Hi Res Download, Gorecki (composer)
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Taylor plays a 1970s harpsichord built by the Parisbased maker Anthony Sidey. The instrument has a sturdy, gut-like quality that allows it to punch above the orchestra in Poulenc's concerto,... —
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Under its conductor of 40 years’ standing, Jan Łukaszewski, the Gdańsk-based Polish Chamber Choir produces a beautifully smooth and glowing tone. The overall effect is sweet, like eating too... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Throughout, the Tippett Quartet are sympathetic and expert interpreters negotiating Gorecki’s soundworld with a strong sense of ensemble and making the most of the abundant contrasts of material... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2019, Editor's Choice
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Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 '…songs are sung', Sonata for Two Violins
John Mills (violin I), Jeremy Isaac (violin II), Tippett Quartet
[Sonata] playing is clean, crisp, and thoroughly enjoyable. —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Recording of the Month
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New. Finding Light
Will Gaunt (bass-baritone), Grace Davidson (soprano), Eleonore Cockerham (soprano), Meridian, Irene Messoloras
The mood is sustained, consistent and unruffled by contrast: meditative classical, posh chill-out. Thing is, it's also absolutely beautiful singing, and taken on its own terms this is the launch... —
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[the symphony] opens with brutal, relentless chords, disconcerting pauses and Kancheli-like violent dynamic contrasts. There's a degree of relief in gentle passages in intervening movements... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd January 2016
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Esfahani’s playing brings the old face to face with the new. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Górecki: Concerto-Cantata
Carol Wincenc (flute) & Anna Górecka (piano), Anna Górecka (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
The Concerto-Cantata (1992) receives its premiere recording here, and the Warsaw Philharmonic does it full justice, playing equally convincingly and intensely in the severe, concentrated slow... —
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