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Bliss: Mary of Magdala, The Enchantress & Meditations of a Theme by John Blow
RecommendedDame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), James Platt (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
There is an immolatory vehemence to her [connolly’s] performance, securely buttressed by Davis and his BBC forces...Bliss adherents will need to add this to their roster of necessary discs. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Gamba is adept at remaining alert to the changing moods of each piece, whether it be ensuring that things are kept fizzing along nicely in Leevi Madetoja's Comedy Overture, Op. 53, or bringing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th August 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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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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Unsurprisingly, the quality of the playing here is very high. I particularly enjoyed the timpani roars in The Hebrides Overture. In the Italian Symphony, Gardner coaxes elegant phrasing from... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos
RecommendedXiayin Wang (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
From the first bar, you know that this brilliant Chinese-American pianist is the business...she leads from the front throughout to exhilarating effect...If you do not have a recording of the... — 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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Berlioz: Harold en Italie
RecommendedJames Ehnes (viola), James Ehnes (violin)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis and his production team have worked hard to keep James Ehnes's quite ravishingly beautiful playing in focus..It sounds as if Davis sees the work as more lyrical and Romantic...than as... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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There’s plenty of meat in Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, not least in the abundance of memorable tunes...The late Bramwell Tovey is alert to their quality, and especially, as often with Poulenc, to... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Massenet: Thaïs
Erin Wall (Thaïs), Joshua Hopkins (Athanaël), Andrew Staples (Nicias), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
To Thaīs herself Erin Wall brings a clean, pliant soprano used with discretion and judgement…Dark of presence, Joshua Hopkins makes a vehement Athanaël…Davis presents a perceptive account of... — More…
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Record Review, 4th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Opera Choice
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Opera, October 2020, Disc of the Month
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral)
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a delight for the audiophile. Every section and soloist of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays to the utmost, Alpesh Chauhan’s conducting is perfectionist and the Chandos production values... — More…
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…some of the composer's most powerful orchestral writing receives utterly committed, full-blooded performance, the complex textures ideally balanced and superbly recorded. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Orchestral Choice
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