Divine Art
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Avison - Sonatas for Harpsichord
Gary Cooper (harpsichord), Pavlo Beznosiuk & Caroline Balding (violins) & Robin Michael (cello)
Avison Ensemble
Within such simple forces, there is considerable invention...Recording is rather close, giving performers' rather than audience's perspective, but simulates the sense of 'private Amusement'... —
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From the Old World to the New World
Music by Philip Henderson
Jacob Shaw (cello), George Strickland (cor anglais)
The Green and Pleasant Band, Philip Henderson
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Wind Blown: Sonatas for wind instruments by Peter Hope
Richard Simpson (oboe), Janet Simpson (piano), Thomas Verity (clarinet), Simon Passmore (piano), John Turner (recorder), Harvey Davies (piano), Frank Forst (bassoon), Yukiko Sano (piano), Pam Zinnemann-Hope (speaker)
Each one is a vital work that moves, impresses, inspires and is totally memorable. —
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Sappho, Shropshire & Super-Tramp
English Artsong
Sarah Leonard (soprano), Johnny Herford (baritone) & Nigel Foster (piano)
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Simmons’s wholly sympathetic playing finds colour, variety and texture aplenty on a superb American instrument. —
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Wright’s playing is superb. The sound quality of the recording is ideally balanced: every detail from the most intimate arabesque to the hammered octaves is clear and undistorted. —
