Toby Spence
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Davis was seemingly Berlioz’s disciple on earth, and this was the glorious late flowering of his love for the composer…Les Troyens crackles with a theatricality that outshines even the pioneering... — More…Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... — More…
8 SACDs + CD + DVD Video
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Special offer. Musique Adorable
Felicity Lott (soprano) William Burden (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Graham Johnson(piano)
Adorable indeed … these songs steal into the heart. This is a set made for a lifetime's listening and enjoyment — More…
2 CDs
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 & Stabat Mater
Toby Spence (tenor), Denis Matsuev (piano), Sally Matthews (soprano), Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo) & Kostas Smoriginas (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, with London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
Matsuev has his feet...firmly planted on terra firma, the edgier writing displaying more of a kinship with Bartok until the gorgeous return to lushness in the second movement suggests an almost... — More…
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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)
RecommendedToby Spence (Tenor)
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Sir Roger Norrington
Norrington's approach is pensive, sober and funereal-but it's so well paced that the sense of inevitability underlines man's mortality, and the outbursts when they do come are more effective... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, SACD Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Piano Concertos Part 2
Inon Barnatan (piano), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
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JS Bach: Magnificat and Handel: Dixit Dominus
Natalie Dessay, Karine Deshayes, Philippe Jaroussky, Laurent Naouri & Toby Spence
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
Haïm's performances are light-footed and elegantly phrased and her mainly pleasing line-up of soloists is attentive to textural content and word-painting. — More…
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Special offer. The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs
RecommendedSixty soloists, including Ian Bostridge & Matthias Goerne, with Graham Johnson (piano)
a monumental achievement...Throughout the whole series Johnson in his inspired accompaniments consistently revels in Schubert's joyfully original piano writing...Few series of recordings so... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Solo Vocal
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3 CDs
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Orff: Carmina Burana - Live from the Forbidden City
Aida Garifullina (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone)
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Long Yu
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