Phoenix Bach Choir - Spotless Rose: Hymns to the Virgin Mary Choir Chandos

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Grammy Award Winner - Best Small Ensemble Performance February 2009

Where has this fabulous choir been all my life? No choral strength you can name eludes them… Chandos’ usual lucid and unaffected notes, full texts and resplendent SACD-hybrid sound conspire with irresistible choral wizardry to make this an absolute must

American Record Guide on Shakespeare in Song

Charles Bruffy’s much talked-up Phoenix Chorale of Arizona contributes a CD of Marian anthems which new repertoire hounds should check out for Three Latin Motets by Cecilia MacDowall and Electra by a composer new to me, Jean Belmont Ford – choir, bass drum and single timpano combine atmospherically in contrasting setting of texts associated with Marian Theology.

Choir and Organ

The more I hear if the American Phoenix Chorale, the more I admire their work. Their English-leaning choral style, impinging on the territory of Polyphony or the Sixteen, feels absolutely right for this repertoire. Their peerlessly blended style makes for persuasive readings

BBC Music Magazine

Choral singing just doesn’t get much better than this. When it comes to purity of tone, daunting precision and superfine blend, Charles Bruffy’s remarkable Phoenix Chorale have it all – and then some!

Gramophone

Chandos’ recording is wholly sympathetic to both choir and repertoire, while Kathryn Parke’s booklet notes are full, detailed and engagingly written. Given the transcendent nature of the music and the performances, spiritual satisfaction is guaranteed, whatever your religious proclivities.

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