Rawsthorne, A
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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]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic do bustle very well, and the Chandos microphones prove particularly good at pinpointing details like a tuba's lugubrious waddle. —
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Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies
Malcolm Binns (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, Nicholas Braithwaite
Without losing the necessary edge in the writing, Malcolm Binns (creating their stereo debut in 1979) brings out the expressiveness of the music...The LPO under Pritchard plays with evident... —
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The Magginis… display a more subtle variety of vibrato, generally lightening the texture but tightening the screw more effectively at moments of tension. —
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The Contemporary Piano: Volume I
Richard Casey, Annabelle Lawson, Joanna Lam, Peter Lawson, Stephen Plews, Jean Hasse, David Owen Norris (piano), John McCabe (piano), Aleksander Szram
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The very opening item, Rawsthorne's four Bagatelles, instantly makes it clear that this latest recital disc from Stephen Hough has a different aim from his previous collections of charmers.... —
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Violin Conversations
RecommendedMadeleine Mitchell (violin), Andrew Ball, Errollyn Wallen, Wendy Hiscocks, Nigel Clayton, Martin Butler, Kevin Malone, Howard Blake
Mitchell's diverse Violin Conversations is full of riches…a fresh and challenging recital, beautifully played. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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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... —
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Rawsthorne's First Piano Concerto, originally written with just strings and percussion accompaniment, was introduced in its later full orchestral form at a 1942 Promenade Concert by Louis Kentner.... —
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