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The hymn of Jesus

Gustav Holst

Reviews (4)

BBC music magazine

2013 December

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Anthony Burton

2013 December

"The Halle plays with precise attacks and perfect blending, and Mark Elder directs with sure control of the episodic structure ... Williams is an outstanding soloists, with well focused tone throughout his range and the clearest of diction ... telling the story with restrained compassion ... Highly recommendable".

Opus

2013, nr. 51

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Gunnar Lanzky-Otto

2013, nr. 51

"En intressant skiva ... Sea Drift [är] ett av hans mest lysande mästerverk. Ett måste om man överhuvudtaget är intresserad av denne ojämna, men ofta geniale tonsättare ... Fin verkkopling, framförd med rejäl glöd".

The gramophone

2013 November

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Andrew Achenbach

2013 November

"Vurdering: Gramophone choice" - "This keenly poetic, at times daringly spacious and shrewdly observant account finds Mark Elder and his combined Hallé forces operating at the very top of their game ... Baritone Roderick Williams's ... involvement is total; indeed, his heart-rending delivery of the transcendental closing section ... never fails to bring a lump to the throat ... This imposing Hallé newcomer demands to be heard".

International record review

2013 December

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Piers Burton-Page

2013 December

"The Hallé choir ... is fine at either extreme ... Mark Elder here as elsewhere feeling the sheer stillness that is sometimes at the centre of this nevertheless impassioned score. He also coaxes some magical playing from the Hallé players ... As the baritone narrator, Roderick Williams, similarly attentive, though less weighty than Bryn Terfel, quite English-sounding ... does a fine job ... The Hallé is still near the top of the league".