Hyperion
-
A bombshell selection that promises to hold the listener for hours on end. One almost imagines the fire of Liszt himself at the keyboard. Another jewel in Hyperion's legendary series —
-
A Knot Of Riddles Angels Of The Mind And Other Songs
Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Henry Herford (baritone), Kathron Sturrock (piano)
The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins
Nearly all Bliss's songs are here (only a few orchestral ones are omitted) but they're of uneven quality and are presented in almost random order, with no sense given of Bliss's development... —
-
Theirs is a music-making with all sense of ‘self' expunged – the words suavely transmitted rather than interpreted. —
-
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique & other works
Philippe Quint (violin), Utah Symphony, Utah Symphony Chorus, University of Utah Chamber Choir, Thierry Fischer
Well, here is Berlioz’s pixilated symphony pixelated for your pleasure, and I guarantee you will hear details exposed you have never heard before. A winning release in every respect; strongly... —
-
-
Purchase product
CD
$22.50 -
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
& other orchestral works
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Hindemith's courageousness inspired music of great luminosity, a quality certainly captured by Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony...if the BBC Scottish Symphony is never going to... —
-
Handel: Messiah
Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Michael George (bass), David James (countertenor), Catherine Denley (contralto), Lynne Dawson (soprano), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
-
The Latvians are ravishing in Strauss's formidable Deutsche Motette, which is essentially a concerto for choir, the composer treating the ensemble in the same way as a vast orchestra...the impressively... —
-
Leif's own offering is a beautifully expressive composition deserving of repeated listening. Musically, all swans are not created equal, but it is, as ever, about personal taste, and the performances... —
