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Herbert Howells - Orchestral Works
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Moray Welsh (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
A repackaging of music rarely heard in Howell's lifetime. Not on grounds of quality, surely: two movements for cello and orchestra, a characterful suite The B's, and a song-cycle In Green Ways... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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George Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims
RecommendedYvonne Kenny (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor) & Stephen Roberts (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
This superb offering of a full-length cantata based on the Prologue to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales bears out its reputation as Dyson's masterpiece. It's a fresh, tuneful work, aptly exuberant... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Engineering
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Gianandrea Noseda: Ten Years of Musica Italiana
BBC Philharmonic & Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
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British Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson, Norman Del Mar
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Alexander Ivashkin plays Alfred Schnittke
Cello Concertos and Sonatas
Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Irina Schnittke (piano) & Tatiana Grindenko (violin)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky
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Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 1-4
Borodin Trio - Rostislav Dubinsky (violin), Yuli Turovsky (cello), Luba Edlina (piano)
…searching accounts, often quite free in tempo and rhythm, and played with magnificently expressive tone. The performance of the Op 90 Dumky is remarkable - high imaginative in the introduction... — More…
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Stravinsky: Symphony No. 1, Symphony in C and other orchestral works
RecommendedNash Ensemble, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Simon Rattle, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Balakirev: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2, Piano Concerto & other orchestral works
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky
Altogether the Chandos set offers a good introduction to Balakirev's orchestral work… — More…
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Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
Frederick Riddle (viola), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Janet Hilton (clarinet), Keith Swallow (piano)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Huddersfield Choral Society,...
