Chandos
-
there are times when a recording of a popular classic comes along that's so fresh, understanding and heartfelt that it demands to be approached solely on its own terms. Paul Watkins's Elgar... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Both concertos enjoy bright, barnstorming performances from pianist Xiayin Wang accompanied with matching flair by the BBC Philharmonic, whose section leaders offer some really heartfelt and... — More…
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 1st June 2018
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Telemann: Sinfonia TWV 50:1 in G major 'Grillen-Symphonie', etc.
Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford, Raul Diaz (horns), Simon Standage (violin)
Collegium Musicum 90
This release shows Telemann at his most irrepressibly good-humoured and imaginative.
There's a concerto for three rattling horns and a solo violin (a splendid sound, with the horns recorded... — More…CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Delius: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto & Cello Concerto
Tasmin Little (violin), Tasmin Little (violin) & Paul Watkins (cello), Paul Watkins (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Little is every bit as persuasively expressive as on her earlier recordings with Charles Mackerras. Paul Watkins provides the partnership you'd expect from such a fine chamber musician in the... — More…
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Turina: Canto a Sevilla
Orchestral Works
María Espada (soprano), Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
The fact that Turina was a skilled orchestrator is manifest throughout this disc in performances of La procesion del rocio and the Danzas gitans that have a shifting, subtle spectrum of coour... — More…
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Edward Gardner conducts Britten
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The Charm is a total winner, wrapped by Matthews in string woodwind sleep-music so familiar from the Nocturne and phrased by Connolly with alternate tenderness and edginess. Maxim Rysanov compels... — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
Lutosławski: Orchestral Works 4
Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
[Little] finds the soft-edged energy of the Partita and traces a broad melodic arc in its central Largo. All the performers show their awareness of the work's indebtedness to Baroque gesture. — More…
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
-
British Violin Concertos
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bryden Thomson, Richard Hickox
2 CDs
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Bliss: Violin Concerto & A Colour Symphony
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
…Bliss's Colour Symphony was the work that put him on the map and it remains one of his most characteristic achievements. …Hickox just comes out in front, projecting Bliss's invention in full... — More…
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3? -
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 6
Piano Concerto Nos. 22 & 23
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
CD
$16.75Downloads
What are FLAC and MP3?
