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Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British and Irish Miniatures
Gerald Peregrine (cello), Antony Ingham (piano), Lynda O'Connor (violin)
Each track is sensitively crafted, with beauty of tone paramount and a warm, closely recorded sound…O’Connor’s high notes shine…while Peregrine’s solos at the beginning and end sound as expressive... — More…
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Ireland: Piano Concerto in E Flat
John Lenehan (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson
alert to the work's many changes of mood and wide range of pianistic demand. I particularly like [Lenehan's] musing, elegiac take on the haunting slow movement, and the orchestral playing is... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Works Volume 3
RecommendedAlasdair Malloy (solo typewriter) & Catherine Moore (solo trumpet)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
This volume has its quota of favourites – Plink,Plank, Plunk!, Sandpaper Ballet, Sleigh Ride, TheTypewriter and The Syncopated Clock among them, though there are also several pieces never before... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Glière: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 42 'Il'ya Murometz'
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Despite a lack of a distinctive musical personality, the sheer virtuosity with which Glière marshals his forces makes this a very attractive showpiece...Falletta and her excellent orchestra... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, Orchestral Choice
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…seven three-dance sets are illuminatingly contrived and despatched with effortless insight. Dowland was praised for the richness of his tone, but it’s hard to imagine even him outdoing the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2007, Instrumental Choice
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The English Song Series Volume 20 - George Butterworth
Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
Roderick Williams [is] rapidly becoming the voice of this repertoire - and not without reason. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Bakel's performances are extremely exciting…[they] are first rate in every way. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2003, Budget Choice
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Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 4
Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel leads the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a vivid account of this sometimes jarring work, complemented by the excellent viola playing of Paul Silverthorne in Flos campi. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Disc of the Month
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Three Russian Sacred Choruses & other choral works
RecommendedMary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Bogdan (tenor), Fred Sherry (cello), Stephen Taylor (oboe), Melanie Feld (oboe and cor anglais), Michael Parloff and Bart Feller (flutes) & David Wilson-Johnson (narrator)
The Simon Joly Chorale, The Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s &...
Any Stravinsky recording making the point that the 20th century's paramount composer wrote more than just a few early ballet scores (however great those are) is resoundingly welcome, and even... — More…
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Building a Library, November 2018, Historical Recommendation
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Building a Library, December 2003, Budget Choice
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