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Benjamin Frith
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It's good to hear his music brilliantly performed by musicians of the Nash Ensemble...The Grand Sextet is a splendidly heroic work, with its virtuoso pianism enthusiastically delivered here... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Once again Naxos scores with a little-known pianist, and the program includes the last of Field's Op. 1 sonatas that he wrote in 1801. It is in two movements but shows considerable influence... —
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Stanford: Clarinet Sonata
Robert Plane (clarinet), Mia Cooper (violin II) & David Adams (viola)
Gould Piano Trio
There's some fine music here, and Robert Plane is a persuasive advocate. …Stanford enthusiasts will welcome the bonus of his third and last Piano Trio: Brahmsian again and here given a clear... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Editor's Choice
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Made me fall in love with this music all over again. And there could scarcely be higher praise than that —
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Building a Library, April 2001, First Choice
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Another Naxos edition well worth collecting. —
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Stanford: Piano Quartet No. 2
Gould Piano Trio: Lucy Gould (violin), Alice Neary (cello) & Benjamin Frith (piano), with David Adams (viola)
It's hard to draw a deeper connection between an apparently un-Teutonic composer who came up with this winsome Irish material, and the one who could absorb himself so fully, and to such a finished... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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Coming soon. The Lilly of Killarney
Clarinet Fantasias From England and Ireland
Robert Plane (clarinet), Benjamin Frith (piano)
Imbuing Maconchy's Fantasia with rhythmic panache, Plane and Frith capture its introspection and drama. Other repertoire exhibits less explicit degrees of fantasy, for example Tomlinson and... —
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[the Third Rhapsody] may ramble a bit but is a very enjoyable work full of telling ideas, and Benjamin Frith definitely makes the most of the meaty solo part...Falletta directs the Ulster Orchestra... —
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Discover The Classics Volume 2
Selected works by various composers
Maria Kliegel (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava, St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Košice, Bournemouth Sinfonietta,...
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Russian Works for Piano Four Hands
Stravinsky; Rachmaninov; Tchaikovsky
Peter Hill & Benjamin Frith (piano)
Frith and Hill balance the virtuosity with explosive melodies…both have the necessary dexterity to chase notes and fingers – the overlapping twists and turns of ‘Slava’ demand a balletic performance…The... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2017
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