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Discography

album cover Tormis - Choral Music
Hyperion CDA67601
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New for April 2008 - Estonian choral music by Veljo Tormis.

 
album cover Pierre Villette Choral Music
Hyperion CDA67539
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'The Holst Singers create great clouds of texture which surge, form and melt before your ears... For a bag of musical bonbons de violette, this disc can't be beaten' (BBC Music Magazine)

 
album cover Tavener - The Veil of the Temple
RCA
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Recorded at the all-night vigil in Temple Church, London, this is the world première recording of Tavener's biggest choral work to date.


 
album cover Gretchaninov Vespers
Hyperion CDA67080
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"The Holst Singers under Stephen Layton are superb: they have complete mastery of the style of the fine, rich choral timbre... Very highly recommended." (Gramophone)
GRAMOPHONE EDITORS CHOICE (August 1999)

 
album cover The Evening Watch
Helios CDH55170
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"The performances here are wonderfully responsive. The individual voices seem perfectly attuned to the special colouring of Holst's music"
- Gramophone

 
album cover The Tavener Collection
Decca 4750962 - 2003
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"...this CD ranks as the best introduction to John Tavener that's currently on record" (HMV.co.uk, Nov 2003)

 
album cover Schnittke - Choir Concerto
Hyperion CDA67297
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"Spine-tingling… music great for contemplation, and a terrific showcase for the choir's stamina" (The Times, Jan 2002)
"...extremely well polished ... fabulous" (The Evening Standard, Jan 2002)

 
album cover Bliss, Britten, Holst - English Choral Music
Helios CDH55050
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"A delightful coupling of rare British choral works" (BBC Record Review)

 
album cover Ikon
Hyperion CDA66928
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Music by Pärt, Sviridov, Gorecki, Gretchaninov, Tchaikovsky with James Bowman, countertenor.
"Sensitive readings of the utmost sensitivity and control." (Gramophone)

 
album cover Linley: The Song of Moses
Hyperion
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The Holst Singers are joined by the Parley of Instruments in this recording of Linley's oratorio.

 
album cover Schubert: Complete Songs, Vol 31
Hyperion CDJ33031
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'An amazing disc in this matchless series - Unmissable' (Classic Express)
Part of the Hyperion Schubert Edition

 
album cover Over Hill, Over Dale
Hyperion CDA66777 - 1995
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Vaughan Willliams part songs with Ian Bostridge and Michael George.  "The Holst Singers......sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures. Strongly recommended for all admirers of Vaughan Williams." (BBC Music Magazine)

 
album cover Britten: Christ's Nativity
Hyperion CDA66825
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'Imbued with more ravishing feeling than I would have thought possible' (Organists' Review)

 
album cover Boughton: Bethlehem
Hyperion CDA66690
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GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE 'A charming, beautiful, very moving music drama' (American Record Guide)

 
album cover This have I done for my true love
Helios CDH55171/Hyperion CDA66705
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'Fascinating... The Holst Singers cover themselves in distinction. A gem' (CDReview)

 


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