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English Romantic Madrigals
Sophie Edwards (soprano), Leilani Barratt (alto), Tom Robson (tenor), Ciaran Walshe (bass) & Stephen W Salts (bass)
Royal Holloway Choir, Rupert Gough
Gough pitches the performances exactly right through, allowing the music to speak for itself without undue intervention. Press too hard on these delicate miniatures and they smudge into outright... —
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Britten - Purcell Realizations
Felicity Lott, Susan Gritton, Sarah Walker, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Ian Bostridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Jackson, Simon Keenlyside & Graham Johnson
Two irresistible discs—typically painstakingly produced and documented—and would deserve four stars if only they were there to give —
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[The Leonore Piano Trio] are fine interpreters…[they] evoke the rainbow colours and myriad shapes [of the Rimsky-Korsakov], moving quickly from dark and expansive (first movement) to slithers... —
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as this stylish account [of the Vierne] by the Goldner Quartet makes clear, it has a striking concision of expression, and the flitting of the Intermezzo is magical...Piers Lane joins the fun... —
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...this music all tells us about Vaughan Williams' development, and that while he hadn't yet found the sounds and idiosyncrasies which made him unique (and to some people uniquely annoying),... —
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Enthusiastically recommended —
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Seven Last Words was commissioned by the BBC in 1993 for Holy Week 1994, when it was broadcast in seven short programmes, a 'word' per day. It remains a highly compelling work. Under Stephen... —
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The English Orpheus 50 - Orpheus with his Lute
Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne
Catherine Bott (soprano), Rachel Brown (flute)
The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman
