Nimbus
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Forceful and unapologetic performances ... These are all short works; but with her dark bass-dominated tone, her flexible rubato, her sensual weaving of the music's often intricate counterpoint... —
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The Vienna Piano Trio is deeply attuned to the style....they have a Viennese willingness to indulge in sentiment, a rapport that makes the performance feel like a conversation among friends,... —
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The Bulgarian Marta Deyanova, previously heard on Nimbus in Scriabin and Shostakovich Preludes, impresses with an extraordinary, all-encompassing technique —
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Finzi, Bridge & Parry: Works for Strings
Martin Jones (piano)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
Nimbus's warm-toned, typically resonant sonics capture everything with merciless fidelity ... Sturdy, straight-down-the-line music-making from Boughton and his assembled colleagues. No complaints,... —
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Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18, etc.
Jerry Hadley (tenor), Anthony Halstead (horn), Michael Hirst (flute), Paul Arden Taylor (cor anglais), David Campbell (clarinet), Keith Rubach (bassoon), Stephen Roberts (horn), Rachel Masters (harp), Peter Hamburger (timpani)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
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sharply observed. —
