Chandos
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In the Symphony… the long crescendos build up a tremendous head of steam, while Noseda handles Liszt's occasionally abrupt harmonic transitions with tact and sensitivity. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Disc of the month
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This is a superb disc. There have been distinguished collections of Smetana's symphonic poems but none quite to compare with this in excitement, richness of detail and, in the case of Wallenstein's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Schreker - Orchestral Works Volume 2
Katarina Karnéus (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky
The playing of the BBC Philharmonic under Sinaisky is superb and the recording is in the demonstration class. Intelligent liner notes. —
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Building a Library, May 2001, Period Instrument Choice
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This is attractive music and the BBC Philharmonic under Noseda are strong advocates. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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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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Arriaga: Symphony & Herminie
and Other Works
Berit Norbakken Solset (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena
Elements in Arriaga’s sole symphony might smack too much of the Conservatoire, but tread throughout are airy pleasures, Spanish sunshine, and unexpected harmonic kicks…There are further delights... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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some of the most exquisitely intense vocal music ever written —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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Finzi / Britten / Holst - Choral Works
RecommendedAlison Barlow (soprano), David Hoult (baritone), John Alley (organ), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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