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The ensemble brings an extraordinary range and depth of sound to Beach’s closely-worked score…Ohlsson and the Takács Quartet are vividly alert to the [Elgar]’s sense of story…This is a performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, Chamber Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2020
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Chamber
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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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Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
RecommendedRebecca Evans (The Angel Gabriel/The Blessed Virgin Mary), Alice Coote (Mary Magdalene/Narrator 2), Paul Groves (Narrator 1/John), Jacques Imbrailo (Jesus), David Kempster (Peter) & Brindley Sherratt (Judas)
Hallé & Hallé Youth Choir & Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing. Brindley Sherratt... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Recording of the Year & Choral Award Winner
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Elgar & Carter: Cello Concertos
RecommendedAlisa Weilerstein (cello)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Weilerstein avoids nostalgia [in the Elgar] and produces instead an account that is full of passion, grief and nobility of feeling...Her interpretation [of the Carter], at once remarkably expressive... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th February 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Recording of the Year & Concerto Award Winner
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[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Finalist
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