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Special offer. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
RecommendedScottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Walton: Troilus and Cressida
RecommendedClive Bayley (Calkas), James Thornton (Antenor), Arthur Davies (Troilus), Nigel Robson (Pandarus), Judith Howarth (Cressida), Yvonne Howard (Evadne), David Owen-Lewis (Horaste), Alan Opie (Diomede)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox
Troilus and Cressida is here powerfully presented as an opera for the central repertory, traditional in its red-blooded treatment of a big classical subject. Few operas since Puccini's have... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Joseph Jongen: 13 Preludes; 24 Petits Preludes Dans Tous Les Tons
RecommendedIvan Ilić (piano)
He doesn’t ever repeat himself, but the first set come over like keyboard exercises, while the pieces of the later set, for all their brevity, have a pleasing vividness...Ivan Ilić plays impeccably... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Special offer. Rachmaninov - The Rock
RecommendedRussian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky
Valeri Polyansky leads the Russian State Symphony Orchestra in a delightful selection of Rachmaninov's less-performed orchestral compositions, including The Isle of the Dead, a tone poem based... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Alwyn: Miss Julie
RecommendedAnna Patalong (Miss Julie), Benedict Nelson (Jean), Rosie Aldridge (Kristin), Samuel Sakker (Ulrik), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Though not all the musical ideas are equally strong, the finely-crafted result possesses undeniable tension and dramatic potency…The performance itself conveys clear conviction. Anna Patalong... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Florent Schmitt: Suites from 'Antoine et Cléopâtre' & Symphony No. 2
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
The sultry, mysterious textures…are evocatively conjured by Oramo and the BBC Symphony players. Feverish, bacchanalian energies are unleashed in ‘Orgie et Danses’…[in the Symphony] Oramo does... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th March 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Weinberg: Concertos
Claes Gunnarsson (cello), Anders Jonhäll (flute), Urban Claesson (clarinet)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Thord Svedlund
Appreciation of the Polish-born Mieczyspaw Weinberg has increased markedly over recent years. This collection of four concertos covers a fair proportion of the composer's maturity. The Cello... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: Requiem
Michèle Crider (soprano), Markella Hatziano (mezzo-soprano), Gabriel Sadé (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
[Hickox's] pacing flows more freely than has become the rule in latterday performances, yet there is never a feeling of haste, simply of heightened intensity when his control of rubato and phrase... — More…
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Special offer. Herbert Howells - Orchestral Works
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Moray Welsh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
A repackaging of music rarely heard in Howell's lifetime. Not on grounds of quality, surely: two movements for cello and orchestra, a characterful suite The B's, and a song-cycle In Green Ways... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Tasmin Little: The Lark Ascending
Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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