Lyrita
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British String Concertos
Lorraine McAslan (violin), Alexander Baillie (cello), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Emanuel Hurwitz (cello), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Rodney Friend (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John Georgiadis (violin), Rohan de Saram (cello), Yfrah Neaman (violin), Manoug Parikian (violin), Erich Gruenberg (violin),...
this is an historic collection for all sorts of reasons. These recordings will be listened to for many years to come. The heyday of Lyrita was an extraordinarily rich period for British music... — More…
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There’s a visionary grandeur to [the Rhapsody], a sonata in all but name. In comparison to the restless modality of her Viola Sonata. It’s not only case on a bigger canvas but is also harmonically... — More…
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The present two symphonies make for a pointed contrast in all respects. The Sixth (1956) is the shortest of the cycle…the much larger Seventh could hardly be more different…The work gave rise... — More…
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Lennox Berkeley: Nelson - Opera in three acts
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Philip O'Reilly, David Johnston (tenor), Roger Heath, Mary Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Margaret Kingsley (mezzo-soprano), Richard Angas (bass), Eric Shilling (baritone), Richard Jackson (baritone), Francis Egerton...
Berkeley doesn’t altogether escape [Britten's] musical influence, but there’s an inherent flow to the drama...David Johnston leads a strong British cast, and inhabits the title role with confidence,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2021, Historical Choice
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A. Butterworth: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 4
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Butterworth, Christopher Adey, Bryden Thomson
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Arnold: English & Irish Dances, Scottish & Chamber Dances and Sarabande & Polka
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Arnold
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Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Vision of A Garden
Elizabeth Watts, Roderick Williams, Ilon, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Gadd, the Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Hill
Blackford’s 1996 Mirror of Perfection is a big-boned and breathtaking opener, while the more recent Vision of a Garden – based on Peter Johnstone’s ‘ICU Diaries’ written while in hospital with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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Nicholas Maw: Spring Music; Voices of Memory; Sonata for Solo Violin
Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton
If you aren’t stirred by the panache of his half-hour sonata of solo Violin (1997) I’d suggest a visit to the doctor. Harriet Mackenzie is a most fearless and eloquent executant of this wonderfully... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Birtwistle - The Fields of Sorrow
Jane Manning (soprano), Alan Hacker (clarinet) & The Matrix (bass clarinets)
London Sinfonietta & Chorus, David Atherton
This trio of compositions charts Harrison Birtwistle's transition from the brutal mechanics and plaintive lyricism of his first opera Punch and Judy (1967) to the more subtle expressive qualities... — More…
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