Chandos
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There’s a spring in Tortelier’s step with the Icelanders, a sappy bounce to the opening Allegro molto… The strings are alert and light and the woodwinds attack Gounod’s melodious writing with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3
L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (maestro al violino), Christopher Hogwood (maestro al cembalo)
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons
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Verdi: Requiem
Michèle Crider (soprano), Markella Hatziano (mezzo-soprano), Gabriel Sadé (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
[Hickox's] pacing flows more freely than has become the rule in latterday performances, yet there is never a feeling of haste, simply of heightened intensity when his control of rubato and phrase... —
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Torelli - Concertos
Catherine Weiss (violin), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), David Blackadder (trumpet), Simon Standage (violin)
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage and Catherine Weiss are well-matched in the double concertos, from hair-raising momentum to lovely slow-movement dialogue. In the solo concertos, Standage sometimes sacrifices... —
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Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
John Tomlinson (The Dutchman), Nina Stemme (Senta), Eric Halfvarson (Daland), Kim Begley (Erik), Patricia Bardon (Mary), Peter Wedd (Steersman)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
Tomlinson, a favourite in the title-role at Bayreuth, now a veteran, is masterful as the Dutchman, exploiting his wide tonal and expressive range, with few signs of wear on the voice...[Stemme... —
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Szymanowski: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, etc.
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky
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Special offer. Strauss, R: Salome
RecommendedSusan Bullock (Salome), John Wegner (Jokanaan), Sally Burgess (Herodias), John Graham Hall (Herod Antipas), Andrew Rees (Narraboth), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Page)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
…Bullock underlines the increasing insistence of Salome's demand for John's head… and keeps the meaning clear even when riding the orchestra in her love-death. If it were only for the orchestra... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th October 2008
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All is performed with that same customary blend of high octane virtuosity, relaxed lyricism, tonal richness and perfection of ensemble which has made the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet not merely... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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