Sir Andrew Davis
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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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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs
RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The performances of the songs are ardent, warm and full of conviction. As ever Roderick Williams sounds completely on the composer’s side. But after Falstaff it’s all too clear that they really... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Symphonique
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Bliss: Mary of Magdala, The Enchantress & Meditations of a Theme by John Blow
RecommendedDame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), James Platt (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
There is an immolatory vehemence to her [connolly’s] performance, securely buttressed by Davis and his BBC forces...Bliss adherents will need to add this to their roster of necessary discs. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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British Music Collection - Harrison Birtwistle
John Harle (saxaphone), Paul Clarvis (percussion), Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet), Christine Whittlesey (soprano)
Cleveland Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Ensemble Inter Contemporain, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Andrew Davis, Pierre Boulez
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Swoon: Music That Makes Your World Stand Still
Dimity Hall (violin), Donald Westlake (clarinet), Sally Maer (cello), Sally Whitwell (piano), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Richard Anderson (bass), Belinda Montgomery (soprano), Jane Sheldon (soprano), Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), Diana Doherty (oboe), Sara Macliver (soprano), Erin Wall (soprano),...
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Right from the opening bars of his second album, here is playing that goes straight to the heart... if there is a Gramophone newcomer award next year, this must be a front-runner. — More…
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British Composers: A Celebration RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Ian Hare (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Strauss: Don Quixote, Sonata for cello and piano, Songs Opp. 10 & 32
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Herbert Schuch (piano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
There’s little to fault in Müller-Schott’s playing…He sings out the two songs gorgeously, and the performance of the sonata is technically superb – full of focus and conviction and, in the moments... — More…
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