Hyperion
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Anticipation ran high for this album. And its beauties are many and varied. Whether it’s the gorgeous delicacy with which he orchestrates the different layers of sound in Estampes’ ‘Pagodes’,... —
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Shelley's technique is superb, and anything marked Presto or thereabouts is delivered with tremendous elan —
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the Nash Ensemble's present collection includes some of his best works in [the chamber music] field, making this a highly recommendable disc for anyone who enjoys early 20th-century Spanish... —
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…the String in E flat, Op. 4… is agreeable, relaxed and undemanding… The Quintet in C major, Op. 29, … is an impressive work… sensuously appealing, and … intricate in structure… I can’t envisage... —
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Mendelssohn and Howard Shelley are a musical marriage made in heaven. Stylish and delectably light-fingered, Shelley makes a flawless case in Vol 3 of his [Complete Solo Piano Music of Mendelssohn]…if... —
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The combination of Kolesnikov’s sensitive touch, a Yamaha CFX concert grand and Andrew Keener’s production values gives us beautiful sound in abundance. The longer pieces come off best…Kolesnikov... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Solo Music
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Erik Chisholm: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
Chisholm was himself a formidable pianist, and both Concertos teem with the kind of brilliant bravura keyboard writing that is meat and drink to Driver. The orchestration is colourfully, but... —
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He has a fine feeling for the music’s scope and scale which, if a tad monolithic in places, sounds just as ambitious as its composer intended. —
Awards:
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Record Review, 3rd July 2021, Record of the Week
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The singing is neat, clear and fluid, with beautifully elastic phrasing from the two tenors. The Nunc Dimittis provides the sweetest moments in the Great Service itself —
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 15 - Młynarski & Zarzycki
Eugene Ugorski (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Michał Dworzyński
Not only the first recording of both Mlynarski's Violin Concertos together, but the premiere of his haunting First Concerto in a warm performance. The smaller Zarzycki works are attractive,... —
