City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
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Lili Boulanger - Faust et Hélène
RecommendedLynne Dawson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Bonaventura Bottone (tenor), Neil MacKenzie (tenor), Jason Howard (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This disc largely duplicates Mark Stringer's programme on the Timpani label mentioned above (inevitably, since in her mere 24 years of life Lili's output was limited). The performances here... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Choral
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The Second Viennese School
RecommendedSchoenberg, Berg & Webern
Karita Mattila (Tove), Anne Sofie von Otter (Waldtaube), Thomas Moser (Waldemar), Philip Langridge (Klaus-Narr), Thomas Quasthoff (Bauer/Sprecher), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Franz Mazura (narrator)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig,...
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Orchestral
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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150th Anniversary Box - Mahler Complete Works
RecommendedCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Carlo Maria Giulini, Otto Klemperer, Paavo Järvi,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th July 2010
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Adès: America A Prophecy
RecommendedSongs & Choral Works
Robin Blaze, Christopher Maltman & Susan Bickley
Polyphony & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Layton & Thomas Ades
Adès’s take on a Madness song about a stressed businessman is a hoot. Although Adès apparently did it from memory, it’s fairly accurate, right down to the piano’s cluster chords. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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Thomas Adès - America
RecommendedSusan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Huw Watkins )piano), Christopher Maltman (baritone)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Adès
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Contemporary
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Janacek - Glagolitic Mass, Sinfonietta, Piano Works & Songs
Felicity Palmer, Ameral Gunson, John Mitchinson, Malcolm King & Jane Parker-Smith, Mikhail Rudy (piano), with Ian Bostridge, Ruby Philogene, Diane Atherton, Deryn Edwards & Susan Flannery, Thomas Adès (piano), Pierre Amoyal (violin) & Mikhail Rudy (piano), with Mikhail Rudy
Philharmonia...
Full marks for breadth in a compilation balancing the familiar (an effortful Sinfonietta and wiry Glagolitic) with chamber music and Bostridge's Diary. Like the diarist, alas, the texts have... — More…
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50 Minimalist Classics
Joby Burgess, Lara James, Daniella Ganeva, Ulrich Heinen, Soumik Datta, Claire Jones, Llŷr Williams, Sally Pryce, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Iain Burnside, Ailish Tynan, Jeremy Young, Julian Bliss, Christoph Denoth, The Zoo Duet, The Smith Quartet, Gareth Lubbe, Matthew Barley, City of Birmingham Symphony...
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The Great British Wedding Album
The King's Division Normandy Band, Ruby Philogene (mezzo-soprano), Janice Watson (soprano), Graham Jackson (organ), Christopher Allsop (organ), Richard Marlow (chorus master), Lesley Garrett (soprano), London Voices (vocal), Philip Rushforth (organ), City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus (vocal), Peter...
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Thomas Adès: Anthology
Thomas Adès (piano), Susan Bickley (mezzo), Anthony Marwood (violin)
Endellion String Quartet, Arditti Quartet, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Markus Stenz
This two-disc summary of Adès's career avoids some of the more obvious works – nothing from The Tempest, for instance – but manages to include both his youngest work and some recent, hitherto... — More…
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Landmarks: 40 Years of Chandos
Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass), Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Christopher Plummer (narrator), Celia Nicklin (oboe), Ian Watson (organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Peter Pettinger (piano),...
40 CDs
$92.25
