City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
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Hector Berlioz – The Complete Works
Artists include Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Louis Frémaux, Jean Martinon, Leonard Bernstein, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée, John Eliot Gardiner, Sir John Barbirolli, Charles Dutoit, John Nelson, André Cluytens
Yes, all of Berlioz, including classic and historical recordings, rarities and rediscoveries, from a huge range of performers. The opening track is a breath of fresh air, the Francs-Juges overture... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Réédition
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019, Historical
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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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NMC at 35 Onyx Brass (brass ensemble), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Roger Smalley, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian, Ziazan, Mark Padmore (tenor), Richard Watkins (horn), Huw Watkins (piano), Thomas Hewitt Jones, Ruby Philogene, Lawrence Zazzo, Timothy Dawkins, Philip Sheffield, Jeremy Huw Williams...
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The Best of Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès (piano, organ, harpsichord), David Goode (organ), Stephen Farr (organ), Valdine Anderson (soprano), Claron McFadden (soprano), Robert Quinney (organ), Endellion String Quartet (string quartet), Anthony Marwood (violin), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Tom Poster (piano), Hugh Webb (harp),...
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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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Simon Rattle Conducts Ravel
Cécile Ousset (piano), Peter Walden (french horn), Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo-soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), José van Dam (bass-baritone), Annick Massis (soprano), François Le Roux (bass-baritone), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (tenor), Mojca...
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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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Fauré - Requiem
Libby Crabtree (soprano), Mary Plazas (soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano), Timothy Robinson (tenor), James Rutherford (bass)
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
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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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