Dutton
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Schumann & Piatti: Works for Cello & Orchestra
Josephine Knight (cello), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
Josephine Knight makes one of the best cases for the [Schumann] Cello Concerto I’ve heard, and she does so by not dawdling and drawing out its longueurs. Instead of dwelling on the ruminative... — More…
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Maliszewski: Symphony No. 3 & Piano Concerto
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
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Sergei Bortkiewicz: Violin Concerto & Othello tone poem
World premiere recordings
Sergey Levitin (violin)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
[the Violin Concerto] is a substantial, three-movement work of instant appeal and immense charm…how beautifully [Levitin] shapes and sings the lovely second movement…the Scottish players under... — More…
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Stephen Dodgson: String Quartets Volume 3
World premiere recordings
with John Bradbury (clarinet), with Robert Stallman (flute), with Julia O’Riordan (viola) & Caroline Dale (cello)
The Tippett Quartet
The set cannily begins with the best material. The string sextet medium has been near-extinct after 19th-century highlights by Brahms, Dvorak and Schoenberg...unsurprisingly perhaps, given the... — More…
2 CDs
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Puccini: La Bohème & Verdi/Puccini: Duets
Montserrat Caballé (Mimi), Plácido Domingo (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello), Judith Blegen (Musetta), Ruggero Raimondi (Colline), Vincenzo Sardinero (Schaunard), Noel Mangin (Benoit), Nico Castel (Alcindoro), Alan Byers (Parpignol), Leontyne Price (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
John...
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Elgar: The Spanish Lady, Organ Sonata, Severn Suite & 3 Civic Fanfares
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
Though none of this is top-drawer Elgar, there is plenty of rare and even ‘new’ music here to interest those who might welcome hints of what else the composer might have achieved. Of principal... — More…
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Chávez: Pirámide, The Four Suns & Copland: Appalachian Spring
Copland Rehearses Appalachian Spring (SACD layer only)
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The Barbirolli Viennese Album
Selected works for orchestra by J Strauss II, J Strauss I and others
Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
2 CDs
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Trevor Hold - The Image Stays
Song Cycles By Trevor Hold
David Owen Norris (piano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) & Amanda Pitt (soprano)
CD
$16.50
