Divine Art
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Michael Finnissy: Alternative Readings
Marsyas Trio, Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Havlat
Anyone nervous of the so-called New Complexity could do far worse than ease into this style via this recording...The performers all give insightful performances, although mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, Chamber Choice
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[Gordon] has a decided advantage in bringing a much more joyously jazz-like feel to the music. She really knows how to make Kapustin's melodic lines and rhythms swing, but is equally sensitive... —
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It's the synchronicity in the playing of the Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble that's particularly apparent across the entire collection. In an album named Frisson, you expect lightness and excitement... —
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David Ellis: Concert Music
Manchester Sinfonia, Northern Chamber Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Camerata, Richard Howarth, Nicholas Ward, Edward Downes, Frank Cliff
The works on this valuable compilation span some 52 years, from the agreeably rugged and rigorous Concert Music...to the powerfully affecting September Threnody...Performances are uniformly... —
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Companions is a remarkably coherent recital, the resulting kaleidoscope reflecting back on the organist-composer’s own eclecticism and accent on direct communication… well-recorded disc with... —
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Malcolm Williamson: Chamber Music For Wind and Piano
Simon Tong, Laura Garwin, Richard Knights, Thomas Hewitt, Samuel Ewens, David Carnac, Jon French, Joe Howson, Antony Gray, Sarah O'Flynn, Melanie Ragge, Neyire Ashworth, Meyrick Alexander, Joely Koos, Sally Lundgren, Iain Clarke, Hamish Brown, Matt Scott Rogers, Roger Montgomery
there is a concentration to the performance, with a hardearned taste of resolution in the final poem. —
