Browse: Orchestral, Rawsthorne, A (composer)

Without losing the necessary edge in the writing, Malcolm Binns (creating their stereo debut in 1979) brings out the expressiveness of the music...The LPO under Pritchard plays with evident enjoyment... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... — MusicWeb International, September 2016 More…

Rawsthorne enthusiasts should waste no time in snapping up this disc, containing music-making of perceptive dedication and impressive polish.
He completed his First Violin Concerto in 1947, dedicating... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Baritone Jeremy Huw Williams is his usual reliable self in the Diptych, and everything is expertly paced and balanced, crisply played and brightly recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This is one of the finest DVDs to come my way in quite some time...Millington makes every piece sound as if it had been written for Exeter.Beautifully filmed by Richard Knight - this is a splendid... — Choir & Organ More…

The consistently high quality of the performances is striking. — The Guardian, 31st December 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…

There’s a palpable smile in [Armstrong’s] sonorous baritone – and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s invigorating account makes up for any lack of excitement in the reading…The rarity... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Keith Swallow and John Wilson are quite clearly enjoying themselves. They play each piece ‘to the hilt’ and without any sense of condescension. Many of these numbers may be for young players... — MusicWeb International, May 2006 More…