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Special offer. Lutosławski: Vocal Works
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Toby Spence (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Toby Spence is on mellifluous form here, and Christopher Purves is no less subtle in the nocturnal cycle Les espaces du sommeil...An attractively varied, highly accomplished release. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Pohádka: Tales From Prague To Budapest
Laura van der Heijden (cello), Jâms Coleman (piano)
The starting point for this delicious and distinctive Bohemian programme was Janácek’s Pohádka...Laura van der Heijden and Jâms Coleman unleash its power in this big-boned reading, with its... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Special offer. Kara Karayev: Seven Beauties Suite and other works
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is its shining, sophisticated self, and there are plenty of opportunities for oboe, clarinet and horn solos…The music, though, is incidental…Nevertheless,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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All is performed with that same customary blend of high octane virtuosity, relaxed lyricism, tonal richness and perfection of ensemble which has made the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet not merely... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Nino Rota - Concertos
Luisa Prandina (harp), Paolo Carlini (bassoon), Guido Corti (horn), Andrea Conti (trombone)
I Virtuosi Italiani, Marzio Conti
Altogether a pleasure. These are bright, capable, affectionate, well-pointed performances in good sound, with soloists who sound totally at home with the music… — More…
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Special offer. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, etc.
RecommendedCraig Ogden (guitar)
BBC Philharmonic, Sachio Fujioka
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Building a Library, February 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Orchestral Works 4
Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Little] finds the soft-edged energy of the Partita and traces a broad melodic arc in its central Largo. All the performers show their awareness of the work's indebtedness to Baroque gesture. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Il Cannone - Francesca Dego plays Paganini's violin
Francesca Dego (violin), Francesca Leonardi (piano)
Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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Special offer. Otaka: Fantasy for Organ & Orchestra, etc.
Bryan Ashley (organ)
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka
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Special offer. Bernstein: Mass
Randall Scarlata (baritone)
Celebrant Absolute Ensemble, Chorus sine nomine, Company of Music, Tölzer Knabenchor & Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Kristjan Järvi
Kristjan Järvi directs his forces efficiently but his no-nonsense approach diminishes the work's endearing stylistic and emotional sprawl. …overall the feeling is that of a work being acted,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2009, Editor's Choice
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