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'This disc casts new light on Thomas Weelkes, a composer famous for his madrigals, .... in a beautifully planned sequence exploring his....sacred....and... instrumental music.....The choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has tended to be overshadowed by its bigger collegiate-choir brothers but, under the direction of David Skinner since 2006, it is now a force to be reckoned with: candid alert voices, nigh flawless technically. There's both freshness and fire in these accounts, Skinner underscoring the music's dramatic and madrigalian qualities, and enhancing dynamic and textural contrasts to elating effect. The selection of lachrymose pavans is luminously played by...Fretwork,and pithily chromatic organ solos are articulately realised by the college organ scholars. The clean recorded sound, swathed in the silvery echo of the Sidney Sussex chapel, lets every detail cut through.' --Kate Bolton - BBC Music Magazine (September 2012)
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Hosanna to the Son of David - What joy so true - All people clap your hands - Voluntarie I - When David Heard - Gloria in excelsis Deo... / The Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge & Fretwork - David Skinner, direction
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By tommyr
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I have just listened to this album, some of which was unfamiliar music to me, though I must confess to having a distinct preference for English music of this period, and verse anthems in particular. First I have to say that album is nicely paced with a mixture of full and verse anthems, works for viols and organ pieces. The choir is absolutely superb, in every way equal to the very best on offer; the balance and intonation is faultless, and recorded quite close to, which again is something I like. It would be churlish not to single out the solo performances of Eleanor Cramer, who sings with astonishing purity balanced by a maturity only an adult can offer. Fretwork are predictably excellent throughout, whether accompanying the verse anthems or playing some of the (to me at least) less well-known works for viols. This wonderful composer is under-represented in the recorded oeuvre of the period, something very much borne out by his setting of "When David heard", and this amazing disc goes a long way to redressing that.
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