Mhairi Lawson
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Purcell: King Arthur
RecommendedAnna Dennis, Mhairi Lawson, Rowan Pierce, Carolyn Sampson (sopranos), Jeremy Budd (high tenor), James Way (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone)
Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh
Choruses are more vibrant, dance rhythms more percussive and solos more delicate than in any previous recording. Above all, McCreesh and his artists make us hear Purcell’s genius for word-setting…But... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Opera, February 2020, Disc of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Special offer. Handel: Brockes-Passion
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Stuart Jackson, Konstantin Krimmel, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
You’re in safe hands here. Arcangelo bring their Baroque expertise to this pristine interpretation of Handel’s Brockes Passion. The soloists are fabulous, particularly Sandrine Piau, who shimmers... — More…
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Record Review, 13th March 2021, Record of the Week
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Sunday Times, 21st March 2021, Disc of the Week
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740
Volume One: The Dawn of the Virtuoso
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
These mostly unfamiliar pieces make highly enjoyable listening, especially when played with the natural exuberance that La Serenissima bring to them. Legrenzi's dances are catchy, Navara's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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The bulk of Britten's choral output, repackaged at budget level from full-price originals. Wonderfully sympathetic performances, rich recording. A top bargain for the Britten centenary. — More…
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Vivaldi - Music for the Chapel of the Pieta
Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Robert Howarth (organ), Sarah McMahon (cello solo)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin & direction)
…Mhairi Lawson sings with secure intonation, expressive sensibility and pleasing warmth of colour. Chandler is the solo violinist in four strongly contrasted concertos… In two of them he is... — More…
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Venice by Night
Simon Munday (trumpet), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
a delightful vignette of 18th-century Venetian nightlife...Lawson is, in turn, a gondola-borne singer...equally at home in the simplest syllabic songs, genlte cantabile and, at the end, a sparkling... — More…
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The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690–1740
Volume Two: Antonio Vivaldi – Virtuoso Impresario
Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler (violin and director)
Adrian Chandler… is given sensitive support by his string and continuo players among which the audible presence of a theorbo is welcome. Soprano Mhairi Lawson highlights the affective contrasts... — More…
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Special offer. Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Lucy Crowe (soprano) & Tim Mead (counter-tenor)
La Nuova Musica, David Bates
[Mead] offers articulate readings of the cantatas, his voice (with its faint echoes of the young Andreas Scholl) is beautifully controlled, its reedy, instrumental quality yielding lovely dialogues... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Wilby: An English Passion According to Saint Matthew
Jack Wilson, Mhairi Lawson (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Elwin, Ben McAteer, Seán Boylan, David Leigh
Belfast Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
This is a truly important release, all premiere recordings of works composed between 2014 and 2019 by a master craftsman. — More…
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