classical music: Charles Pott

classical music: Charles Pott

classical music:

Charles Pott

Giovanni Gabrieli: Music For San Rocco

Charles Pott, Donald Greig, ...

Archiv Produktion, 1996

This is how you perform the music of Gabrieli!
There is little I can add to what the other reviewers have said about this tremendous recording. The performances are very good, the tempi are well chosen and the instruments are the rights ones. There are many excellent contributions from individuals - Robin Blaze is ...

Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music

Adrian Peacock, Charles Pott, ...

Hyperion UK, 2005

Antonio Vivaldi The Complete Sacred Music, Hyperion, The King's Consort, Choir of the King's Consort, Robert King, Soloists
Test of a little meeting. When Antionio Vivaldi 1741 died in Vienna, he left a stately spiritual work. A large part of these compositions which were not sighted yet or still not authorized for the publication to this day was sighted only approx. 90 years ago in which ...

Stillness And Sweet Harmony

Charles Pott, Gregorio Allegri, ...

Collegium, 1996

Bad day at work? Enter another realm
This is a wonderfully mellow selection of choral works in the English tradition, and a particularly well-balanced program: You can set the CD to play and relax with a good glass of wine. The Cambridge Singers come across as a single, smooth instrument--not a group ...

I Will Lift up Mine Eyes

Charles Pott, Simon Davies, ...

Collegium, 1993

Adequate recording of English classics
This is a solid, if uninspired, rendering of some lovely English choral music. The actual selection of pieces is very nice. I would not have started the CD with the Stanford Magnificent in G. Although Caroline Ashton is a fine soprano, her solo on this work leaves ...

Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh

Research Composer, Giovanni Antonio Rigatti, ...

Polygram Records, 1993

An amazing reproduction of 17th century Vespers
Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort and Players have put together an entirely captivating re-creation of a Vespers service, the Catholic office of evening prayer, as it might have been performed at St. Mark's in Venice in the early 17th century. From the sacristy ...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music, Vol. 10

Adrian Peacock, Charles Pott, ...

Hyperion UK, 2004

Stellar conclusion to a great series
This the 10th and final CD in a survey of Vivaldi's sacred choral music. It takes maybe a wee bit of cheek to release the most famous piece, the Gloria RV 589, as part of the last CD in the series. However, the wait is worthwhile. A wonderful rendition. Aptly timed and ...

The Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey
Julian Empitt, Lawrence Wallington, ...

Hyperion UK, 2008

Christmas Through the Ages

Michael George, Charles Pott, ...

Hyperion UK, 2001

Exquisite, with glimpses of a transcendental beauty
I can't believe it. This is the first "Christmas" disc I ever bought and am still regularly listening to ... nine months post-holiday, now! This collection is replete with sparks of worship and awe. The festive jaunt embarks on a well-executed, majestic baroque ...

Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players

Gregorian Chant, Heinrich Schutz, ...

Archiv Produktion, 1999

Splendid choral sound and fabulous organ in superb acoustic
This fine recording continues the tradition started by the Consort with their Praetorius Christmas recording released several seasons ago. The organ sound is rich and impressive, and the choral sound is, as usual, impeccable. Charles Daniels is an effective evangelist ...

A Venetian Coronation 1595

Charles Pott, Peter Harvey, ...

Angel Records, 2002

Superb reconstruction, glorious sound, overwhelming beauty
This 1989 recording for Virgin Classics is the one that made Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort and Players famous. And what a superb disc it is! Although it is no longer possible to establish exactly what music was played at the coronation of the Doge of Venice in ...

Cambridge Singers - A Cappella (Collegium)

Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, ...

Collegium, 1993

A Fine Survey of Choral Music
John Rutter has long been established as a fine choral conductor as well as an intelligent programmer and this CD further substantiates his preeminent position. For this album Rutter has selected a wide ranging repertoire of songs written for unaccompanied chorus, a ...

Purcell: Complete Odes and Welcome Songs Volume 3 - Fly, bold rebellion; Sound the trumpet, beat the drum; ...

Charles Pott, Michael George, ...

Hyperion UK, 1993

Purcell would have been pleased
The first ode on this CD - Fly bold rebellion - is one of Purcell's earliest odes. But it already shows the characteristics of Purcell's brand of vocal chamber music: vocal movements over a walking ground bass, followed by intricate string ritornelli, and imitative ...

Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Charles Pott, Christopher Purves, ...

Archiv Produktion, 2002

Handel - Alexander Balus / Denley, George, C. Daniels, Dawson, McFadden, The King's Consort

George Frideric Handel, Robert King, ...

Hyperion UK, 1997

Not Joshua, not Saul, but perhaps somewhere in between . . .
It would be a great shame, this being the oratorio's sole recording to date besides one dreadfully amateurish recording by Rudolph Palmer, if this recording were not up-to-scratch. "Alexander Balus" is full of wonderful music, the vehicle for a very satisfying plot. ...

A Banquet of Voices: Music for Multiple Choirs

Thomas Tallis, Gregorio Allegri, ...

Collegium, 2000

Haunting Beauty.
This has to be one of the finest demonstrations of what the human voice can acheive. It's music that that strikes a chord with you. It's music that gives you chills. It captures your soul, and then enriches it. Modern popular is laughable compared to the delicate ...