Rumon Gamba
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New. Mel Bonis: Orchestral Works
RecommendedElizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
Gamba and the BBCSSO perform everything wonderfully well. Trois femmes is gorgeous in its heady immediacy and kaleidoscopic detail...It's an album that adds much to our understanding of Bonis's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th June 2026
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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Rumon Gamba give warm- hearted, energetic, well-paced accounts, and their oboist deserves a special accolade. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Each of this foursome, the bulk from the 1940s, offers pungent and individual delights...Throughout the album the BBC Philharmonic plays with bright colours, a sharp attack and swaggering energy... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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The 1968 Horn Concerto might only last 17 minutes, but the majority of them are action-packed, and Martin Owen’s horn playing, nimble and characterful, is a pleasure in itself. The major piece... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd January 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. The Symphonic Eric Coates
Recommendedfeaturing the complete orchestral phantasies
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
This Chandos CD is arguably the finest single-CD collection of Coates's music before the public. It is a joy to hear his imaginatively coloured orchestration on a full-size orchestra with an... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This most ignored of substantial Sibelius works [Scaramouche] caused him headaches but he came to admire the results, and might have even more had he encountered the selection of movements made... —
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Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet
RecommendedMatilda Lloyd (trumpet), Britten Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba
The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect in Arban's set of variations from Norma...Overall, this... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 5; Leviathan
RecommendedCharlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Bill Anderson (double-bassoon), BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba, easily tap into the music’s vigour, colour and lyricism. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gamba is adept at remaining alert to the changing moods of each piece, whether it be ensuring that things are kept fizzing along nicely in Leevi Madetoja's Comedy Overture, Op. 53, or bringing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th August 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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…Arnold… has posthumously found his definitive interpreter in Rumon Gamba: these are performances that mirror the music itself in their ultra-clear verve and colour. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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