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Fin de siècle
Music for viola and piano
Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
Power and Crawford-Phillips are a superb duo, matching their depth and richness of tone with an energetic, passionate approach, and the warm sound lets them shine.
Fin de siècle
Music for viola and piano
Lawrence Power (viola) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
Power and Crawford-Phillips are a superb duo, matching their depth and richness of tone with an energetic, passionate approach, and the warm sound lets them shine.
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That the names of Hüe and Büsser are now largely forgotten is no reflection on their ability to write music which cannot fail to delight (and did not fail to win the Prix de Rome). Lawrence Power and Simon Crawford-Phillips present a wonderful recital which sets Ravel and Debussy in the context of their lesser-known contemporaries.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineOctober 2016Editor's Choice
December 2016
Power and Crawford-Phillips are a superb duo, matching their depth and richness of tone with an energetic, passionate approach, and the warm sound lets them shine.
October 2016
The players’ enthusiasm is self-evident, and Power tempers his sweet, full-throated tone...with a lovely inwardness in the quieter music. Crawford-Phillips is very much on the same page; the pair phrase naturally together... consistently enjoyable way to discover some unexpectedly rewardAing music.
19th December 2016
There is more than enough in this beautifully played disc to attract viola aficionados and Francophiles alike.
11th September 2016
Most of these pieces by Paris-based composers may be unfamiliar...but they merit rediscovery thanks to this duo’s superb playing. They make Henri Büsser’s Appassionato seem like the viola’s miniature answer to Franck’s Violin Sonata.
