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An assured synthesis of elegant musicality, judicious ear for contrapuntal detail and informed scholarship...All the works are given splendid performances which not only remind us that there... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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The two outstanding features are the high quality of the choral singing and the fairly relaxed pace throughout. Higginbottom has said that he finds some of Britten's metronome markings on the... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2013
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Tom Raskin (tenors)
New College Choir Oxford & Charivari Agréable, Edward Higginbottom
The tenor soloists, Nicholas Mulroy and Thomas Hobbs, are ravishing in 'Duo Seraphim'...The instrumentalists of Charivari Agréable are on fine form; they add wonderful shape to the phrases in... — More…
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An attractive collection of Bach and Walther concerto transcriptions played with (relentless) energy and fluency by Donal McCann. — More…
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Jonty Ward (treble), James Swash (alto), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Howard (baritone)
New College Choir Oxford & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Edward Higginbottom
The two boy soloists acquit themselves admirably, with barely a hint of vulnerability in exposed moments such as the "Te decet hymnus" or the "Recordare", and combine well with the two men to... — More…
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Haydn: Nelson Mass & Insanae et vanae curae
Jonty Ward (treble), Hugh Cutting (alto), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Tom Edwards (bass)
New College Choir Oxford & New Century Baroque, Edward Higginbottom
This latest account...is less punchy, more liturgical than some, but scarcely less intent in purpose. Instead of the usual operatic soloist in the florid solo soprano passages, we have a remarkably... — More…
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F. Couperin: Exultent superi
Motets Choisis
Soloists of New College Oxford
Collegium Novum, Edward Higginbottom
Oxford musicians have always studied historical styles through imaginative composition, and Higginbottom is master of the craft. I couldn't fault his instrumental reconstructions. They're totally... — More…
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The Gate Of Heaven: Favourite Anthems from New College Oxford
Timothy Wakerell (organ)
The Choir of New College Oxford, Robert Quinney
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Ablaze With Light
Choral Music by William Petter
Paul Plummer (organ)
The Rose Singers, Peter Foggitt
both a touching personal memorial and a tantalising glimpse of a talent just coming into bloom...Petter has a gift for vocal spacing, and the result is spacious music that seems, in these accomplished... — More…
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