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Rimsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
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Opera » Opera Excerpts
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Keeping things very much 'en famille', virtually everything on the CD owes a debt to the musical heritage of Notre Dame; and if that wasn't enough to justify the pedestrian-seeming programme,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Instrumental Choice
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Building a Library, March 2006, First Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Disc of the month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Many of us will have in our collections recordings of certain live piano recitals that have achieved legendary status...Yuja Wang’s Verbier debut should be placed alongside them. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Piano
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'excellence’ doesn’t begin to do him justice. The grace and refinement of his playing seemed preternatural, a kind of perfection to which many pianists aspire but few attain – and none with... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Close Harmony
Patrick Dunachie (countertenor), Edward Button (countertenor), Julian Gregory (tenor), Christopher Bruerton (baritone), Nick Ashby (baritone), Jonathan Howard (bass-baritone), Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass), Liam Dunachie, King's Singers
It’s certainly a generous helping and there is no denying the artistry of both the singers and arrangers. It’s a heady mix from ‘Crocodile Rock’ to The Barber of Seville, though the highlight... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
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The sound has all of the Stokowski richness and body. The Bach, in particular, is fantastic with amazing solos from Kincaid and Brusilow. Stokowski recorded the de Falla several times and this... —
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 8th Awards (1965), Best Orchestral Performance
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Special offer. Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Recordings Volume 3
Victor Recordings 1925-1942
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Wonders galore in Rachmaninov's playing, beyond its obvious historical importance. Cast-iron technique, proper old-school sense of line and tone colour, and an incomparable rubato. —
