Retrospect Ensemble
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Réédition
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…to produce music rich in contrapuntal argument, ear-catching harmonies melodic felicities and suave fluidity. Retrospect captures it all with an inexhaustible spirit of delight in the Purcellian... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2009, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Nos. 1, 4, 6 & 7
Matthew Halls (harpsichord & director)
Retrospect Ensemble
The choice of one-to-a-part strings, while not confirmed by hard contemporary evidence, would avoid crowding out the coffee-drinking clientele. But such lean forces also create transparent textures,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, Disc of the month
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Special offer. JS Bach: Easter and Ascension Oratorios
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)
Retrospect Ensemble, Matthew Halls
Oboist Alexandra Bellamy's phrasing and articulation illuminate the poetic content of the music, as does that of flautist Rachel Brown in her accompaniment of the extended soprano aria, tenderly... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Loder: Raymond & Agnes
Majella Cullagh (Agnes), Mark Milhofer (Raymond), Andrew Greenan (Baron), Carolyn Dobbin (Madelina), Quentin Hayes (Antoni), Alessandro Fisher (Theodore), Alexander Robin Baker (Francesco)
Retrospect Opera Chorus, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Richard Bonynge
With the clear influence of Weber, Loder’s music is certainly much the best element, but quite a lot of it falls back into the limited world of the music-shop ballad – though there are undoubtedly... —
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Opera, October 2018, Recording of the Month
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