative use of counterpoint. The highlight of this ode is the alto solo Be welcome then, great Sir (Bowman). The ...              search for classical music alexander, ascension, banquet, cambridge, cantatas, cappella, celebrate, ceremonial, christmas, collection, collegium, complete, concerti, coronation, daniels, dresden, festival, gabrieli, glorious, harmony, mccreesh, mcfadden, monteverdi, multiple, purcell, rebellion, stillness, unconcerned, venetian, westminster classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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