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Special offer. Mozart, Copland & Kats-Chernin: Works for Clarinet & Orchestra
Michael Collins (clarinet, basset clarinet & conductor), Michael Collins (basset clarinet)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
The limpid tone, the suave progress from note to note: such qualities make the Mozart Concerto's slow movement glide by in a dream...No kinks anywhere; but also few emotional markers. Cool perfection,... — More…
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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. Roussel: Évocations, Pour une fête de printemps & Suite in F
François le Roux (baritone), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, CBSO Chorus, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This is a wonderful treat…Tortelier draws a detailed, yet marvellously atmospheric performance from the BBC Philharmonic, perfectly judging the balance between moments of luxuriance and the... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Nigel Kennedy plays Elgar
RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin) & Peter Pettinger (piano)
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Building a Library, March 2001, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Prokofiev’s ballet score [The Buffoon] was written for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, but it’s doubtful that any ballet company ever has danced to such vivid, raucous playing as Järvi inspires... — More…
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they're deftly written and inventive, and realised here in spirited, thoroughly sympathetic performances — More…
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Special offer. Sir Edward Elgar: The Crown of India
RecommendedClare Shearer (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Barbara Marten (narrator), Deborah McAndrew (narrator) & Joanne Mitchell (narrator)
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The music… is from start to finish authentic middling Elgar, highly enjoyable and well worth revival. Gerald Finley shines as St George in 'The Rule of England', however embarrassing the words.... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th November 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Scharwenka: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–4
Alexander Markovich (piano)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Jarvi's watchful support and...control of orchestral dynamics gives Markovich more room to shape phrases effortlessly: his playing is especially fine [in the Scherzo of No. 1], cool-headed,... — 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. Michael Collins: British Clarinet Sonatas Volume 1
Michael Collins (clarinet) & Michael McHale (piano)
Collins and McHale make a convincing case for these attractive scores. One senses that Collins is a sensitive musician. He certainly has impressive breath control and produces an attractive... — More…
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