Chandos
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Performances of all four works are outstanding, with the Chandos sound bringing out the full richness of Respighi's writing. —
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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. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2011, Editor's Choice
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Moeran: Orchestral Works
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar
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Special offer. Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma! - Vinyl Edition
RecommendedNathaniel Hackmann (Curly), Sierra Boggess (Laurey), Rodney Earl Clarke (Jud Fry), Jamie Parker (Will Parker), Louise Dearman (Ado Annie), Sandra Marvin (Aunt Eller), Nadim Naaman (Ali Hakim), Leo Roberts (Andrew Carnes), Oklahoma! Ensemble, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Wilson, who conducted Oklahoma! at the BBC Proms in 2017, proves an exceptional advocate, bringing to the piece the same expertise and mastery he would accord to the symphonic repertoire of... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th September 2023
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The Doric Quartet emphasises [the works'] unpredictability with their vivid and insightful interpretations that bristle with life and character. Although employing a wide palette of timbres...they... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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No doubt about it, these are two very fine professional choirs, unique in an unparalleled lower-register smokiness and resonance. The basses can reach the famous bottom notes: the C at the end... —
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Choral Performance
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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Concerto For Orchestra; Sonnets To Orpheus; Diversions
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson
At the heart of the programme sits the major discovery here, a half-hour cello concerto (in all but name) entitled Sonnets to Orpheus..Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard is a close colleague... —
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the RSNO under Peter Oundjian manage very effectively to project this single sweep of sound from beginning to end. Brass and percussion stand out for all the right reasons...but it's really... —
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they're deftly written and inventive, and realised here in spirited, thoroughly sympathetic performances —
