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The ensemble is a coterie of some of the finest early musicians on the scene today – friends who evidently relish the art of musical conversation, the guiding ethos of the English consort tradition. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th May 2024
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2024, Chamber Choice
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Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful By beauteous softness, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … there’s... — More…
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Time stands still
Lute songs on the theme of mutability and metamorphosis by John Dowland and his contemporaries
Emma Kirkby (soprano) & Anthony Rooley (lute)
A fine recital that adds a few welcome items to the recorded repertory of the lute song, engineered close to perfection — More…
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Sophie Daneman’s sensuous soprano offsets the boyish voice of the 15-year-old Rosanna Wicks, while the airy trebles of Salisbury Cathedral Choir balance the earthier tones of the lay clerks... — More…
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Record Review, 11th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland
RecommendedJohn Holloway (violin, viola), Monika Baer (violin, Renate Steinmann (violin), Susanna Hefti (viola), Martin Zeller (bass violin)
Dowland himself was prepared to countenance performances with violin consort. This is the less familiar route Holloway and his colleagues have chosen, deploying four violas atop a bass violin...The... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2017, Also Recommended
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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The players on their period instruments...characterise well, not least in several of the pavens which are much longer and more varied than most of the dances...Happily, the players regularly... — More…
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Music at the Coronation of King James II, 1685
James Bowman (alto), Andrew Tortise (tenor) & Maciek O'Shea (bass)
The Choir of the Chapel Royal & The Musicians Extra-ordinary, Andrew Gant
[Andrew Gant] used the music to showcase his modern-day Chapel Royal Choir, recorded in its home at St James's Palace. The shaded interplay between the small group of instruments and polished... — More…
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Locke's five-part suite for the reconstituted royal wind band...it is performed here with nuanced shading and flawless technique...The aromatic tint of Westminster Abbey's bells and library... — More…
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