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Thank you very much DracoM for such a detailed and insightful comment, which has greatly added to my understanding of this performance!
The CD seems to be readily available, as well as an mp3 version, on amazon at least.
I shall listen with further increased interest, thanks to your contribution.
"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9
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to add my thanks for Draco's info. i think I shall I have to get the McCreesh...
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Enjoy all. Will be interested to see what you make of it.
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I didn't know the Tallis Scholars had recorded there (I thought they preferred Oxford locations) - but McCreesh was, I'm pretty sure, the first to use Brinkburn as a recording location. His first CD, Venetian Coronation, was recorded there in 1989.Originally Posted by DracoM
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Maybe I have that wrong. Will check.
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Very UNhelpfully, 'sources' suggest that the TS 'record in many venues' - yes, well, thanks, I think we all knew that, no names then mentioned apart from Merton, where Phillips is now based - and we knew that too. I think I am going to stick to my guns on it: while McCreesh recorded at Brinkburn Priory, I am sure the Tallis Scholars did as well - maybe back in the 90's? Anyone help?
Still do not know why Simon Heighes omitted the McCreesh Requiem, nor why he never so much as nodded towards the Malcolm or the famous Guest / St J's Victoria CDs either.
Beginning to wonder if BAL is tacitly drawing a line under the 1990's and pretending that recording history started here for all practical purposes.
The history of recorded classical music goes back well over a century, and we now see the increasing need for a return of a regular CDM or Interpretatoipns on Record as an urgent historial, cultural and educational resource. The BBC has a HUGE role to play as custodians of the biggest recorded music archive in Europe if not wider. Unless they accept this custodianship, make it available regualrly to presenters and archivists, programme makers eg Jonathan Swain etc, then that archive has no currency apart from the preditctably fragile memories of people and those with extensive back catalogues of 78's, LPs and tapes in private hands.
I will open a more general thread on this. I wonder if others have similar thoughts?
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Brinkburn is the Gabrieli team's venue under Paul McCreesh - their Friday 8-Sunday 10th July festival programme now online.
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James Jolly played some Victoria on today's Classical Collection. He referred to Saturday's BAL and played longer extracts from the choirs featured. For me The Drome's 'Salve Regna' won hands down...such an instinctive grasp of the style... and the mixture of boy and adult altos lends a very special sound IMO.
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"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9
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Caliban, I was confused too. The answer has to be Westminster Cathedral (the only boys & men choir in Simon H's shortlist); a quick bit of googling shows that 'the Drome' seems to be WC's nickname amongst the in crowd. No doubt one of them will be along soon to provide exegesis...
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