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Maxwell Davies: Suite from 'The Boyfriend', Suite from 'The Devils' & Other Works
RecommendedPeter Maxwell Davies (piano)
Aquarius, Nicholas Cleobury
In these vintage examples of early-to-middle-period Maxwell Davies, his fairly for popular dance-forms shines through his roguishly gaudy arrangements...Maxwell Davies's score [for The Devils]... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Kim Begley (Loge), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner), David Cangelosi (Mime), Charles Reid (Froh), Oleksandr Pushniak (Donner), Eri Nakamura (Woglinde), Aurhelia...
Sidhom's dark-leather tone and malevolent characterisation make an impressive Alberich, fellow Briton Kim Begley is a smooth, sardonic Loge, ideally lyrical in his narration...Van Zweden conducts... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Karelia Suite & Finlandia
RecommendedIceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari
Most impressive. In its keen intelligence, fiery snap and thrust, Petri Sakari's account of the four Legends proves more than a match for the finest. The Iceland SO may not be world-beaters,... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2005, First Choice
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Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra
Serena Farnocchia, Patrick Kabongo, Mert Süngü, Luis Aguilar, Mara Gaudenzi, Veronica Marini
Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra, Cracow Philharmonic Chorus, Antonino Fogliani
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There's vintage Copland here, and Leonard Slatkin is a persuasive advocate; but the full-size string section of the Detroit Symphony occasionally swamps details...this is an enjoyable programme;... — More…
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Recommendedand other Orchestral Works
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar
Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition was commissioned by Koussevitzky as a showpiece for his superb Boston orchestra, and it proves just as impressive here to demonstrate the excellence... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2005, Budget Choice
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The relative smallness of piano trio repertory is partly due to the medium's balance difficulties...Such is Stanford's skill in the Piano Trio No. 2 that the problem seems not to exist: its... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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