Hyperion - up to 60% off
Until 27th November, we're delighted to be offering up to 60% off Hyperion titles on CD, SACD, Vinyl and Download.
Please note, that MP3s are excluded from this offer.
Hyperion - up to 60% off, Britten Sinfonia (chamber ensemble)
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Special offer. Poulenc - Gloria and Motets
RecommendedSusan Gritton
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Stephen Layton's tight control of his forces, both choral and orchestral, lends impeccable ensemble and heart-thumping excitement - has the opening tutti ever had such punch? Soprano Susan... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Bruckner - Mass in E minor & Motets
RecommendedPolyphony with Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton
Of the 'chamber-like' versions of this Mass, Polyphony trumps all others for beauty of tone. At the end of the Agnus, where the sopranos don't have bulk, they gleam. In the Benedictus, too,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Tõnu Kõrvits: Kreek's Notebook
Spiritual Songs from the Baltic States
Kate Telfer (soprano), William Mason (organ)
Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia, Rupert Gough
More from the ever-renewing, never emptying, storehouse of Baltic song...this Baltic compilation is given gently sympathetic performances by the student singers of Royal Holloway College and... — More…
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…the Concerto funebre for violin and strings has established itself as Karl Amadeus Hartmann's most familiar work…the way in which the Britten Sinfonia support and enfold their young soloist's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bairstow - Choral Music
Paul Provost (organ) & Roderick Williams (baritone)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge & Britten Sinfonia, David Hill (Director of Music)
…Bairstow could hardly have finer advocates than David Hill's St John's Choir, beautiful in tone and balance… admirably clear in enunciation, well supported by rhythmic organ playing, and outstandingly... — More…
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
Allan Clayton (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (bass), Iestyn Davies (countertenor) & Julia Doyle (soprano)
Polyphony & Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton
…underpinned by the incisive modern instruments of Britten Sinfonia, the new release has both a fine sense of style and is full of refreshing insights… Tempos - after a slightly low-key start... — More…
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Special offer. Macmillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross
Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton
Seven Last Words was commissioned by the BBC in 1993 for Holy Week 1994, when it was broadcast in seven short programmes, a 'word' per day. It remains a highly compelling work. Under Stephen... — More…
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Special offer. Lauridsen - Nocturnes
and other choral music
Andrew Lumsden (organ), Morten Lauridsen (piano) & Morten Lauridsen (finger cymbals)
Polyphony & Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton
What more can one say of the singing other than that it is Polyphony? This ensemble—surely one of the best small choirs now before the public— invests everything it sings with insight, crisp... — More…
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Thanks principally to Stephen Layton's advocacy, Pawel Lukaszewski's reputation is growing rapidly, and rightly so. All the performers evince an emotional commitment to the content as well... — More…
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