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Offer, Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
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Nicholas Daniel (oboe & conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan
[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... — More…
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New, Offer, softLOUD: Music for Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Sean Shibe (guitar)
There’s no doubting that [Shibe] is an artist blessed with grace to spare, and a roar that is fearsome – witness the opening section of Julia Wolfe’s LAD which screams into anguished life before... — More…
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His vivid, trenchant string writing is realised with striking clarity by the Britten Sinfonia in this recording, made just a fortnight after the same performers gave the world premiere last October... — More…
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A Rose Magnificat
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Sweet tuning and subtle dynamic distinctions mark James MacMillan’s Ave maris stella, with gleamingly pure-toned contributions from the soprano…Technically the most difficult piece is probably... — More…
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MacMillan: Since it was the day of preparation…
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Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Hebrides Ensemble, Synergy Vocals
Since it was the day of preparation is on the face of it a chamber piece, with just ten performers needed. Yet in an extraordinarily perceptive and affecting manner it broaches enduring universal... — More…
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Silence and Music
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Sometimes the best discoveries in music aren’t pieces that you’ve never heard before, but those you have, made new by remarkable interpretations…At the recital’s heart is a breath-catching performance... — More…
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Alison Balsom: Seraph
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Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Scottish Ensemble, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Renes
Seraph may not quite be another Veni, Veni Emmanuel...But it's still very enjoyable, from the Haydn-tinged jollity of the first movement, through a mysterious and lyrical slow movement to the... — More…
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A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning & Consolation
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Already in Gibbons’s Drop, Drop, Slow, Tears there are numerous indications of the elevated artistry of Paul McCreesh and the 22 singers of his Gabrieli Consort. — More…
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New, In Sorrow's Footsteps
Music by Gabriel Jackson, Palestrina, Allegri and James MacMillan
The Marian Consort, Rory McCleery
The sharp, jabbing gestures at the opening of Gabriel Jackson’s new setting of the Stabat Mater…announce that wilting introspection is by no means the composer’s default position in his response... — More…
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Poetry in Music
Ruth Provost, Kirsty Hopkins, David Clegg, Jeremy Budd, Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Edward McMullan, Mark Dobell
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
It is clear that this is something really special. That specialness comes not just from the fact that The Sixteen elevate everything they perform through their opulent musicality and supreme... — More…
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