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Paul Ben-Haim: Music of Israel
Symphony No. 1, Pastorale variée & Pan
Claudia Barainsky (soprano), John Bradbury (clarinet), BBC Philharmonic, Omer Meir Wellber
Despite obvious differences in emphasis throughout the programme, the composer’s armoury remains remarkably consistent, not least in demonstrating his superb feeling for instrumental colour...The... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Tortelier's French Bonbons
Peter Dixon (cello), Yuri Torchinsky (violin)
BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Yan Pascal Tortelier
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Haydn: Choral Music
Nancy Argenta (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
Few other conductors on disc convey so happily the drama, symphonic power and spiritual exhilaration of these glorious works than Richard Hickox. He's fully alive to the ominous unease that... —
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Verdi: Falstaff
Andrew Shore (Falstaff), Yvonne Kenny (Alice Ford), Ashley Holland (Ford), Susan Gritton (Nannetta), Barry Banks (Fenton), Stuart Kale (Dr Caius), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Mistress Quickly), Alice Coote (Meg Page), Clive Bayley (Pistol), Richard Roberts (Bardolph)
English National Opera Chorus,...
A strong cast, with every role vividly portrayed; Paul Daniel conducts confidently and enthusiastically. —
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Ireland: Piano Concerto in E flat major, etc.
Eric Parkin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
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Special offer. Purcell - Complete Sonatas of Three & Four Parts & Complete Pavans
Risa Browder (violin)
Purcell Quartet
The playing is authoritative and idiomatic, and the artists are firmly focused in a warm but not excessively reverberant acoustic. This is Purcell at his finest. —
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Dyson: Quo Vadis
Cheryl Barker (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Richard Hickox
Like so many British composers Dyson, even before he died in 1962, suffered neglect through writing in a conservative idiom that critics were all too ready to label 'out of date'. Originally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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For Catherine Mackintosh and Geoffrey Govier the 'rules' of historically informed performance have become second nature; we get the impression they're playing for sheer enjoyment of the music.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Editor's Choice
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Schumann: Myrthen and other songs
RecommendedJoan Rodgers (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
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Building a Library, April 2013, First Choice
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a very impressive disc it is...her technique sounds flawless. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Editor's Choice
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