Céleste
The Céleste series offers a variety of mid-price CDs – mostly new recordings of instrumental and chamber music, but also a number of historical recordings never before issued.
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & Dona nobis pacem
RecommendedRenee Flynn and Roy Henderson
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaughan Williams
…the fervour, radiant warmth and sense of the symphony as a great journey - a 'passionate pilgrimage' - make this a uniquely compelling experience. …Dona Nobis Pacem ('Grant us peace'), It's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2008
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Historic Archive
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Ernest Ansermet Conducts Ballet Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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“Handel at Home” – Arias arranged for flute, strings & harpsichord
London Handel Players, Laurence Cummings
The six musicians featured on this disc are all principal players of the London Handel Orchestra. Their consummate musicianship is consistently delightful: sparkling violin-playing (often with... — More…
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Handel - Complete Sonatas and Works for Violin & Continuo
Adrain Butterfield (violin), Katherine Sharman (cello) & Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this disc several times through…..Adrian Butterfield plays beautifully
throughout…..and is lent wonderful support by Katherine Sharman and Laurence Cummings….This... — More…CD
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Martin Roscoe and the Coull Quartet take [the Piano Quintet] seriously as chamber music...[and] demonstrate well enough what a coherently and originally argued work the mature Voces Intimae... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2010, Editor's Choice
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Here the outstanding performance [of the Second Quartet] is flanked by accounts of the First and Third marked by equal intensity and responsiveness to mood, and similarly well recorded. — More…
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…the Handel Players' performances are assured and surprisingly lyrical. — More…
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Roderick Williams is a national treasure. Not only is he an intensely musical singer, acutely responsive to the sound and meaning of words, but also his approach to the English Romantic song... — More…
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Sonatas Nos 1 and 4 benefit from the expressive eloquence of Rachel Brown's flute, and in the opening Andante of the B minor, she and Adrian Butterfield converse with flirtatious suppleness... — More…
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Britten's last quartet has been lucky in its recordings… With the Coull there's a sense of searching and effort, which suits the pain of the music more than the complete technical assurance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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