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you have on offer a fresh insight into the now-vanished world of Franz von Suppé, a composer of so many engaging attributes, evidently shared by this conductor. — More…
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Meyerbeer: L'Africaine (Vasco da Gama) Michael Spyres (Vasco da Gama), Claudia Mahnke (Sélika), Brian Mulligan (Nélusko), Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Don Pédro), Thomas Faulkner (Don Diego), Kirsten MacKinnon (Ines), Bianca Andrew (Anna), Michael McCown (Don Alvar)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Chor der Oper Frankfurt, Antonello...
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Some discs are recommendable just because they present appealing, well-played programs in good sound at a great price. In such cases, comparisons are not the issue; we can enjoy them as a concert... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet & String Quartets
RecommendedGarfield Jackson (viola)
Maggini Quartet
Why isn't Vaughan Williams's Second Quartet part of the international chamber repertory? Played as eloquently as this it seems unarguably a masterpiece, one specifically of its time: 1942-3.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Chamber
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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John Rutter: Requiem
RecommendedNicolas Rimmer (organ), Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano)
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, Timothy Brown
Naxos continues its conquest of Cambridge's college choirs and finds that from Clare College on excellent form. I suspect this will be one of those Naxos recordings that sells by the ten thousand... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2003, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite Annalisa Stroppa (Léonor de Guzman), Javier Camarena (Fernand), Florian Sempey (Alphonse XI), Evgeny Stavinsky (Balthazar), Edoardo Milletti (Don Gaspar)
Coro Dell'accademia Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra E Coro Donizetti Opera, Riccardo Frizza
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The Tippett’s Korngold is very much a composer in a hurry, and some will say that’s well overdue. They’ll find much to enjoy here. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko draws our attention to how much of the Symphony is marked pianissimo. No one has rendered more hauntingly the hushed writing for bass clarinet and flutes...Fresh, beautifully phrased... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2013, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, December 2021, Also Recommended
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William Grant Still: Summerland; Violin Suite; Pastorela; American Suite
RecommendedZina Schiff, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg
a beguiling portrait of his stylistic journey between 1918 and 1965...From the short, romping Quit Dat Fool’nish (1935) and balladinspired Can’t You Line‘Em (1940) to the sumptuous orchestral... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Premiere
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Bernstein: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
Jennifer Johnson Cano (mezzo-soprano), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
The performances are predictably excellent. In No. 1, the imposing first movement is presented with fervour, and the Copland-like central scherzo with lightness and precision; Jennifer Johnson... — More…
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Record Review, 14th January 2017, Recording of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Symphonic Recording (20th/21st-century music)
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