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Nolan’s performance [of Messerer’s arrangement of the Bach chaconne] has grandeur and bite. — More…
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As you’d expect, the music is pre-eminently personable, eclectic, adroitly crafted, and gambists have rallied to the cause…Boothby is alive to their confiding intimacy and made-in-the-moment... — More…
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Complete Organ Works Vol. 3
David Goode (organ of Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge)
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Gabriel Prokofiev: Saxophone Concerto, Bass Drum Concerto
Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Joby Burgess (timpani)
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexey Bogorad
If the Saxophone Concerto is something of a curate’s egg, the Bass Drum Concerto, premiered in 2012, is for me one of the best concertos written this century. The bass drum’s diverse and versatile... — More…
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…the first movement is deliberately cool in its initial stages; the subsequent ratcheting up of tension and pace, highly dramatic, still seems fresh. — More…
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Handel: Messiah
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (alto), Mark Le Brocq (tenor) & James Oldfield (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society & Northern Sinfonia, Jane Glover
their collective experience, wholehearted spirit and total commitment return handsome compensation for occasional rough ensemble edges, especially so in the 'Hallelujah Chorus' and final 'Amen'.... — More…
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The recording debut of Gant’s youthful professional choir is a spirited one, encompassing both the popular folksy carols (The Holly and the Ivy, I Saw Three Ships, The Twelve Days of Christmas)... — More…
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Fair Albion - Visions of England
New Works by Patrick Hawes
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Julian Lloyd webber (cello), Claire Jones (harp), Patrick Hawes (piano), Christian Forshaw, David Stout (baritone)
The Raven Quartet, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Brno Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir, The Sanctuary Ensemble, Duke Quartet
Elin Manahan Thomas's lyric soprano voice provides the ideal vehicle for Hawes's neo-Baroque setting of George Herbert's The Call. Reflexionem for cello and harp is given a similarly uplifting... — More…
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absolutely first-class musicianship ... for sheer vocal beauty, you can't beat the performances ... The whole thing is just gorgeous, and if you love Christmas music recordings, well, what are... — More…
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