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CD, Grainger (composer)
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Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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I Have Lived & Loved
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Penelope Thwaites (piano)
'[Rudge] makes an instantly engaging impression in "The Vagabond', her lush mezzo-soprano voice combining with immaculate diction and intelligent use of dynamics to clarify meaning...Thwaites's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Song Choice
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Special offer. Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Lane in wonderful debonair mode here, sparkling through a personal encore selection from Jamaican Rumba to a Toccata by his own father, and from Myra Hess to Dudley Moore. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd September 2013
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For all Adrian Bradbury’s richly seductive tone, stylistic sensitivity and evident affection for the music (not to mention pianist Andrew West ’s illuminating rapport), it’s with the Cyril Scott... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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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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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Grainger: Jungle Book
Recommended& other choral works
John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
Grainger's cycle evokes the lyrical side of Kipling's animal tales. As with the coupled folk arrangements, it's beautifully sung. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2011
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This is perhaps one of the most riveting and satisfying anthologies of Grainger's music. Hamelin's superb control and artistry just about sweep the board if you're looking for a disc that not... — More…
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Herrick's playing and imaginative use of the organ's resources are first-rate, and he's backed up by a superb recording from Hyperion. — More…
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[Victorian parlour repertoire] proves both admirably suited to her distinctively creamy yet expressive voice, and occasionally revelatory...The well-structured programme concludes with Holst's... — More…
