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Freeman-Attwood’s sound is mellifluous and gentle, delicately inflected with vibrato, especially in ‘With thee th’unsheltered moor I’d tread’ from Solomon. He is complemented by Szałucka’s deft... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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Their affection for Haydn is not in doubt for a moment, and their accounts of his slow movements, in particular, are admirably warm and glowing. —
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Special offer. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 27
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Piemontesi pays avid attention to the tonal calibration of every note and phrase. Andrew Manze matches him by controlling the orchestral balance to a T and choosing tempos that suit the music... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Special offer. Corelli: Violin Sonatas, Op. 5
RecommendedPavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
The Avison Ensemble
Beznosiuk offers lyrical, intuitively musical performances, imbued with a placid, unpretentious grace, while his spontaneous ornamentation adds a dash of Baroque bravura. Beznosiuk is well matched... —
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also recommended
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232
Susan Hamilton (soprano), Cecilia Osmond (soprano), Margot Oitzinger (alto), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass)
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt (director)
Butt's players generate a lively sense of forward motion...No performance could better justify small-scale Bach than this convincing marriage of scholarship and inspiration. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2010, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Mozart: Divertimento K334 & Oboe Quartet K370
Alexander Janiczek (director & violin), Robin Williams (oboe)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
This highly enjoyable performance is directed from the first-violin chair by Alexander Janiczek, who spins a fine, lithe line, with minimal vibrato, articulating the phrasing with deft bowing.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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Jonathan Freeman-Attwood's playing is notable for the beauty and freedom of line of his lyrical phrasing, while the bravura is exhilarating. Daniel-Ben Pienaar's accompaniments are boldly supportive... —
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Special offer. Schumann & Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Antonio Méndez
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Special offer. Dussek: Complete Original Works For Piano Four-Hands
Duo Pleyel - Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya, Richard Egarr
Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya are superb advocates blending virtuosity and understated elegance in performances that truly inhabit the music. For some ears the 1848 Pleyel on which... —
