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Moeran
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New. Moeran: Symphony in G Minor, Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto
Albert Sammons (soloist), Peers Coetmore (soloist)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
The G minor Symphony shares a rugged beauty with Sibelius, and Boult conducts it with sweeping passion. Moeran always wanted Albert Sammons to play his Violin Concerto, but the great violinist... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Archive Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Reissuve/Archive Choice of the Month
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The members of the Fidelio Trio clearly do not see Moeran’s music as a pale reflection of Vaughan Williams or Ireland. From the first bars of the Violin Sonata, it ’s clear that they are right... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Moeran: Sinfonietta, Symphony in G minor & Overture for a Masque
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Boult's affection for the G minor Symphony is in every phrase of this rapt and gloriously warm-hearted performance.
The New Philharmonia are on blistering form and, thankfully for us, captured... — More…Awards:
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Historic Reissue
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Moeran: Cello Concerto
RecommendedGuy Johnston (cello), Rebekah Coffey (soprano)
Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
In Guy Johnston [the Concerto] has a soloist entirely sensitive to its swift and sometimes paradoxical changes of mood: this is an effective performance of a little-heard and underrated work...The... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th March 2013
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British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... — More…
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The most stylistically striking piece is Rubbra's Sonata of 1946...The Watkins brothers, true to form, pay close attention to its rhythmic life, though they also know how to soar into beauty...[they]... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Ina Boyle: String Quartet
Recommendedplus works by Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland
Piatti Quartet
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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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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Come to Me in My Dreams
120 years of songs from the RCM
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)
A varied collection that offers more than just vocal bonbons…Connolly and Middleton execute the complex phrasing [of A Charm of Lullabies] with a sense of ensemble for which they are revered. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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