Hyperion
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Glowing with emotional insight, vocal colour, and oodles of dynamic and tempo variations held within the bounds of taste, these tenderly solemn and revelatory performances offer nobility of... —
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Ēriks Ešenvalds: Northern Lights
& other choral works
with Rachel Ambrose Evans (soprano), Hannah Partridge (soprano), with Michael Craddock (bass), with Sally Pryce (harp), with Jamie Roberts (tenor), with Hannah King (soprano), Jonathan Pacey (bass), Zane Šmite (jaw harp), with Anna Cavaliero (mezzo-soprano), with Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano),...
One of the chief pleasures of this CD is right at the beginning - the silvery duetting of Rachel Ambrose Evans and Hannah Partridge...Their fluid delivery of the little grace notes is delectable,... —
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Gugnin is a more than reliable guide to this repertoire. He responds eagerly to the special qualities of even the most modest piece. —
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the disc as a whole is worth hearing for Shelley, but otherwise I'd suggest that Steibelt is a niche interest —
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a secure recommendation for both works. —
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Sibelius: Kullervo
Benjamin Appl (baritone), Helena Juntunen (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Lund Male Chorus, Thomas Dausgaard
Every unorthodox texture, ostinato and accompaniment makes its mark…It’s good to have a focused, youthful chorus, in the shape of men from Sweden’s Lund University, rather than the usual wall... —
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Music Volume 3
Andrew-John Smith (Organ of La Madeleine, Paris), with Adrian Bending (tubular bells)
Smith convincingly suggests that Saint-Saens intended this allegedly unplayable piece [Fantaisie pour orgue-Aeolian] for the self-playing instrument in the Grosvenor Gallery in London' New Bond... —
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On the page [Willaert's writing] looks almost suffocatingly opaque, but that's where Cinquecento comes in. Right from the off, they seize on this quality and make it work in their favour. It's... —
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The string quartet has long been a powerfully personal medium for MacMillan, yielding some of his most intimate and affecting music. This fine recording features his three full-length quartets,... —
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The Danish horn player Ursula Paludan Monberg, thoroughly in command of her instrument, produces a miraculously smooth and agile line with secure tuning…the continuo section of Arcangelo, led... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Chamber Choice
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