Byrd
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There will be many recordings of Byrd's music in this 400th anniversary year of his death, but few will match the superb balance and poise of these performances from Stile Antico. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953
RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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Byrd Edition Volume 5 - The Masses RecommendedDavid Skinner
Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood
The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The choir is at its best in the full choral works such as the anthem ‘Turn Our Captivity’ where they impressively shape and unfold the music...this is a significant and welcome addition to Byrd’s... — More…
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Record Review, 8th October 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Early Music
2 CDs
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The musical imagination of The Cardinall's Music does full justice to that of Byrd. The group's delivery is a sensual delight, as an individual singer's colours will flash up in polyphonic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year
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Armstrong’s playing is both expressive and technically brilliant, a combination here in constant demand as the ornamentation is intricate and often dizzyingly fast. And they run the emotional... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th December 2021
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The entire program is sung with the utmost restraint...Among the miscellaneous collections of Byrd’s music, this ranks near the top, an impressive presentation sung one voice to a part, beautifully... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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These works have sometimes been handled as trifles or decorative miniatures, but Iranian-American harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani treats them as profoundly expressive and introspective works.... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Instrumental Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Instrumental
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Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie
RecommendedPsalmes, Sonets & Songs of sadnes and pietie
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner
The real beauty of these readings...is the singers’ poetic nuancing of the texts, which they articulate with glassy clarity. The members of Fretwork play with characteristic grace, weaving gossamer... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording
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