Delphian
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Within A Mile of Edinburgh
Folk songs by Robert Burns, and the fortepiano works they inspired
John Kitchen (fortepiano), Malcolm Green (baritone)
A generous, attractive programme —
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The musky, warm mezzo-soprano of Polly May, and the robust piano-playing of Lucy Walker... are well-suited to this earthy repertoire... much to enjoy in this fresh and courageous venture —
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In chains of gold
Dunedin Consort: Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo soprano), Ashley Turnell (Tenor), Warren Trevelyan-Jones (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bass), John Kitchen (Organ)
The singers luxuriate in the glowing acoustics of Midlothian’s Crichton Collegiate Church, lending warmth to immaculate performances of Tallis’s restful evening motet, O nata lux, Byrd’s intricate... —
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Bonaventure commissioned all of these works and he is a thoroughly convincing advocate. His registrations combine colour with clarity, captured in atmospheric sound, from the joyful splashing... —
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Richard Allain: When I'm Gone
John Harle (soprano saxophone)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain & Laudibus, Mike Brewer
startlingly impressive —
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Irvine and Pavri are persuasive exponents of this repertoire… —
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Messiaen - Complete Organ Works Volume 2
Michael Bonaventure (the Rieger organ of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh)
Michael Bonaventure's does get Messiaen's music to lift off the page, even in the most rigorous pages of the Livre d'orgue. The organ of St Giles, Edinburgh has the power and range of colour... —
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On this stonking disc, wait till you hear Kitchen unleashed on Elgar’s Pomp and
Circumstance March No 1. — -
The quality of the repertoire is matched by the quality of the playing. This is a group with a bright future. —
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His imagination and commitment shine throughout the album, both in his technically assured performances and the informative, self-penned programme notes...The theorbo pieces - where the instrument's... —
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