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 Choral Images - Tippett CD
BBC Singers
Iain Farrington organ
Stephen Cleobury conductor
"The BBC Singers have a remarkable ability to create immensely varied colours, something all too rare in most choirs. I'm not talking about successful dynamics, though that is hugely apparent too, but the possibility of different types of piano and forte. This varies from the full and radiant end of the Magnificat to the eager and gleeful passages in the middle of Lilliburlero. In fact, the Four Songs from the British Isles are as fine a performance as you are likely to hear, with wonderful characterization from Cleobury and the Singers.
This is a hugely recommended disc."
Church Music Quarterly
Will Dawes
Choral Images - Tippett CD
BBC Singers
Iain Farrington organ
Stephen Cleobury conductor
"The polish and professionalism of the BBC Singers are everywhere apparent, and they bring an imposing tonal weight to such familiar items as the Spirituals from A Child of Our Time. This is a fine account, aided by the lively acoustic of the Temple Church…Stephen Cleobury and the Singers are especially impressive in the weaving lines and dancing rhythms of the madrigal and motets from the 1940s…there are two previously unrecorded items, giving this disc the edge over such long-standing and worthy rivals as the Finzi Singers. An arrangement of Over the Sea to Skye weaves the familiar tune in some appealing offbeat counterpoints, and a hymn-tune written by the atheist Tippett for the Salvation Army proves to be touchingly sincere."
Gramophone May 2007
Arnold Whittall
Choral Images - Tippett CD *****
BBC Singers
Iain Farrington organ
Stephen Cleobury conductor
"...Tippett's relationship with the BBC Singers went back almost to the beginning of his career, and he often expressed intense admiration for them. His faith is rewarded here. Other choirs...have made a good case for this repertoire, but I don't think I've ever heard things like the tortuous chromatic writing at the heart of The Weeping Babe come across with such conviction. Recommended."
BBC Music Magazine April 2007
Stephen Johnson
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