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Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England
Susan Gritton (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Iain Farrington (organ)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, David Lloyd-Jones
Lloyd-Jones conducts a powerful performance, bitingly dramatic in 'The Fourth of August', with the chorus in superb form...Susan Gritton sings brightly and with clarity...a fascinating disc,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Choral
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 (new edition)
and works by Christopher Wright
Fenella Humphreys (violin), Christopher Watson (tenor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates
Wright's idiom - both listener-friendly and superbly skilled, with never a wasted note - has no problems sustaining a 35-minute design. Violinist Fenella Humphreys responds to its elegiac reflection... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, Orchestral Choice
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Davies, Walford: Everyman
Elena Ferrari (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (contralto), Andrew Staples (tenor) & Pauls Putnins (bass)
London Oriana Choir & Kensington Symphony Orchestra, David Drummond
Henry Walford Davies's splendid oratorio was written and first heard in 1904, in the shadow of Elgar's Gerontius. Yet it was an immediate success and widely performed. But by the end of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2005, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Piano Concerto etc.
David Owen Norris (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra & BBC Singers, David Lloyd-Jones
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Editor's Choice
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Kathleen Long plays Mozart
RecommendedKathleen Long (piano)
National Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boyd Neel, Eduard van Beinum
A richly experienced chamber musician, Kathleen Long (1896-1968) was partnered and praised by Casals, played Ravel's 'Ondine' to the composer and gave over 60 National Gallery concerts during... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Weill: The Threepenny Opera
Original Cast Recording 1976
Jonathan Peachum (C K Alexander), Samuel (Peachum’s Assistant) (Tony Azito), The Ballad Singer (Roy Brocksmith), Lucy Brown (Blair Brown), Matt (Ralph Drischell), Jake (William Duell), Jenny Towler (Ellen Greene), Walt (Max Gulack), Mac the Knife (Raul Julia), Polly Peachum (Caroline Kava), Smith...
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The colourful scoring, together with some characteristic melodic and harmonic twists, go right back to the Colour Symphony of the 1920s... it’s hard to imagine a more persuasive performance,... — More…
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Steinberg: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4 'Turkish'
Sergey Levitin (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
Inspired by the opening of a new railway, the filmic ‘Turksib’ Symphony bears the marks of the Stalinist era in which it was written. It’s an enjoyable listen nonetheless, as is the autumnal... — More…
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Chaminade: Callirhoë - Ballet Symphonique & Concertstück for piano and orchestra
Victor Sangiorgio (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates
The piano part [of the Concertstück] is full of the vertiginous scampering we find in so much 19th-century French piano music, to which Victor Sangiorgio does full justice; but perhaps Cecile... — More…
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Henry Walford Davies: Piano Quintet, Alfred M Wall: Piano Quartet & Susan Spain-Dunk: Piano Quartet
Lynn Arnold (piano), Tippett Quartet
Hats off to the Tippett Quartet for giving these rare chamber works an airing and for performances of charm, insight and real enthusiasm. — More…
