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Stanford: Requiem RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone)
University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the period,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Brian: Symphony No. 1 'Gothic' RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass) & David Goode (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, The Bach Choir, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Brighton Festival Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus, Côr Caerdydd, Eltham...
the best [recording] yet. There's an ongoing buzz of Proms atmosphere that grips from start to finish; and the recorded sound succeeds phenomenally at somehow fitting Brian's hugest climaxes... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2011
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
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Julian Anderson: Book of Hours Lamberto Coccioli & Scott Wilson (electronics)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Oliver Knussen, Martyn Brabbins & Sakari Oramo
The dazzling Book of Hours, composed for the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, is one of Anderson's greatest achievements so far, building from the simplest beginning - the first four notes... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Contemporary
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2006, Editor's Choice
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This set, with beautiful restorations and a booklet containing insightful essays and complete documentation, makes clear that the world suffered the loss of an extraordinary talent who abundantly... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Tippett: A Child of Our Time Faye Robinson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Jon Garrison (tenor) & John Cheek (bass-baritone)
City of Birmingham Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Michael Tippett
The centenary of Sir Michael Tippett's birth saw a fair amount of critical agonising about whether he was, any longer, a composer for our time, or whether his time had passed. It's difficult... — More…
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Ferguson, Finzi, Austin & Rawsthorne - Piano Concertos Mark Bebbington (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Howard Williams
Bebbington is adept at getting to the lyrical heart of a work, and the interpretative gem here is perhaps his intensely sympathetic reading of Gerald Finzi's short Eclogue for piano and strings. — More…
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Dove: There was a Child Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Toby Spence (tenor)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus & CBSO Junior Chorus, Simon Halsey
It all plays to Dove's trademark strengths: the young choirs draw on his community music prowess and his approachable idiom shows his willingness to refract a multiplicity of influences..In this... — More…
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Rubbra: Violin Concerto & Sinfonia Concertante Edmund Rubbra (piano), Endré Wolf (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold, Rudolf Schwarz
What a treat to encounter Rubbra’s glorious Violin Concerto played by the work’s Budapest dedicatee Endre Wolf…A memorably unforced display it proves, too, plumbing genuine depths of rapt expression... — More…
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Bliss: Music for Strings, etc. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Hugo Rignold, Philip Ledger
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Edward Gardner conducts Holst & Richard Strauss CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner
Here these showpieces are played with all the zest and freshness one may hope for from these highly skilled young musicians...It perhaps does not require a conductor of Edward Gardner's calibre... — More…
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