Chandos
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Elgar: The Music Makers & The Spirit of England
Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis and his forces, especially Sarah Connolly and Andrew Staples (why is this wonderful tenor so little recorded?), give their all and one can’t imagine their being performed more... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Even in a work as well known as the Quartettsatz they lend character through elasticity of phrasing, which nicely counterbalances the piece’s inherent energy. But the main event is the G major... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Cooper describes [the Diabellis] as ‘a wonderful journey…I am instantly in a good mood when practising or performing this piece.’ And that is what overwhelmingly comes over in her superb recording…Cooper... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Instrumental Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Roussel: Évocations, Pour une fête de printemps & Suite in F
François le Roux (baritone), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, CBSO Chorus, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This is a wonderful treat…Tortelier draws a detailed, yet marvellously atmospheric performance from the BBC Philharmonic, perfectly judging the balance between moments of luxuriance and the... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and François-Frédéric Guy get every subtle detail in place. — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox
'Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that scales genuine... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country, etc.
RecommendedMichael Davis (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
A most attractive compilation. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2002, Runner-Up
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The finale [of the Pounds] projects a mood of hard-won defiance, and the symphony as a whole is certainly worth experiencing – especially in a performance as scrupulously prepared and committed... — More…
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Järvi is a trusted guide through the byways of French repertoire, bringing vigorous joie de vivre to the livelier pieces, such as ‘Fête foraine’, yet sustaining the controlled insouciance of... — More…
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Janacek & Kodaly: Choral Works
RecommendedTina Kiberg (soprano), Randi Stene (contralto), Peter Svensson (tenor), Ulrik Cold (bass), Per Salo (organ)
Copenhagen Boys` Choir, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Sir Charles Mackerras
The added rhythmic complexities of this original version as interpreted idiomatically by Mackerras encourage an apt wildness which brings an exuberant, carefree quality — More…
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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