Alfvén
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Like to the Lark
Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)
The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps
Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... —
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Record Review, 16th November 2019, Disc of the Week
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Diamonds in the Snow
RecommendedScandinavian Songs by Grieg and Sibelius
Barbara Bonney & Antonio Pappano
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Vocal
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It’s hard to imagine a more unlikely orchestral pairing. It works mightily well, however, with the Gothenburg Symphony hugely atmospheric in Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus then warmly, playfully... —
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Nightfall
Andrea Haines (soprano), Molly Noon (soprano), Katie Jeffries-Harris (alto), Barnaby Smith (alto), Blake Morgan (tenor), Euan Williamson (tenor), Christopher Moore (baritone), Dominic Carver (bass), Thomas Gould (violin), Emma Denton (cello), Sam Becker (doublebass), MaryRuth Miller (soprano), Lara...
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Chamber
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Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
King's Singers, Victoria Meteyard (soprano), Grace Davidson (soprano)
This is the last recording The King’s Singers made before the departure of bass Jonathan Howard. It bears all the familiar hallmarks of a well-loved vocal team that has honed its style over... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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Naxos continues to surprise and delight us with their explorations of the byways of the orchestral repertoire. This enchanting disc provides a timely corrective revealing a late Romantic whose... —
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Alfvén’s soundworld is largely lateRomantic, though there’s also oodles of Mendelssohn-like good humour in his lovely Second Symphony. The folky Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 may remind some of Grieg. —
