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Once again, Zehetmair shows hiumself a natural Schubert interpreter, his association with the Northern Sinfonia paying hadsome dividends in this lithe and fluent account...a fine modern interpretation... —
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A. Scarlatti & Handel: Dixit Dominus
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford & The Brook Street Band, Owen Rees
Rees's perceptive direction keeps the contrasting layers balanced and he has assembled a strong solo team- headed up by Elin Manahan Thomas and Matthew Brook - to complement the attentive playing... —
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Rejoice! Christmas at The Sage Gateshead
Scarlett Courtney (soprano)
Quay Voices, Northern Sinfonia, Northern Sinfonia Chorus, Simon Halsey
Simon Halsey is to be congratulated for corralling massed choirs The Northern Sinfonia Choir and youth choir Quay Voices into such a uniformly warm, good-natured sound. Soloist Scarlett Courtney... —
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Paradise Found: Music For Cello and Piano By Bruce Wolosoff
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, Bruce Wolosoff (piano)
The performances are all excellent. Sara Sant’Ambrogio plays with warm tone and a natural feeling for Wolosoff’s lyric style. —
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Christopher Tyler Nickel: Sonatas and Chamber Music For Oboe & Oboe d'Amore
Mary Lynch VanderKolk, Paige Roberts Molloy, Eduardo Rios, Andy Liang, Olivia Chew, Efe Baltacigil
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Under Pienaar’s fingers this Byrd soars! —
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This is impressive. A largely contemporary, contemplative and of ten complex programme is performed with exceptional poise by the girls’ choir and harpist Cheryl Ann Fulton. Sung ji Hong’s mesmeric... —
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