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Fauré: The Complete music for cello & piano
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Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Brantelid’s light, bright, satiny tone suits Fauré’s style down to the ground – more of a high tenor than a hefty baritone – and Forsberg brings the composer’s piano writing into shimmering technicolor,... — More…
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[Yamada] draws playing both exquisite and passionate from his orchestra. If the colours of Faure's score are very different, they nonetheless tread the same fine line between chamber music economy... — More…
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Offer, Fauré: Requiem
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Grace Davidson (soprano) & William Gaunt (baritone), Gordan Nikolitch (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, Tenebrae, Nigel Short
The playing of the London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and their leader Gordon Nikolitch and the singing of Tenebrae and the two soloists are all exemplary. The problems here are not mostly... — More…
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The Cello in Wartime
Steven Isserlis (cello) & Connie Shih (piano)
If IKEA were to make a cello, this would be it…Sow how does it sound? In Steven Isserlis’s hands, remarkably fine – though he only uses it for a handful of evocative miniatures…On Isserlis’s... — More…
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Fauré & Duruflé: Requiems
Miah Persson (soprano), Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano), Olle Persson (baritone), Mattias Wager (organ)
Swedish Radio Choir, Fredrik Malmberg
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Fauré: Requiem
Tom Pickard (treble) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
Choir of King's College Cambridge & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Cleobury
The first thing to be said about this Schumann cycle is how splendidly alert the orchestral playing is: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra must be one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the world... — More…
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Flute Sonatas - Bezaly and Ashkenazy
Sharon Bezaly (flute) & Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
The Swedish-based Israeli has phenomenal strength and versatility, combined with crystalline clarity of sound. Her 24-carat gold, custom-built Muramatsu flute is reminiscent of James Galway,... — More…
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Carolyn Sampson: Fleurs
Carolyn Sampson (soprano) & Joseph Middleton (piano)
A sweetly scented posy, this...Perfect, too, for all who love Sampson's fragrant, light-filled, warmly communicative soprano. Surprisingly, this is her sollo recital debut on disc. The bouquet... — More…
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A Verlaine Songbook
Carolyn Sampson sings settings of poems by Paul Verlaine
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The discovery of the disc are the songs by ‘Poldowski’ – a pseudonym for Régine Wieniawski…her songs prove nothing short of fabulous: warm, energetic and melodic, with a deep-set richness of... — More…
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Offer, Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John’s
Timothy Ravalde (organ), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Helen Scarbrough (cor anglais), Timothy Ravalde (organ) & Graham Walker (cello)
Choir of St John’s College, Andrew Nethsingha
the poised, sentient performance of Allegri's famous Miserere opening the disc bespeaks dedicated preparation, both technical and spiritual. I like the spatial variegations drawn by [Andrew Nethsinga]...and... — More…