Browse: Somm (label)
This page lists all recordings from the label Somm.
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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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Orchestral Music by Howard Blake
Philharmonia Orchestra, English Northern Philharmonia, Howard Blake, Paul Daniel
Pride of place definitely goes to the eloquent string orchestra suite derived from music written for the 1997 film A Month in the Country...The score’s vintage English stamp (early twentieth... — More…
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Kenneth Leighton: Every Living Creature
Londinium, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Andrew Griffiths
…This recording is a triumph for all involved, not least director Andrew Griffiths, who was no doubt the main force behind this project, and not forgetting composer Kenneth Leighton, whose music... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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The Dream of Gerontius is notable for the singing of Richard Lewis – his New York debut – freer than in his later studio recording. Even more impressive is the Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Archive Issue of the Month
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Live, Vol. 1
Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Scrubbing up under expert technological ablutions, the RPO under Sargent sounds simply electrifying in this live recording of the 1958 world premiere of Vaughan Williams’s craggy Symphony No... — More…
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Some of the songs are set in an almost epigrammatic fashion, so that the listener’s attention is never allowed to waver. A. E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad has often been set to music, but Somervell... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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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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Elgar Remastered
By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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The main work here is the grim and haunted Sonata (1921-24), Bridge's painful and profound response to the Great War. This is an epic performance, making the most of the work's mingled violence... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, Instrumental Choice
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All told, this scintillatingly varied recital combines sensuous virtuosity, compelling charm and musical probity. Highly recommended. — More…
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