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New. Boult’s Elgar: the Forgotten Recordings
Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Chorus, Sir Adrian Boult
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Sometimes it’s hard, listening to the Eusebius here, to believe that there are only four musicians playing...from their full-blooded yet flexible tone to their intelligent handling of the ebb... — More…
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Record Review, 23rd October 2021, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Recording of the Month
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George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Szell later re-recorded almost all the repertoire, but it’s fascinating to hear the partnership when their much-vaunted precision was well in progress, if not immaculate...Best of all are Schumann’s... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Historical Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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African Pianism
RecommendedAyo Bankole, J.h. Kwabena Nketia, Christian Onyeji, Fred Onovwerosuoke, David Earl, Nabil Benabdeljalil & Akin Euba
Rebeca Omordia (piano)
Volta Fantasy, otherwise free-flowing and melodic, is enhanced by a percussive undertone. This idea is taken further by Christian Onyeji, who transfers Nigerian drumming patterns to the piano;... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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This album begins with a cry of joy. It’s Chopin with a hint of the blues, bursting into a groove...There are a good number of premiere recordings on offer here, as well as consistently illuminating... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Remastered with gritty immediacy, this has to be one of the most intriguing offerings for Smetana’s 200th birthday. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2025, Archive Choice
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Bruckner From the Archives, Vol. 1
Bruckner Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Wdr Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Koeckert Quartet, Kurt Wöss, Hans Weisbach, Henry Swoboda, Dean Dixon, Eugen Jochum
This is the first of six two-disc volumes and if the following five hold to the high standards achieved here...there’ll be considerable cause for excitement among all dedicated Brucknerians. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & Dona nobis pacem
RecommendedRenee Flynn and Roy Henderson
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaughan Williams
…the fervour, radiant warmth and sense of the symphony as a great journey - a 'passionate pilgrimage' - make this a uniquely compelling experience. …Dona Nobis Pacem ('Grant us peace'), It's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2008
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Historic Archive
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New. Bruckner: From the Archives, Vol. 6 (Remastered 2025)
Hilde Ceska (soprano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, Wiener Symphoniker, Eugen Jochum, Henry Swoboda, Wolfgang Sawallisch
The Bavarian Radio Symphony and Eugen Jochum play Symphony No. 8 with rugged grandeur and fervent immediacy in a live radio recording from Munich (1957)...What a journey, a superbly conceived... — More…
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Through this medium, one hears many strands and voices not always noticeable, particularly true of the last movement...perhaps surprisingly, the finale is simply tremendous, a tour de force... — More…
