Edward Gardner Polish Music Series
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Gardner makes the most of the taut rhythmic energy in the music...all the colours of this showpiece [the Concerto for Orchestra] are brightly painted, with a virtuosity which is never empty,... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 & Concert Overture
Louis Lortie (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
These performances prove ideal, finding luminosity at the opening, and delivering a taut, energetic fugal finale...In the oberek dance rhythms of the orgiastic finale, Gardner shows how he has... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Orchestral Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2013, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Lutosławski: Vocal and Orchestral Works
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Christopher Purves (baritone), Louis Lortie (piano), Paul Watkins (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Michael Collins (clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
5 CDs
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Ben Johnson (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Edward Gardner
The BBC Symphony Chorus sings with languid exaltation, yet it is the orchestral detail that impresses most here, right from the still, mystery-laden opening...Gardner conducts with such conviction... — More…
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Gardner and the BBC Symphony, backed up by glittering sound, do [the Symphonic Variations] proud, from the folk-like opening flute theme, through its varied treatments...Lortie is an ideal soloist... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2012, Editor's Choice
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Lutosławski: Vocal Works
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Toby Spence (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Toby Spence is on mellifluous form here, and Christopher Purves is no less subtle in the nocturnal cycle Les espaces du sommeil...An attractively varied, highly accomplished release. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Lutosławski: Orchestral Works 4
Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Little] finds the soft-edged energy of the Partita and traces a broad melodic arc in its central Largo. All the performers show their awareness of the work's indebtedness to Baroque gesture. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Szymanowski: Stabat Mater & Harnasie
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) & Gabor Bretz (baritone), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Once again, Edward Gardner shows that he excels in Szymanowski's rich orchestral tapestries. This performance mixes wild mystery with coruscating brilliance, somehow managing - despite being... — More…
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Gardner's control of [the Second], not least its eventual disintegration, is highly compelling...the Cello Concerto receives a superbly concentrated performance here from the soloists Paul Watkins...[Grave]... — More…
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