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Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra, Doric String Quartet, Edward Gardner
Complex, multi-faceted, subtly changeable Elgar…Gardner is a master of transitions: the gradual transformation of scherzo to slow movement is only the most striking, but there are plenty of... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, June 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 1)
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Parry: Scenes from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound'
RecommendedSarah Fox (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann
Vann has mustered a fine team of soloists. Neal Davies is a commanding Prometheus, while David Butt Philip relishes the ringing Wagnerian Heldentenor declamation Parry allots to Jupiter...Vann’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Here's a disc that merits an especially big welcome...At last comes a strong challenger which brings together all three of these wonderful but so often misunderstood quartets. The play has all... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Disc of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, April 2021, Recommended Recording - Symphony No. 5
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From the wonderful lyrical springboard opening right through to the final slow fade there’s a singing line that rises, falls and snakes its way through everything…The Serenade for Strings here... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Delius: Hassan - Complete Incidental Music Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips
How seriously was it taken in its day? More to the point, how seriously can we take it now? After listening, I really can’t say...But the music itself, stylishly delivered by the Britten Sinfonia... — More…
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Massenet: Thaïs
Erin Wall (Thaïs), Joshua Hopkins (Athanaël), Andrew Staples (Nicias), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
To Thaīs herself Erin Wall brings a clean, pliant soprano used with discretion and judgement…Dark of presence, Joshua Hopkins makes a vehement Athanaël…Davis presents a perceptive account of... — More…
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Record Review, 4th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Opera Choice
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Opera, October 2020, Disc of the Month
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral)
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What [Grieg] does with folk material is so enchanting that, in this beautiful incarnation with the Bergen players delivering so freshly and responding so well to Gardner’s rhythmic drive in... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Orchestral Choice
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Tasmin Little plays Clara Schumann, Dame Ethel Smyth & Amy Beach
RecommendedTasmin Little (violin) & John Lenehan (piano)
This delightful, beautifully performed album makes an emphatic, seemingly effortless case for these composers’ music. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, Chamber Choice
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works
RecommendedThe Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polonaise From ‘Cherevichki’
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan
Alpesh Chauhan evidently has a tremendous flair for Tchaikovsky. Supported by stunningly responsive playing from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, his interpretations brilliantly project... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd June 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, Orchestral Choice
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