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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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British Piano Concertos
Addison, Benjamin, Maconchy, Searle, Rubbra
Simon Callaghan (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
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Boult conducts Ireland
Eric Parkin (piano) & John Carol Case (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Adrian Boult
it is well sung and played and a good deal of the impact of the writing comes through. The music itself is melodic, spacious in phrase and reaily enjoyable at its face value. The performance... — More…
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Howells: Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 21, etc.
Thea King (clarinet)
Richards Piano Quartet, Richards Ensemble
Three precociously brilliant, warmly Romantic works from Howell's very early 20s. The vigorous, astonishingly assure Piano Quartet is outstanding - as are the performances in general. Beautifully-toned... — More…
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British Orchestral Premieres
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Orion Symphony Orchestra, Michael Laus, Marius Stravinsky, Toby Purser
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Holst: The Perfect Fool
Richard Golding, Pamela Bowden, Margaret Neville, John Mitchinson, David Read, BBC Northern Singers, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Charles Groves
Very much a radio adaptation, this 1967 BBC broadcast includes a personable narrator explaining the stage action. Allowing for this and the mono sound, this is a highly engaging production with... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Historical Choice
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Finzi: A Severn Rhapsody, Eclogue & other works
Rodney Friend (solo violin), Peter Katin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Vernon Handley
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There’s a visionary grandeur to [the Rhapsody], a sonata in all but name. In comparison to the restless modality of her Viola Sonata. It’s not only case on a bigger canvas but is also harmonically... — More…
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Bantock: Omar Khayyám
RecommendedSarah Walker (contralto), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & Brian Raynor Cook (baritone), Johanna Peters (contralto)
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar
This 1979 revival…is complete, and much livelier [than Handley’s performance] with equally fine soloists…it’s well coupled with other less rare Bantock, especially Fifine at the Fair, based... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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This enterprising programme of British cello sonatas encompasses a mixed bag of styles from the tonal writing of Armstrong Gibbs, which hints at Fauré, to the ethereal, impressionistic style... — More…
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