BBC Philharmonic
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Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The performances of the songs are ardent, warm and full of conviction. As ever Roderick Williams sounds completely on the composer’s side. But after Falstaff it’s all too clear that they really... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Symphonique
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Offer, Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13; Arvo Part: de Profundis Albert Dohmen (baritone), Estonian National Male Choir, Bbc Philharmonic, John Storgards
John Storgårds has shown his affinity for the composer in every disc of this complete series of the Shostakovich symphonies (still in progress). Here, he does not strive after extremes or try... — More…
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Cyril Scott - Orchestral Works Volume 1
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins
this release represents a remarkable discovery in 20th-century British music: excellent recording, too. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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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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In the Symphony… the long crescendos build up a tremendous head of steam, while Noseda handles Liszt's occasionally abrupt harmonic transitions with tact and sensitivity. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Disc of the month
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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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An introduction to Percy Grainger
RecommendedStephen Varcoe (baritone) / David Archer (trumpet) / Andrew Watkinson (violin) / Jonathan Scott (harmonium) / Penelope Thwaites (piano)
Joyful Company of Singers / BBC Philharmonic / BBC Philharmonic / City of London Sinfonia / Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Richard Hickox,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2011
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Stokowski's Symphonic Bach, Volume 2
Works by J S Bach, orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski
BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert
Extraordinary how Bach's influence on later composers can suddenly snap into focus in Stokowski's ingenious orchestrations - Brahms, Mendelssohn and Mahler are among the allusions. Excellent... — More…
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Lili Boulanger - Faust et Hélène
RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Jason Howard (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This disc largely duplicates Mark Stringer's programme on the Timpani label mentioned above (inevitably, since in her mere 24 years of life Lili's output was limited). The performances here... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Choral
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