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Special offer. British Violin Sonatas Vol. 3
Bowen, Ireland, Alwyn, Brown, Coates
Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano)
The performers respond to both aspects of [Bowen's] music with muscular virtuosity and affection. Especially in the high tessitura of the slow movement, Tasmin Little’s tonal variety and rhythmic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Chamber
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Special offer. Rubbra: Inscape, Op. 122, etc.
RecommendedStephen Varcoe (baritone)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Neeme Järvi’s interpretation of Les forains is affectionate and refined…this simple tale of a circus troop coming to town with its various exotic acts offers ample opportunity for Sauguet to... — More…
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Special offer. Brodsky Quartet: Petits Fours
Favourite Encores
Bob Smissen (viola)
The Brodsky Quartet
the Brodsky Quartet blow the musical cobwebs off some of the most cherishable miniatures in the repertoire...so swaggeringly sensual is the Brodsky's Playera (Sarasate), so alluringly suave... — More…
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Gardner makes the most of the taut rhythmic energy in the music...all the colours of this showpiece [the Concerto for Orchestra] are brightly painted, with a virtuosity which is never empty,... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. French Ballet Music of the 1920s
RecommendedL’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Reich: Three Movements & The Desert Music
Chorus sine nomine & Tonkünstler-Orchester, Niederösterreich, Kristjan Järvi
Järvi sets a new benchmark. These powerful readings infuse Reich's New York vigour with loose-limbed elegance, yet give a menacing edge to the pulsating rhythms and dynamics. Järvi does full... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Special offer. Rubbra: The Morning Watch, Op. 55, etc.
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Richard Hickox
A mouth-watering reissue comprising four outstandingly eloquent performances. The stand-out item here has to be Howard Shelley's imperious traversal of the big-boned Sinfoniaconcertante for... — More…
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Special offer. Goffredo Petrassi: Coro di morti, Quattro inni sacri, Partita & Noche oscura
Giorgio Berrugi (tenor) & Vasily Ladyuk (baritone)
Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
Noseda's tempos [in Noche oscura] court sluggishness on occasion, but it's a risk worth taking, and the choir responds empathetically...The impressively pugnacious Partita acts as a curtain-raiser,... — More…
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Special offer. O Sacrum Convivium!
French Sacred Choral Works
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
St John’s choir again meets the highest standard...a warm sostenuto is achieved by the rich blend of men and boys...If you buy one choral recording this year, make it this one! — More…
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