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Hi Res Download, Bax (composer)
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This Bax symphony cycle comes under the baton of the composer's doughtiest champion, and superlatives are in order. Even seasoned Baxians will be startled by the propulsive vigour and sinewy... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Daniel’s immaculate playing is the main attraction here. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2021
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Special offer. The Romantic Piano Concerto 81 - Rubbra & Bliss
Piers Lane (piano)
The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein
Rubbra’s Piano Concerto in G major is something special…Piers Lane’s solo playing throughout is a phenomenon of tireless technical strength, always beautifully aligned to each work’s different... — More…
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Firstly, the Hallé's stellar playing: it's genuinely hard to imagine how music of this English vintage could be performed better. Not only is everything beautifully idiomatic and clear, there's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Finzi, Bax & Ireland: Choral Music
Daniel Cook (organ), Sebastian Braw-Smith (treble), Julian Stocker (tenor), Julian Empett (bass), Jeremy Suppey (treble), Simon Ponsford (countertenor), Daniel Livermore (treble), Jonathan Brown (bass)
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
The choir’s diffuse tone – breathier in the upper voices than rivals at New College or even King’s Cambridge – is very effective — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Sir Arnold Bax: Four Orchestral Pieces & Phantasy
RecommendedPhilip Dukes (viola)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Dukes deliver the Phantasy's solo part with a forthright energy that seems to thwart loveliness of tone. In every other department these performances could hardly be finer. The orchestral playing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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…some of the composer's most powerful orchestral writing receives utterly committed, full-blooded performance, the complex textures ideally balanced and superbly recorded. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Bax composed the last of his three mature string quartets between May and September 1936, inscribing it to the Griller Quartet who gave the first performance on the BBC National Programme the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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Arnold Bax: Spring Fire - Complete Music For Cello & Piano
Alexander Baillie (cello), John Thwaites (piano)
Baillie and Thwaites's commitment and love of this repertoire still shine through, helped by a recording lively and immediate enough for the performers to sound only a few inches away. — More…
