Nigel Short
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Brahms & Bruckner: Motets
RecommendedMark Templeton (trombone), Helen Vollam (trombone), Patrick Jackman (trombone), Alexander Mason (organ)
Tenebrae, Nigel Short
Nigel Short and Tenebrae have come up with a beautifully balanced and contrasted programme…The beauty of sound and dignified expression of intensity that Tenebrae create in the opening of the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Choral Winner
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Short finds a musical dramaturgy to match that of the text. The Requiem is written for six voices, but this choir of 20 never seems lumbering or unbalanced. They are perfectly tuned (listen... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2011, Featured
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Award Winner
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this recording is the most nuanced and telling available. First there is the sheer sound of the ensemble: beautifully balanced and tuned with, at times (Caligaverunt oculi), an almost glassy... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2013, Editor's Choice
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A spooky, flickering account of Elgar’s Owls underlines the ability of Short and his outstandingly responsive singers to create riveting atmosphere, and communicate to the listener the import... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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The authentic voice of Russian liturgical music is a challenge for Brits to emulate; there’s the unique timbre Church Slavonic an indefinable quality of melancholy and a visceral richness which... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th January 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Finalist
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Symphonic Psalms and Prayers
RecommendedBernstein • Schoenberg • Stravinsky • Zemlinsky
David Allsopp (countertenor)
Tenebrae, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Short
It’s good to hear Bernstein’s original design of the solo for a countertenor being respected for once. Allsopp makes much more of the words than most trebles, and there is an arresting immediacy... — More…
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Building A Library, July 2021, Also Recommended
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Tenebrae is equal to every challenge. The tuning is impeccable, the phrasing intelligent and never forced, the balance always adjusted to the demands of Poulenc's textures...Not least, the sopranos... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Fauré: Requiem
RecommendedGrace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, July 2016, First Choice
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Rebecca Dale: Night Seasons
Steven Isserlis (cello), Richard Harwood, Ben Dawson, Victoria Meteyard (soprano), Ben Russell, Klara Romac, Tom Walley, Olivia Jageurs, Rebecca Lea (soprano), Rosanna Wicks (soprano), Guy Johnston (cello), Richard McVeigh
Philharmonia Orchestra, Tenebrae, Michael Collins, Nigel Short
Dale’s skills are best expressed in the titular concerto ‘Night Seasons’...The piece as a whole is by turn penetrating and genuinely poignant, and certainly makes this release worth owning. — More…
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