CD, Rorem (composer)
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It's when the pedal goes down (literally and metaphorically) that this disc really soars, startling the ear into ecstasy with the sudden release of Rachmaninov's Cherubic Hymn, the 'bright Seraphim'... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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A Most Marvellous Party
with Noel Coward and Friends
Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Joseph Middleton (piano)
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Special offer. American Spectrum
Branford Marsalis (alto saxophone)
Branford Marsalis Quartet & North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn
…the performances are more than just enthusiastic, with discipline remarkably tight. Throw in the clarity, depth and lustre of state-of-the-art sound engineering in an acoustically favourable... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 31st Awards (1988), Best Orchestral Performance
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Ned Rorem - On an echoing road
Duets, Trios and Quartets from Evidence of things not seen interspersed with songs
Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Tim Mead (countertenor) & Alisdair Hogarth (piano / director)
Prince Consort
All five singers have clearly grasped the importance of Rorem's text-based conception of song, 'poetry as expressed through the voice' and they sing - albeit in resolutely English English which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Ned Rorem
Simon Mulligan (piano) & Wen-Sinn Yang (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier
Simon Mulligan is an outstanding piano soloist, combining precision with a beautiful pearly sound in the upper register. The cellist Weng-Sinn Yang isn't always as tight rhythmically, but makes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Few voices of this kind scale down effectively in song recital, but Bullock has a spectrum of vocal colours which she puts at intelligent service of the text - and in Malcolm Martineau she has... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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