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Oliver Knussen: Autumnal
Alexandra Wood (violin), Huw Watkins (piano), Claire Booth (soprano), Ryan Wigglesworth (piano), Leila Josefowicz (violin); BBC Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, Oliver Knussen
this CD should do more than any live performance to tell the world what a treasure he is. The Walton-esque Violin Concerto, Knussen’s masterpiece, is played with dazzling artistry by Josefowicz...[the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Contemporary
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Ferneyhough: La Terre est un Homme
Olivia Robinson (soprano), Jennifer Adams-Barbaro (soprano) & Cherith Millburn-Fryer (alto)
ensemble recherche, BBC Symphony Orchestra, EXAUDI, Martyn Brabbins, James Weeks
In the latter pieces the BBC SO never shirk that lightness of touch which makes listening a pleasure, while Martyn Brabbins directs with calm authority and, above all, a belief in this music’s... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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Tavener: Akhmatova Requiem
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Elise Ross (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, The Nash Ensemble, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
this heartfelt setting of Anna Akhmatova's blistering condemnation of Stalinist atrocities still packs an enormous punch...The Requiem grips from the start...Phyllis Bryn-Julson is on strong... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Anthony Payne: Phoenix Mass
Susan Bradshaw (piano), Jane Manning (soprano)
BBC Singers & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Nash Ensemble, Jane’s Minstrels, John Poole, Lionel Friend
If you only know Anthony Payne through his excellent realisation of Elgar's Third Symphony, his own music may come as a surprise, especially the early works on this disc...[The World's Winter]... — More…
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Oliver Knussen: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3
Elaine Barry, Linda Hirst (sopranos) & Michael Collins, Dward Pillinger, Ian Mitchell (clarinets)
The Nash Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas & Oliver Knussen
Here is the essence of him: his precocious song-cycle symphony (No 2) and arresting Symphony No 3 (performed by the Philharmonia)...and that locus classicus of ensemble virtuosity, the five-minute... — More…
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Michel Tippett - Historic Recordings from the 1940's
Phyllis Sellick (piano)
Zorian Quartet, Morley College Choir, Walter Goehr, Sir Michael Tippett
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Digital Discoveries 7: Standing Jump
Andrew Sparling (clarinet), Thalia Myers (piano), Victoria Johnson (violin)
[rout], Apartment House, Vanitas
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New Music Collections Vol. 1 - Choral
Howard Skempton (accordion), Michael Finnissy (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers, EXAUDI, Bach Choir Philharmonia, Ex Cathedra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Voices, Simon Halsey, John Poole,...
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Joseph Phibbs: The Canticle of The Rose and other works
Helen-Jane Howells (soprano), Alissa Firsova (piano), Joanna Shaw (flute), Marije Ploemacher (violin), Brian O'Kane (cello), Ben Alden (tenor), Andrew Plant (piano), Michael Chance (countertenor), James Boyd (guitar)
Navarra String Quartet
The relatively spartan textures of these pieces are more convincing than some of Phibbs's writing for larger ensembles. These works draw you in with a well-judged pacing of their sometimes frenetic... — More…
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The neglect of Elisabeth Lutyens's music has been one of the more egregious critical errors of the past quarter-century… With 31 tracks this CD highlights Lutyens's gift for building large-ish... — More…
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