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Building a Library, February 2003, First Choice
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The balance of sound towards the treble celebrates the fresh beauty of Sampson’s voice. The counterbalancing gravitas of topics and tempos allows Middleton to trace long structural lines...This... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Lutheran Masses I
With Hana Blažíková & Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Gerd Türk (tenor), Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Suzuki and his disciplined singers and instrumentalists bring a pleasingly light touch to the dance-like Kyrie opening chorus of BWV235...In short, notwithstanding occasional choral rough edges,... — More…
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Manfred Huss and his brilliant period band - with gleefully whooping, rasping horns - relish to the full the colour and crackling energy of these overtures, without short-changing the delicate... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Re-issue of the Month
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Vänskä’s tempos are relatively laid back; as so often, he seems to aim more for long-term continuity than for the sensational detail – though he is quite capable of clinching a dramatic moment…By... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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These are performances to treasure and comprise the finest renditions of the Martinu Sonatas I have come across...There is a profound understanding and sympathy for Martinu's melodic and rhythmic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, Chamber Choice
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For Kamu, [Tapiola] is a drama of the imagination and one discerns dimly the forest god moving between the trees, just as Sibelius intended. WIth superb sound, this is strongly recommended. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th August 2011
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Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Tapiola, Rakastava & Impromptu
RecommendedGothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Building a Library, January 2017, Also Recommended
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Skalkottas: Two Concertos
George Zacharias, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, George Zacharias, George Zacharias, Alexandros Koustas, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, Alexandros Koustas
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Skalkottas’s scoring – needing far more players than the 10 required in his Third Piano Concerto (BIS, 3/05; Paladino, 5/20) – is miraculously clear, but required Brabbins and the London Philharmonic’s... — More…
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