Dyson
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English Hymn Anthems
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
The Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
The King's performance [of the Parry] is predictably idiomatic, if a touch carefully preened and respectful...[Ireland's] is a more explicitly dramatic setting, and the singers seem to relish... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2015, Editor's Choice
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Magnificat 3
George Herbert, Thomas Butler (bass-baritone), Joshua Davidson (soprano), Alastair Austin (countertenor), Angus Crichton-Stuart (soprano), Carlos Rodriguez Otero (tenor), Lucas Nair-Grepinet, Alexander Hopkins (bass-baritone), Choir of St John's College Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
It’s sad that Nethsingha’s departure means that the next volume will be the last. I can’t think of a greater or more apt epitaph to the music director’s time at St John’s. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Choral
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George Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
RecommendedYvonne Kenny (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) & Stephen Roberts (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
This superb offering of a full-length cantata based on the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales bears out its reputation as Dyson's masterpiece. It's a fresh, tuneful work, aptly exuberant... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Engineering
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Warm, confident interpretations from the Royal Holloway singers. —
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George Dyson: The Open Window
Complete Music for Piano
Simon Callaghan (piano), Cliodna Shanahan (piano)
Dyson usually packs in plenty of substance, with tricky rhythms, surprising harmonies that belie his conservative image and considerable authentic charm...Callaghan, a devoted specialist in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Mordkovitch gives a reading that is both passionate and deeply expressive…Two rarities to treasure —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Violin Concertos
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Richard Hickox
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Dyson: Quo Vadis
Cheryl Barker (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Richard Hickox
Like so many British composers Dyson, even before he died in 1962, suffered neglect through writing in a conservative idiom that critics were all too ready to label 'out of date'. Originally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar
Mark Padmore (tenor) & Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
…Richard Hickox again reminds us of his unrivalled mastery in the British choral-orchestral repertoire, particularly here in terms of balance and pace. The two soloists, Mark Padmore as a herald... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Choral
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Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
RecommendedYvonne Kenny (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) & Stephen Roberts (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox
This superb offering of a full-length cantata based on the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales bears out its reputation as Dyson's masterpiece. It's a fresh, tuneful work, aptly exuberant... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Engineering
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