Chandos
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Come to Me in My Dreams
120 years of songs from the RCM
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)
A varied collection that offers more than just vocal bonbons…Connolly and Middleton execute the complex phrasing [of A Charm of Lullabies] with a sense of ensemble for which they are revered. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Reich: Three Movements & The Desert Music
Chorus sine nomine & Tonkünstler-Orchester, Niederösterreich, Kristjan Järvi
Järvi sets a new benchmark. These powerful readings infuse Reich's New York vigour with loose-limbed elegance, yet give a menacing edge to the pulsating rhythms and dynamics. Järvi does full... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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French Ballet Music of the 1920s
RecommendedL’Éventail de Jeanne, ballet in one act by ten French composers; Les Mariés de la Tour Eiffel, ballet in one act by members of the group Les Six
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon
The zany exuberance of Les mariés, concocted by five of Les Six in the 1920s, is infectiously captured in this colourful reissue, as is L'éventail, a contemporaneous ten-composer collaboration. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Lutosławski: Vocal Works
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Toby Spence (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Toby Spence is on mellifluous form here, and Christopher Purves is no less subtle in the nocturnal cycle Les espaces du sommeil...An attractively varied, highly accomplished release. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Petrassi: Magnificat & Psalm IX
Sabina Cvilak (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
[Cvilak] sounds sweet, warm and electrifying when required, and Noseda directs his Turin forces with authority and understanding of these powerful works. I hope Chandos will give us more Petrassi... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Choral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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Gardner makes the most of the taut rhythmic energy in the music...all the colours of this showpiece [the Concerto for Orchestra] are brightly painted, with a virtuosity which is never empty,... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2010, Editor's Choice
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Little's style...[is] happily free of any hint of narcisstic self-regard, so that nothing stands in the way of her forthright and superb communication skills...Little's playing has ceaseless... — More…
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The name may not be so familiar and neither are some of the film titles, but the music speaks volumes for the talent of composer Gerard Schurmann…The orchestral flavours here – wild, romantic,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Screen Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Nino Rota - Concertos
Luisa Prandina (harp), Paolo Carlini (bassoon), Guido Corti (horn), Andrea Conti (trombone)
I Virtuosi Italiani, Marzio Conti
Altogether a pleasure. These are bright, capable, affectionate, well-pointed performances in good sound, with soloists who sound totally at home with the music… — More…
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For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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