Hyperion
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[A] very impressive recital —
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Bruch: Piano Quintet
Dene Olding (violin), Piers Lane (piano) &, Piers Lane (piano)
Goldner String Quartet
[the Goldner] relish the music's C minor sturm und drang with infectious bravado…[and] the quartet's gifted leader Dene Olding joins forces with Piers Lane in a rousing performance of the violin-and-piano... —
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Arthur Benjamin: Violin Sonatina & Viola Sonata
Lawrence Power (viola & violin), Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Whether playing his viola or violin, Lawrence Power is in total sympathy with Benjamin's shifting moods, and Simon Crawford-Phillips proves a lithe and responsive piano partner. —
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Leighton: Crucifixus
& other choral works
Jeremy Cole (organ), Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
The writing [in Crucifixus] is at its finest when tenor Andrew Kennedy is singing: his contribution is altogether gripping, and unstintingly committed. There's wonderful quiet singing from the... —
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Vivaldi: Lute & Mandolin Concertos
Paul O'Dette (baroque lute, soprano lute & mandolin)
The Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman & Peter Holman
The performances are ‘authentic’ in the best meaning of the word, and the recorded sound is everywhere first rate —
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Written in 1978 for the West Riding Cathedrals Festival, A Sequence for All Saints is a major score for large choir and organ, its five sections running continuously and containing some of Leighton's... —
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Although it must be a daunting challenge to reduce Peeters's vast organ output down to a 75 minute representative selection, Trinkwon has managed successfully to cover most angles...the playing... —
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The line-up might play safe, but it’s all exquisitely done, collegiate smoothness and blend to the fore. And what blend! The harmonic voicing is immaculate yet always sensitive to the imperatives... —
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Jančevskis: Aeternum & other choral works
Katrīna Paula Felsberga (soprano), Dārta Liepiņa (soprano), Artūrs Švarcbahs (percussion, bass), Anna Amanda Stolere (soprano), Mārtiņš Zvīgulis (tenor), Jēkabs Jančevskis (organ), Artūrs Oskars Mitrevics (percussion), Kristaps Bergs (cello), Ansis Jansons (zither), Silvija Emīlija Sūna (alto), Katrīna...
From haunting stillness to exquisite plangency, the Latvian Jančevskis’s choral music captivates with its sheer intensity. It is superbly sung here by the highly polished Riga Cathedral Choir. —
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Sophistication and refinement inform every note of Iestyn Davies's recital...this recording proves that the age of monochrome Dowland is over. —
