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This disc reveals much of interest to explore beyond the familiar items. Feérique sparkles, and the symphonic suite Paris finds Ibert at his most inventive, mixing jazzy playfulness with suave... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, Vocalise & The Isle of the Dead RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
Wilson’s way with the music seems to owe more to the x-ray clarity of Toscanini and Szell...sprung like a sports car, tightly resilient on its bushings. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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as their wonderfully vivid performances attest, these are all first-rate pieces deserving a firm place in the repertoire…this is a disc to cherish, — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Parry: Scenes from Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound' RecommendedSarah Fox (soprano), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Neal Davies (baritone), Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann
Vann has mustered a fine team of soloists. Neal Davies is a commanding Prometheus, while David Butt Philip relishes the ringing Wagnerian Heldentenor declamation Parry allots to Jupiter...Vann’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Sir Arnold Bax: Four Orchestral Pieces & Phantasy RecommendedPhilip Dukes (viola)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
Dukes deliver the Phantasy's solo part with a forthright energy that seems to thwart loveliness of tone. In every other department these performances could hardly be finer. The orchestral playing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st September 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 4 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
This is altogether a really fine performance…Bavouzet uses the ubiquitous Beethoven cadenzas for K466, while for its C major companion-piece K467 he opts for the examples by Friedrich Gulda,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Concerto
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto RecommendedTasmin Little (violin), Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner
Shelley and Edward Gardner create something more mercurial [than Britten's own reading], Gardner conjuring that lithe, high-tension drama he has so successfully achieved with Britten's stage... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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Offer, Grażyna Bacewicz; Eugène Ysaÿe; George Enescu: Music For Strings Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
At its centre [the Bacewicz] is a searing slow movement, rich and haunting, but the rest of the work crackles with energy, and the Sinfonia of London (at times divided into 17 parts) under John... — More…
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Elgar - Music for Violin & Piano RecommendedLydia Mordkovitch (violin) & Julian Milford (piano)
Mordkovitch here transformed the elusive Elgar Violin Sonata. In rapt and concentrated playing she gives it new mystery, with the subtlest pointing and shading down to whispered pianissimos. — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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These militant, tightly controlled, sometimes breathtaking performances demand to be heard and may divide opinion. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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