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A delightful and thoughtful debut disc from the Orsino Ensemble...Supplemented by Pavel Kolesnikov’s insightful pianism, the Orsinos draw on its core quintet of leading wind players. The entire... — More…
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Special offer. Turina: Canto a Sevilla
Orchestral Works
María Espada (soprano), Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
The fact that Turina was a skilled orchestrator is manifest throughout this disc in performances of La procesion del rocio and the Danzas gitans that have a shifting, subtle spectrum of coour... — More…
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Special offer. Earth, Sea, Air: British Music For Cello and Orchestra
Laura van der Heijden, Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth
Van der Heijden is mesmerising, her intense, focused tone powerfully articulating its pained rhetoric, her keening lyricism punctuated with grittier, muscular anger. — More…
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Special offer. Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Jennifer Pike (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
this enjoys one of the finest ever actual recordings...giving Jennifer Pike's violin a tremendous sense of presence. And she plays it with impressive mastery. She inclines to the bittersweet... — More…
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedSarah Connolly (Dido), Gerald Finley (Aeneas), Lucy Crowe (Belinda), Patricia Bardon (Sorceress), William Purefoy (Spirit), Sarah Tynan (2nd Woman), John Mark Ainsley (Sailor), Carys Lane & Rebecca Outram (Witches)
Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine and Elizabeth...
This new Dido… enshrines Connolly as one of the most affecting Carthaginian Queens since Janet Baker's account nearly half a century ago. From the outset, Connolly exudes imposing presence,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2019, Recommended Recording
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Bavouzet's strengths…to the fore, with glowing colours in the opening Ballade and Valse romantique, followed by sparkling elegance in the Danse. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Another terrific release from this source. — More…
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Special offer. Parry: Symphony No. 4
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Rumon Gamba
Both [Proserpine and Suite moderne] highlight the refined tones of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in performances perfectly gauged by Rumon Gamba to match the music’s elegant charms…The... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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Special offer. Casella: Orchestral Works Volume 1
RecommendedMartin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
...this is a remarkable and engaging work in its own right, with some striking features. In particular, the beautiful opening of the final 'Epilogo' is breathtakingly beautiful...the BBC Philharmonic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st May 2010
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Special offer. Michael Collins plays clarinet sonatas
Michael Collins (clarinet) & Michael McHale (piano)
Brahms called Muhlfeld 'a master of his beautiful instrument', an epithet that could be extended to Collins who, with McHale, offers joyous performances of these lyrical but unsurprisingly cogent... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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