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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 1 RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Unsurprisingly, the quality of the playing here is very high. I particularly enjoyed the timpani roars in The Hebrides Overture. In the Italian Symphony, Gardner coaxes elegant phrasing from... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Gardner conducts these pieces with a highly satisfying blend of freedom and discipline. In some of Mendelssohn's more lyrical moments...you need a metronome to judge his rhythmic flexibility,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 5 Overtures
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The most striking feature of these performances is their remarkable clarity of texture which even in the more forceful passages enables us to hear every strand of Mendelssohn’s incredibly resourceful... — More…
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 3 sung in English, Mary Bevan (soprano I), Sophie Bevan (soprano II) & Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, Edward Gardner
Calm Sea is one of Mendelssohn's most evocative pieces...and Edward Gardner conducts a most sensitive performance...[in the Symphony] Gardner stresses what over the years we have come to consider... — More…
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 4 Jennifer Pike (violin), Rhian Lois (soprano I), Keri Fuge (soprano II)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Youth Chorus, Edward Gardner
Pike does nothing here to inflame those of an orthodox persuasion and, with her sweet, singing tone and graceful phrasing, walks in the footsteps of many illustrious predecessors…the orchestra,... — More…
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Weber - Complete Clarinet Works Janet Hilton (clarinet) & Keith Swallow (piano)
Lindsay String Quartet & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Janet Hilton plays with considerable authority and spirit… — More…
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Schubert Symphonies Vol. 3: Nos. 1 and 4 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The CBSO plays admirably throughout, and the Chandos recording is attractively spacious. — More…
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Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 2 – Nos. 2 & 6 & Italian Overtures City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
This recording is perhaps more valuable for the two overtures, both written around the same time as the Sixth Symphony, than for the symphonies themselves. Not that Edward Gardner and the CBSO... — More…
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 & Symphony No. 5 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' & Symphony No. 8 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Walter Weller
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