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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius & Sea Pictures RecommendedStuart Skelton (tenor), Sarah Connolly (mezzo) & David Soar (bass), Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
among the best Gerontius performances on record. Davis resists the temptation to make the work sound like a flabby, imitation Parsifal and the results are outstandingly convincing...[Skelton]... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Choral Award Winner
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Winner - Choral
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Vaughan Williams: Job & Symphony No. 9 RecommendedBergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
a performance of striking composure, lustre and palpable dedication. Not only do the Bergen Philharmonic respond with notable poise and eagerness (solo contributions are of the highest quality... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th February 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Recording of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2017, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Finalist - Orchestral
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Record Review, 4th February 2017, Recording of the Week
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Elgar: Violin Concerto RecommendedTasmin Little (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Little and Davis steer a near-perfect path between the English stoicism and continental passion that lies at the heart of this glorious score. Positioned naturally against the orchestra, Little... — 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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Building A Library, October 2021, Also Recommended
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Elgar: King Olaf RecommendedEmily Birsan (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Collegium Musicum Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Sir Andrew Davis
there's nothing stilted about Elgar's music: it crackles with confident vitality...the Norwegian choruses respond with crisp vigour and superb English diction, only faintly (and appropriately)... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2015
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Bliss: Morning Heroes & Hymn to Apollo RecommendedSamuel West (orator)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis's performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus surpasses Sir Charles Groves's fine 1974 EMI Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra account with urgent tempos, choral... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th September 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Choral
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Finzi: Cello Concerto, Op. 40 RecommendedPaul Watkins (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis’s feeling for the composer’s sensitive, harmonically conservative language is abundantly clear in these vivid readings with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Soloists too are well... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st December 2018
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedErin Wall (soprano), Elizabeth DeShong (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), John Relyea (bass-baritone)
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Astonishingly well controlled…the solo voices are rich and weighty…[the] flute provides a charming obbligato to ‘How beautiful are the feet’, while the tenor’s ‘Thy rebuke…’ is intensely moving…a... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Serenade for Strings
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
James Ehnes has a lovely ripe vibrato and an expressive openness that touches the heart from his first entry. It's when it comes to the balancing of confessional intimacy with symphonic purposefulness... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Concerto
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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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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