Linn
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Haydn quartets interspersed with Scottish folk song arrangements – the idea sounds wildly incongruous, and yet how well it works in these fine performances…The three Op. 74 quartets…are wonderfully... — More…
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MacMillan: Consecration
Alan Tavener, Rebecca Tavener (soloist), Graham Neal (soloist), Louise Eekelaar (soloist), Michaela Haslam (soloist), Libby Crabtree (soloist), Steven McIntyre
Cappella Nova
the Scottish-based choir once more brings a rare beauty and depth of sound to MacMillan’s radiant music. At the album’s heart are the five Culham Motets...Previously unrecorded, the cycle makes... — More…
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Boasting strikingly truthful sound and balance, this is an enjoyable release, and I look forward to hearing more from this talented young ensemble. — More…
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Emelyanychev is a conductor whose music-making exudes spontaneity and flexibility. — More…
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The two symphonies here, completing Linn’s recorded survey (missing only the suppressed No. 1), may have stylistic differences, but both are notably taut affairs, propelled by motivic cells... — More…
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Thus there is the soloists suppleness and flexibility of phrase; but there is also the obvious enjoyment of pure sonority and tints and shades of tone. There is a lovely use of 'notes inegales'... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2017, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Nos. 1, 4, 6 & 7
Matthew Halls (harpsichord & director)
Retrospect Ensemble
The choice of one-to-a-part strings, while not confirmed by hard contemporary evidence, would avoid crowding out the coffee-drinking clientele. But such lean forces also create transparent textures,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Disc of the month
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Dreyfus’s transcriptions generate fresh insights into the workings of Bach’s contrapuntal ingenuity and humanity – the latter not least because of the communal nature of the discourse, liberated... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, Editor's Choice
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Beznosiuk offers lyrical, intuitively musical performances, imbued with a placid, unpretentious grace, while his spontaneous ornamentation adds a dash of Baroque bravura. Beznosiuk is well matched... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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