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Andrew-John Smith's clever programming alternates the Three Preludes and Fugues, Op 99, with the three Fantaisies and other works. Wisely, he begins and ends the CD with the loudest and most... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartica & Symphony No 9
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
This could be just the recording both these symphonies need. —
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In short, Found Objects / Sound Objects may be Hamelin's most uncompromising, most personal and most interesting release to date. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Editor's Choice
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Technically, this is a tremendous disc. All the evidence tells us that Mendelssohn was something of a speed merchant and when...he asks for Presto, Shelley takes him at his word, with a fleetness... —
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This is exactly the kind of aristocratic, intellectually commanding playing you would expect of the Takacs Quartet...The Takacs pace the argument superbly, so that everything in this huge, complex... —
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The performances, like the pieces themselves, are a shade laid-back, but their lack of urgency never seriously detracts from the attractive qualities of this music. —
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There is much to enjoy here...Every note is delivered with white-hot sincerity in Coote’s rich-toned voice...Drake’s piano similarly glows; he draws an exquisite sound from the instrument, the... —
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Brahms: The Complete Songs, Vol. 10 - Sophie Rennert
Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Lawrence Power (viola)
I suspect that Sophie Rennert’s tones, combining an amber glow with the freshness of youth and a freesoaring top, would have come somewhere near [Brahms's] ideal. She phrases broadly and expressively,... —
