Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Perhaps one of the most striking aspects of these performances is the sheer variety of colours and timbres Robin Ticciati manages to extract from the outstanding strings of the Scottish Chamber... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 24th March 2018, Recording of the Week
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Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Symphony & Gounod: Petite Symphonie
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, François Leleux
The SCO have a thrilling way with Bizet…[The Symphony] bubbles along with infectious delight in the SCO’s hands – I could listen to them playing this all day — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Mackerras doesn't short-change us on the tenderness and often painful lyricism… nor is he afraid to relax the tempo as a festive or belligerent motif gives way to a gentler one, with the strings…... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Orchestral Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Elgar: The Starlight Express
RecommendedElin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
While the lyrics tend to the arch or winsome, most of the music is vintage light Elgar, and beautifully performed...This is a very valuable addition to the Elgar discography. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 29, 31, 32, 35 & 36
RecommendedScottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Clarity prevails, and animation. These are the kind of performances that make it difficult for the listener to sit still. One is impelled to pace or even dance around, to gesture and nod...when... — More…
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Orchestral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended
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The first thing to be said about this Schumann cycle is how splendidly alert the orchestral playing is: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra must be one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Orchestral Choice
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The orchestra is balanced upwards, cast loose from a compact bass line that is too discreet for its own good at those many points...But if the symphony’s ‘heavenly lengths’ have left you cold... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Strauss: Ariadne on Naxos
Sung in English: translation by Christopher Cowell
Christine Brewer (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Alice Coote (Composer), Gillian Keith (Zerbinetta), Stephen Fry (Major-Domo), Alan Opie (Music Master), John Graham-Hall (Dancing Master/Scaramuccio), Roderick Williams (Harlequin), Matthew Rose (Truffaldino), Wynne Evans...
Brewer's luscious Ariadne had to be captured on disc...There's another essential performance from Alice Coote...with unflinchingly full top notes that few other genuine mezzos possess...I've... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Opera Choice
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The performances, though on modern instruments, pay attention to matters of period style - every repeat observed, careful balance between parts…the SCO is everywhere on wonderfully characterful... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th September 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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