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Britten's last quartet has been lucky in its recordings… With the Coull there's a sense of searching and effort, which suits the pain of the music more than the complete technical assurance... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Nicholas Maw: Spring Music; Voices of Memory; Sonata for Solo Violin Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton
If you aren’t stirred by the panache of his half-hour sonata of solo Violin (1997) I’d suggest a visit to the doctor. Harriet Mackenzie is a most fearless and eloquent executant of this wonderfully... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Maw, N: Scenes and Arias for Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Contralto and Orchestra, etc. Jane Manning (soprano), Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Felicity Palmer (soprano) & Robert Tear (tenor)
London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton, Norman Del Mar
It's good to see some of the recordings sponsored by the British Council reappearing… None was as sorely missed as Maw's scenes and Arias, a setting of an early 14th-century love poem, with... — More…
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Nicholas Maw: Sonata Notturna & Life Studies Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
Boughton's new version seems richer in detail and more powerful in its final impact than the old Marriner recording with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Argo, 1/80 – nla), and more atmospherically... — More…
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Maw, N: Sophie’s Choice Angelika Kirchschlager (Sophie), Dale Duesing (Narrator), Rod Gilfry (Nathan), Gordon Gietz (Stingo), Adrian Clarke (Librarian), Frances McCafferty (Yetta Zimmerman), Stafford Dean (Zbigniew Bieganski), Stephanie Friede (Wanda), Abigail Browne (Eva), Billy Clerkin (Jan), Gillian Knight (Old woman...
Angelika Kirchschlager's mobile-featured Sophie wins our deepest sympathy and even puts Meryl Streep's screen performances out of mind...Rattle gets all the line and bite the work needs — More…
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Opera, June 2010, Recording of the Month
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Maw’s Sinfonia (1966) is a superb half-hour essay, scored for small orchestra but big in every other way. Its inspiration seems to be the gently rocking motif used by Britten to link movements... — More…
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The Dowland lute song on which Britten subtly and continuously reflects is mirrored by a recurrent formative Mendelssohn fragment in the Maw. Truly enchanting. — More…
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Richard Rodney Bennett: Spells Jane Manning (soprano)
The Bach Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Neville Marriner
A welcome 70th-birthday re-release for Bennett's colourful choral piece of 1975, and for the set of studies for string orchestra written by his close contemporary, Maw. Both are persuasive performances. — More…
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Hoddinott - Horn Concerto Barry Tuckwell (horn), Alan Civil & Ian Harper (horns)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Andrew Davis
…a fascinating anthology comprising four vintage Argo / Decca offerings made between 1970 and 1974. Adventurous collectors will require no further prompting… — More…
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