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Nicholas Maw: Spring Music; Voices of Memory; Sonata for Solo Violin
Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton
If you aren’t stirred by the panache of his half-hour sonata of solo Violin (1997) I’d suggest a visit to the doctor. Harriet Mackenzie is a most fearless and eloquent executant of this wonderfully... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto & other works
RecommendedLorraine McAslan (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
Lorraine McAslan plays with easy virtuosity and an almost Heifetz-like intensity of focus, while the London Philharmonic, with occasionally audible encouragement from Nicholas Braithwaite, provides... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Elizabeth Maconchy: Selected works
Manoug Parikian (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Barry Wordsworth
These works all testify to the strength of Elizabeth Maconchy's imagination...Handley directs superb, committed performances, vividly recorded, and Barry Wordsworth is equally impressive in... — More…
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Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Cello Concerto
Alexander Baillie (cello) & Malcolm Binns (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
Stanford composed nine concertos, only four of which made it into print. The Cello Concerto in D minor is an early work dating from 1879-80.
Apart from the slow movement, the concerto was never... — More…CD
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Alwyn: Miss Julie
Jill Gomez, Benjamin Luxon, Della Jones, John Mitchinson
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vilem Tausky
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Frank Bridge's exploratory late chamber works can sound reticent, elusive in performance. Not here: fire, drama and intense fantasy abound, but there's no lack of refined control or shaping... — More…
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Bantock: Overture to a Greek Tragedy, Holbrooke: The Birds of Rhiannon
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Braithwaite
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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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Sir Arthur Bliss: The Beatitudes
Promenade Premiere, Albert Hall, London. BBC Broadcast 31 August 1964
Heather Harper (soprano) & Gerald English (tenor)
Goldsmiths Choral Union, Royal Choral Society, Wembley Philharmonic Society, BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss
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