Hail, Mary (1985)

…Parrott parades his smooth and integrated forces with less instant theatricality. Instead we have here a typically homogeneous and unfolding scenario: how organically and gently "Tis Nature's voice" emerges, with Rogers Covey-Crump expressing the passions with a wonderful air of mystery. So too, "Soul of the world" — what a transcendent concluding passage — which has never been bettered for atmosphere and clarity of ensemble. The solo singing here is good (there is some exquisite work from Emma Kirkby and from tenors Charles Daniels and Paul Elliott in "In vain the am'rous flute").

THE BOLSHOI 5 CD Box-Set of the complete recordings of Beggars Banquet's The Bolshoi. The package include a plethora of additional unreleased demos, rare B-Sides, and live recordings interwoven across: the debut EP Giants, THREE full-length albums: Friends, Lindy's Party, and the no-longer-lost, Country Life, and the 5th disc of various musical wonders, entitled, Voyage Of Peculiarities.