Purcell - No, resistance is but vain (from The Maid's Last Prayer or Any Rather Than Fail, Z601)
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The art of vocal duetting is exemplified at its best in this recital by two of today’s finest British singers, working with an accompanist of equal merit…each singer has solo items…Yet the most... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Britten - Purcell Realizations
Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Jackson, Simon Keenlyside & Graham Johnson
Two irresistible discs—typically painstakingly produced and documented—and would deserve four stars if only they were there to give — More…
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Countertenor duets by Purcell & Blow
James Bowman (countertenor) & Michael Chance (countertenor)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Such complementary voices, Chance fine-drawn, Bowman a touch richer, more coloured, are ideal in this selection of inventive duets. Blow's Ode on Purcell's death is particularly fine, intensely... — More…
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Special offer. Counter-tenor Duets and Song
Purcell and his contemporaries
Ryland Angel (counter-tenor), Mark Chambers (counter-tenor), Laurence Cummings (h'chord, organ), Taro Takeuchi (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar), Reiko Ichise (bass viol), Becky Davies & Laura Hird (recorder), Rodolfo Richter and Claire Duff (violin) and Emma Alter (viola)
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Purcell & Blow: Odes & Songs
Carlos Mena & Damien Guillon (countertenors) & Philippe Pierlot (bass viol, direction)
Ricercar Consort
Mena and Guillon both sound entirely at ease with Dryden's eloquent English and the musical moods to illustrate literary illusions are captured poignantly...the recorders blend sensitively with... — More…
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Sopranos Emily Owen and Jenni Harper are at their best in the duet from Dioclesian, ‘O the sweet delights of love’, where they control the waves of ecstasy with technical aplomb and conviction,... — More…
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Purcell: Britten
Songs by Henry Purcell, realised by Benjamin Britten
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Allan Clayton (tenor), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The singers steer a convincing stylistic course, balancing the sometimes contradictory demands of the source material and the arrangement…Middleton’s playing is precisely coloured and characterised — More…
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