Berkeley, M
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Offer, Michael Berkeley: Collaborations Clare Hammond (piano), Madeleine Mitchell, Mahan Esfahani, Alice Coote, Julius Drake, Robert Plane, Rachel Roberts, Chris Hopkins, Bbc Singers, Joshua Ryan, Neil Tennant, David Gilmour, Owain Park
The album is something of a scrapbook collated from past years; Berkeley is not one for epic statements, and there is none here — as both broadcaster and composer he shares a spirit of stimulating... — More…
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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100 Years of Nine Lessons & Carols
RecommendedKing’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury,Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger
The opening track from 1958 sets the basic tone: the singing’s precise, sunny and rather dainty. Yet extra gusto soon arrives, and the modern carols Cleobury commissioned certainly stop tradition... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2018
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Presteigne Premieres: New Music for String Orchestra
Amy Dickson (saxophone), Prestiegne Festival Orchestra, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Katherine Baker, Suzy Willison-Kawalec
Presteigne Festival Orchestra, George Vass
The playing of the Presteigne Festival Orchestra lacks nothing in commitment, directed by Vass with unfussy attention to detail. — More…
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Berkeley, M: For You
Alan Opie (Charles), Christopher Lemmings (Robin), Rachel Nicholls (Joan), Helen Williams (Antonia), Jeremy Huw Williams (Simon) & Allison Cook (Maria)
Music Theatre Wales, Michael Rafferty
...it bristles with wit and lyricism, while giving other composers and librettists a lesson in how to drape operatic tradition in modern clothes....Alan Opie’s Charles makes a strong centrepiece,... — More…
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Here’s a fresh collection of commissions from the ever-enterprising Madeleine Mitchell. Each one has sprung from a personal connection and shared interested…There’s something brave and touching... — More…
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Stabat Mater: Sacred Choral Music by Lennox and Michael Berkeley
The Marian Consort, Berkeley Ensemble, David Wordsworth
The Marian Consort’s background in early music pays dividends in their superb precision of pitch, impeccable rhythmic placing and beautiful diction…the lush harmonies that open [Judica me] are... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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The Berkeley Edition, Volume 5
Howard Shelley (piano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Celia Craig (cor anglais), Steven Burnard (viola)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2005, Editor's Choice
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Winter Fragments
Chamber Music by Michael Berkeley
Fleur Barron (mezzo)
Berkeley Ensemble, Dominic Grier
The chamber context provides such an effective vehicle for one of his music’s most distinctive features – the often dichotomous interplay between the individual and the group…The Berkeley Ensemble,... — More…
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The voice of experience meets the voice of youth in this album contrasting the voices of Bowman, a countertenor, and Swait, a boy chorister.
Swait's voice is clear, bright and tuned with innate... — More…CD
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