Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore – Roth: A Time to Dance & Other choral works (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore – Roth: A Time to Dance & Other choral works (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:11:48 minutes | 658 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

Alec Roth’s new oratorio, A Time to Dance, is a celebration of times and seasons. Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra, who gave the premiere of the work in 2012, recreate the sheer exuberance of that live performance on this recording. The oratorio is paired with Roth’s Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Hatfield Service) and Men & Angels, a clever setting of John Donne’s Antiphon “Praised be the God of love.”
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Carolyn Sampson, Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore – A French Baroque Diva (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Carolyn Sampson, Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore – A French Baroque Diva (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:54 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hyperion Records

This album featuring Carolyn Sampson and Ex Cathedra showcases works written for the foremost soprano of the French Baroque, Marie Fel. Voltaire called her his “adorable nightingale”. Fel held an entire generation spellbound at the Paris Opera and at Louis XV’s court during one of the most glorious periods of French music. She inspired some of Rameau’s finest music and introduced a whole new level of virtuosity and expression into the French singing tradition. Her long, triumphant career is traced through this fascinating recording.

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