Chandos
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Elgar: The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi'
Arthur Davies (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Judith Howarth (soprano), Linda Finnie (contralto)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
In the glorious orchestral 'Meditation' Hickox's conducting demonstrates a noble flexibility, sensitivity to dynamic nuance and feeling for climax. Equally the engineering, sumptuous yet detailed,... —
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His default style is a slightly austere transparency, and it’s often exquisitely poetic. And so it is with the first sonata on this release. This congenial work, composed in 1817, asks for a... —
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Respighi: Belfagor Overture, Toccata, Tre Corali & Fantasia slava
Geoffrey Tozer (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes
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Elgar: Coronation Ode & The Spirit of England
Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Collins (contralto), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass)
Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight. —
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Marcello: La Cetra Concertos & Violin Concerto
Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage (director & violin)
Contributing significantly to the picture of eighteenth-century Venetian musical life, this essay by Standage and the Collegium Musicum 90 will provide compulsory study material for aficionados... —
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Special offer. Bloch, E: Concerto symphonique in B minor for piano & orchestra, etc.
Halida Dinova (piano)
St Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Tchernushenko
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