Concertos, Viola Concertos, Britten (composer)
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Edward Gardner conducts Britten
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The Charm is a total winner, wrapped by Matthews in string woodwind sleep-music so familiar from the Nocturne and phrased by Connolly with alternate tenderness and edginess. Maxim Rysanov compels... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15, etc.
RecommendedMaxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Mstislav Rostropivich
When artists of the stature of Vengerov and Rostropovich tackle English music it's often a revelation, and here's some of the most ravishing string-playing ever heard in either of these masterpieces.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
RecommendedAnthony Marwood (violin), Anthony Marwood (violin) & Lawrence Power (viola), Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Aided by the alert Ilan Volkov, Anthony Marwood and Lawrence Power form a persuasive partnership...we are left in no doubt about the levels of searing commitment behind Marwood's performance.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th January 2012
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Special offer. Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
RecommendedLorenzo Soulès (piano), Máté Szücs (viola), Richard Watkins (horn), Allan Clayton (tenor)
Aldeburgh Strings, Markus Däunert
In Britten’s buoyant Young Apollo Aldeburgh Strings field a greater weight and range of colour that Rattle’s CBSO, making the work sound more expressive and substantial, and Lorenzo Soulès is... —
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Building A Library, March 2022, Also Recommended
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If you have tried the Octet before and found its form opaque or its density tiring on the ear, then you may well respond to the relaxed and supple phrasing of Ensemble Risonanz. —
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Yo-Yo Ma: The Classical Cello Collection
RecommendedYo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano), Pamela Frank (violin), Rebecca Young (viola), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jaime Laredo (viola), Kathryn Stott (piano)
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre...
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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