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Polished performances hail from the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen —
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Martin Butler's contribution to the chamber domain has been a significant one. All of these pieces were written over the past decade with the Schubert Ensemble in mind: the earliest being American... —
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London Sinfonietta - Live from State of the Nation
New works by 10 young composers recorded live at State of the Nation 2001
Jo Thomas (tape), Rolf Hind (piano), Paul Silverthorne (viola), John Constable (piano), David Purser (trombone), Peter Batchelor (tape)
London Sinfonietta, Pierre-Andre Valade
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The Fidelio Trio fulfil all demands with admirable professionalism. —
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Thea Musgrave - Turbulent Landscapes
Lisa Milne (soprano), Evelyn Glennie (percussion) & Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Jirí Belohávek
…a triptych of Thea Musgrave's works in wonderful performances from all concerned… Songs for a Winter's Evening is an endearing song cycle charting a woman's life and loves through text by... —
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David Blake: Violin Concerto
Iona Brown (violin), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Norman del Mar, David Blake
NMC’s Ancora series … is to be welcomed without reservation…with fine performances from Iona Brown in the Concerto and Teresa Cahill in In Praise of Krishna, this is well worth having, and it... —
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[In James Dillon's 'A Roaring Flame'] the Gaelic and Provencal texts and sinuous vocal line give the music a haunting beauty, which is realised with superb concentration by both performers. —
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Buller combines ferocious, sonorous immediacy with complex intellectual subtexts... there is a psychedelic glitter to the score of Proença. —
