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Special offer. Sullivan, A: Ivanhoe
Janice Watson (Lady Rowena), Geraldine McGreevy (Rebecca), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Ulrica), Toby Spence (Wilfred, Knight of Ivanhoe), Peter Wedd (Maurice de Bracy), Andrew Staples (Locksley/The Squire); Adrian Partington Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones
We can at last hear what Sullivan conceived - and it's impressive...It deserves the first-rate performance it receives from David Lloyd Jones, a worthy stand-in for Hickox, working with an excellent... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2010, Opera Choice
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Malcolm Arnold Overtures
RecommendedKathy Jones (principal vacuum cleaner), Helena Miles (sub principal vacuum cleaner), Chris Hoyle (section vacuum cleaner), Fiona Macintosh (principal floor polisher)
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Arnold's genius was particularly suited to smallscale orchestral works, and every one of these examples shows his orchestral personality at its exuberant best. Beckus the Dandipratt came first,... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Walton: Troilus and Cressida
RecommendedClive Bayley (Calkas), James Thornton (Antenor), Arthur Davies (Troilus), Nigel Robson (Pandarus), Judith Howarth (Cressida), Yvonne Howard (Evadne), David Owen-Lewis (Horaste), Alan Opie (Diomede)
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, Richard Hickox
Troilus and Cressida is here powerfully presented as an opera for the central repertory, traditional in its red-blooded treatment of a big classical subject. Few operas since Puccini's have... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Opera
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Michael Collins thrills and charms in these characterful concertos, which deserve to be as well known as those by Mozart and Weber. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Concerto
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Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz: Chamber Works
Silesian String Quartet, Karolina Stalmachowska (oboe), Piotr Salajczyk (piano)
the Quintet of 1939 for violin, viola, cello, oboe and piano is more striking [than the String Quartet] – and the highlight of this recording. The oboe and piano add piquancy, and Mendelson... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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Alder needs her linguistic wits about her – pianist Joseph Middleton too as he responds to or prefigures her changing colours and inflections. Both triumph across a nightscape in which dreaming... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd January 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Alwyn: Miss Julie
RecommendedAnna Patalong (Miss Julie), Benedict Nelson (Jean), Rosie Aldridge (Kristin), Samuel Sakker (Ulrik), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Though not all the musical ideas are equally strong, the finely-crafted result possesses undeniable tension and dramatic potency…The performance itself conveys clear conviction. Anna Patalong... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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As with the series as a whole, the performances are exemplary. Noseda’s familiar combination of rigour and emotional extremism is in evidence throughout...Gillian Keith is the aptly glacial-sounding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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