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Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello), Robert Murray (tenor)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Three elements stand out: firstly, the dramatic intensity of purpose he finds in all pieces; secondly, the sizzling soloistic detail he draws from the BBC Philharmonic and, thirdly, the depth... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Disc of the month
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Building A Library, June 2022, Recommended Recording
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…Tsar's Bride… thrills with the riding rhythms of Ivan's rapacious followers, the oprichniki; Sinaisky takes it at a spacious but still exciting pace. The gentler but richly-hued aspects of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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…the lyrical tragedy Dalibor, a great hymn to friendship, is rarely performed outside his homeland, and even there, relatively few will ever see Libuše, the story of Bohemia's legendary prophetess-queen,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2009, Editor's Choice
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Rachmaninoff: Aleko
RecommendedSergey Murzaev (Aleko), Evgeny Akimov (Young Gypsy), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Old Man), Svetla Vassileva (Zemfira)
BBC Philharmonic & Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
Gennady Bezzubenkov declaims powerfully as the Old Gypsy, and Evgeny Akimov is elegant in his short cavatina. The chorus, from Turin's Teatro Regio, supplies suitably languid tone. — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Glinka: Spanish Overture No. 1 'Capriccio brillante on the Jota Aragonese', etc.
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky
This is a more comprehensive survey than that available on ASV with the Armenian Philharmonic under Loris Tjeknavorian. Both conductors include the two 'Spanish Overtures', the Valse-fantaisie... — More…
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Tortelier's French Bonbons
Peter Dixon (cello), Yuri Torchinsky (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Sir Michael Tippett, 1905-1998: The Nimbus Recordings
Martino Tirimo (piano), Ernst Kovacic (violin), Gerard Caussé (viola), Alexander Baillie (cello), Craig Ogden (guitar)
Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Medici String Quartet, English String Orchestra, St. John's College Choir,...
[Nimbus'] commitment to preserving the composer's own readings of his music during his lifetime was noble, assiduous and beyond reproach ... The achievement, as revealed on this four-CD collection,... — More…
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Sumptuously performed and unflinchingly recorded, this collection will be seized on by Schreker enthusiasts, who will enjoy every massively scored climax, every gorgeously coloured, embroidered... — More…
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Falla: La Vida Breve
Nancy Fabiola Herrera (Salud), Aquiles Machado (Paco), Cristina Faus (La Abuela), José Antonio López (Tío Sarvaor), Raquel Lojendio (Carmela), Josep Miquel Ramon (Manuel)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
While there’s plenty of Iberian flavour to this recording, including a flamenco cantor of properly reedy vocal depth, Mena never lets us forget that the work is in that Italian [verismo] tradition…[Fabiola... — More…
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Opera, June 2019, Disc of the Month
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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