 | Arvo Part: Te Deum / Kaljuste, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir by Tonu Karljuste
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.00 gorgeous major/minor harmonic alternation in the 'Te Deum', graceful dissonance in the 'Magnificat'
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 | Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection by Chanticleer
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $7.05 The title track is intricate, mysterious and moving. Rest of the disc is fine, but buy it for the title track alone!
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 | Tous Les Matins du Monde/Dix Ans Apres
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $15.00 a real ear-opener for those (like me) who don't know much about French Baroque
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 | Rachmaninov: Vespers
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $6.82 over an hour of beautiful, a cappella, Russian choral harmony
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 | A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.90 A favourite Christmas album, lovely compilation, interesting arrangements
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 | Morimur
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.13 Dark, mysterious, moving, unique. Dense and intriguing liner notes. Worth a listen even if you don't believe all the musicological pattern analysis.
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 | Perotin / The Hilliard Ensemble by Perotin
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $8.37 Another ear-opener; a trip to the Middle Ages and the birth of Western polyphony. Essential grounding for 'Officium' and Steve Reich's music.
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 | Officium by Anonymous
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.76 You may love it or hate it but it's a fascinating experiment. I find it deeply relaxing and ear-pleasing.
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 | Music for 18 Musicians
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.59 Perotin + Stravinsky + Balinese gamelan. Joy and hypnosis.
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 | Reich: Tehillim / The Desert Music by Steve Reich
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $11.96 Astonishing. Forget about Reich's 'minimalism' and concentrate on his amazing ability to grow music out of poetry.
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 | Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music · Five Mystical Songs · Fantasia on Christmas Carols · Flos Campi / Sixtieen Soloists · Thomas Allen · Nobuko Imai · Corydon Singers · ECO · Matthew Best by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $13.76 Used 2 of the 5 Mystical Songs in our wedding music. Essential VW disc - beyond words for those who love his vocal music.
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