Chandos
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The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective are renowned for their eagerness when it comes to expanding the repertoire… moments of striking beauty and its high-spirited virtuosity, along with its canny... —
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Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, etc.
Margaret Fingerhut (piano)
Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Each player in the Neave Trio has an individual sound and, intriguingly, they are not always an obvious blend: there's luminous and full-blooded tone from cellist Mikhail Veselov, violinist... —
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Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Alison Hargan (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), David Rendall (tenor), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass) & Stephen Roberts (bass)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Supported by a strong cast of soloists, Hickox delivers a warmly expressive and subtly nuanced interpretation which really catches fire in the more inspired second part of Elgar's oratorio. —
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Johan Svendsen: Orchestral Works Volume 1
Marianne Thorsen (violin), Melina Mandozzi (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Rightly praised for orchestral mastery, Svendsen's music attracted the approbation - and its composer the friendship - of Wagner and Grieg, and Nordic audiences took it and him to their hearts.... —
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The London Mozart Players's strings are outstanding. —
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Matthius Bamert and the London Mozart Players's programme of Leopold Mozart symphonies reveals a deft musical craftsman whose works are graced by genial melodies, animated by an exuberant espirit... —
