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Beynon's highly expressive playing is showcased in this (mainly) British anthology —
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Considered as extended highlights...this is seriously good, not least for the RNSO's suave playing, captured in silky SACD sound...The garden scene has a sensual glow, Mark's intrusion sounds... —
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My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
They create a sense of isolation within the sadness of King David; they capture Ireland's responses to the poetry of Hardy, Sidney and Symons with total commitment; and they respond with sentience... —
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Eugen Suchoň: Baladická suita, Metamorfózy & Symfonietta rustica
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Suchon's engaging post-Romantic idiom fuses Scriabin's hot-house exotica with a Gallic predilection for harmonic allure. —
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On this evidence, Haydn’s brand of roguish inventiveness materialised early…The recording finds a natural-sounding perspective for two very different kinds of sonority: the interaction of organ... —
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The Brodskys play throughout with a gorgeously generous, lush tone that will instantly recommend itself to those who like their Bach ‘full fat’. —
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Järvi's performance is an absolutely splendid one - both markedly more propulsive and, to my ears, more excitingly cogent than any other I have encountered, yet with no loss in terms of technical... —
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Allison Bell's genuinely affecting performance is backed by the Doric Quartet's expressionist scampering and sustained harmonies, the strings occasionally coming to the fore in the manner of... —
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Lortie proves excellently skilled in the necessary arts for these concertos. He can chatter and twinkle for bars on end, sculpt phrases, and produce splendid decorative flourishes. Orchestral... —
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A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. —
