The British Project
Elgar - Britten - Walton - Vaughan Williams
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2021
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Record Review, 7th August 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance.
The British Project
Elgar - Britten - Walton - Vaughan Williams
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2021
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Record Review, 7th August 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance.
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- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Recorded: 2021-03-11
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Recorded: 2019-10-09
- Recording Venue: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Recorded: 2019-10-09
- Recording Venue: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
- City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Recorded: 2020-11-18
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Spotlight on this release
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: The British Project
13th Aug 2021
The Lithuanian conductor and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra present evocative and dramatic accounts of four works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Walton.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week13th August 2021
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Record Review7th August 2021Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards2022Nominated - Symphonic Music
December 2021
Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance.
13th August 2021
The Elgar makes for a short but beguiling opener. It offers a wistful, melancholic melody for violins, and I loved the way that Gražinytė-Tyla shapes all of these phrases, introducing just the right amount of plasticity as well as a pleasingly tasteful use of portamento on occasion…The CBSO respond to Walton's evocative score brilliantly, from the balletic grace and poise of the Scherzo to more tender material…It is the highlight of a most remarkable collection of British music.
