Westminster Abbey Choir
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The Agnus Dei by Tarik O’Regan, an ethereal and exquisitely worked setting, is worthy to stand alongside O taste and see, the communion anthem composed by Vaughan Williams for the 1953 coronation. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, Technical Achievement
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James O’Donnell masterminds an account of Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor to rank alongside the finest to have come my way...In sum, this classy collection will surely give lasting pleasure. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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Handel Gold
RecommendedKiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luciano Pavarotti, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Joyce DiDonato, Russell Oberlin, Nigel Robson, Kathleen Ferrier, Bryn Terfel, Janet Baker, Magdalena Kozena, Grace...
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Ludford: Missa Videte miraculum & Ave Maria, ancilla Trinitatis
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
James O’Donnell and the Westminster singers really understand this music and make a fine case for Ludford being a true (if neglected) master of polyphony. The disc kicks off with some serene,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Coronation Music for King James II
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston
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A Christmas Caroll from Westminster Abbey
RecommendedRobert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
An ambitious and superbly sung programme, sympathetically framed within the choir's spaciously atmospheric home acoustic. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th December 2008
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Dove, Weir & Martin (M): Choral works
RecommendedPeter Holder (organ)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O’Donnell
This excellent collection of contemporary British choral works is a breath of fresh air, offering a gladly unstuffy vision of church music for the 21st century...Beautifully performed and skilfully... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th February 2022
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Music in the Heart
Vaughan Williams Conducts his Serenade To Music
Sopranos: Stiles Allen*, Isobel Baillie*, Ena Mitchell, Elsie Suddaby*, Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill*, Astra Desmond*, Mary Jarred*, Gladys Ripley, Tenors: William Herbert, Richard Lewis, Stephen Manton, Heddle Nash*, Baritone/Bass: Norman Allin*, Robert Easton*, Roy Henderson*, Harold Williams*...
The exquisite centrepiece here is Vaughan Williams's own performance of the Serenade to Music from 1951, his 79th year. …there's a special warmth and magic. — More…
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Finzi, Bax & Ireland: Choral Music
Daniel Cook (organ), Sebastian Braw-Smith (treble), Julian Stocker (tenor), Julian Empett (bass), Jeremy Suppey (treble), Simon Ponsford (countertenor), Daniel Livermore (treble), Jonathan Brown (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
The choir’s diffuse tone – breathier in the upper voices than rivals at New College or even King’s Cambridge – is very effective — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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[the choir] are on crack form here, near flawless in ensemble and intonation. The trebles perform with real fervour, their sheer, plangent sound complemented by the dusky lower voices. O'Donnell... — More…
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