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Delius: Mass of Life & Idyll
RecommendedJanice Watson (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone), Janice Watson (soprano) & Alan Opie (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony, The Bach Choir, David Hill
David Hill's impressive new recording with his Bach Choir (in the original German) boasts confident, ardent choral singing and orchestral playing, and a string solo team - even if Alan Opie,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 'Babi Yar'
RecommendedAlexander Vinogradov (bass)
Huddersfield Choral Society & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vasily Petrenko
Choral shortcomings apart, this makes a fine epilogue to Vasily Petrenko's magnificent Liverpool Shostakovich cycle...Alexander Vinogradov is the finest bass interpreter here since Sergey Alexashkin,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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The video shows Copland as a precise, energetic and alert conductor, smiling happily at the orchestra after each piece and enjoying himself enormously in the performance of the Hoedown from... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, June 2018, Vidéo
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The disc puts a triumphant cap on a few years of seriously marvellous issues of 15th-century songs. It comes with a lucid and informative booklet note by Gramophone’s Fabrice Fitch. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
RecommendedSergey Rachmaninov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Leopold Stokowski
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Building a Library, January 2003, Historic Choice
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Some discs are recommendable just because they present appealing, well-played programs in good sound at a great price. In such cases, comparisons are not the issue; we can enjoy them as a concert... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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American Classics - Piston: Violin concertos
RecommendedJames Buswell (violin)
Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar
Piston's First Violin Concerto, written in 1939, has much in common with the Barber, including a similar abundance of individual melody. The heart of the work is in the moving, pensive central... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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A new bargain disc finds a Romanian ensemble fully at home in the string quartets of Ravel and Fauré. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2002, Budget Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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C P E Bach - Complete Flute Concertos
RecommendedPatrick Gallois (flute)
Toronto Chamber Orchestra, Kevin Mallon
There is much sparkling vivacity in the Allegros, and the expressive range of the solo instruments, sometimes quite dark in feeling, is fully captured by both Gallois and the Toronto Camerata... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
2 CDs
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Violin Conversations
RecommendedMadeleine Mitchell (violin), Andrew Ball, Errollyn Wallen, Wendy Hiscocks, Nigel Clayton, Martin Butler, Kevin Malone, Howard Blake
Mitchell's diverse Violin Conversations is full of riches…a fresh and challenging recital, beautifully played. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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