Skempton
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Howard Skempton: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
RecommendedChristopher Yates (viola), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Martyn Brabbins
[Skempton] judges the balance between reiteration and variety to perfection, while the typical Skempton traits – clarity, deceptive simplicity and apparently familiar yet fresh and capricious... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th May 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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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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Tired of the same old seasonal chestnuts? Here's your solution - a wonderful collection of carols from the last half-century, mainly by British composers...Stephen Farr directs delectably sensitive... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Choice
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The Piano Music of Howard Skempton Preludes and Fugues, Nocturnes, Reflections, Images
William Howard (piano)
Howard, a long-time Skempton performer, gives the miniatures a Bach-like cleanliness – though, sadly, the recording does not always match the crispness of his pianism. — More…
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Skempton: Man and Bat, Piano Concerto & The Moon is Flashing
Roderick Williams (baritone), James Gilchrist (tenor), Tim Horton (piano), Ensemble 360
These are lovely, subtle works, and I hope that Skempton finds a broad audience on both sides of the Atlantic. Listeners who appreciate the music of Gavin Bryars probably will respond to Skempton... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Ranging from plainchant and motets to 17th Century dialogues and contemporary carol settings, it sounds like it may come across as a bit of a hotchpotch. But it doesn’t at all and with singing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Into This World, This Day Did Come
RecommendedCarols Contemporary & Medieval
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
There are many highlights but Williams Sweeney's Scots dialect setting 'The Innumerable Christ' stands out for its daring other-worldliness, as do Stuart MacRae's bold re-imagining of 'Adam... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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From the gorgeously shaped performance of Morten Lauridsen’s modern classic O magnum mysterium which opens the programme, to the urgent, ardent account of James MacMillan’s O radiant dawn which... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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