Concertos, Vaughan Williams (composer)
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs
RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
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Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
RecommendedNicholas Daniel (oboe & conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan
[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Contemporary Winner
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Retrospect
London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron, Jack Liebeck (violin), Andrew Staples (tenor, Thomas Carroll (cello)
The two choral works showcase the unforced sensitivity of the London Choral Sinfonia, who skilfully avoid overheating the patriotism of Kipling’s text for ‘Land of our Birth’, and the funerary... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Nicola Benedetti - Fantasie
Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Litton, Daniel Harding
The Lark Ascending is beautifully played, with pure, unforced tone, and in the unmeasured passages Benedetti imaginatively suggests the bird's unfettered, unpredictable flight. By contrast,... — More…
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Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 4
Paul Silverthorne (viola)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel leads the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a vivid account of this sometimes jarring work, complemented by the excellent viola playing of Paul Silverthorne in Flos campi. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2004, Disc of the Month
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Vaughan Williams/McEwen: Flos Campi & Viola Concerto
Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
[Power's] every phrase pulsates with an inner glow. He also captures unerringly the sense of mystery and veiled threat that haunts the unforgettable Flos Campi...The McEwen Concerto is a three-movement... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Editor's Choice
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Nigel Kennedy
RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin, viola)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, Simon Rattle
Kennedy is in his element, while Previn captures the lushness of the colourful score. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2007, Mid-Price Choice
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Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Early and Late Works
Guy Johnston (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
The stand-out music...comes in Dark Pastoral. This is David Matthews's wonderfully skilled and imaginative, yet always-in-style completion of the slow movement of an unfinished cello concerto...Johnston's... — More…
