Barry, G
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Special offer. Barry, G: The Importance of Being Earnest
Barbara Hannigan (Cecily), Peter Tantsits (Jack Worthing), Joshua Bloom (Algernon), Katalin Károlyi (Gwendoline), Hilary Summers (Miss Prism), Alan Ewing (Lady Bracknell), Benjamin Bevan (Lane/Merriman), Joshua Hart (Dr Chasuble)
BCMG, Thomas Adès
Surely this is not only the best operatic treatment of Oscar Wilde since Salome, but also one of the few absolutely essential operas of the last 20 years...This performances features at least... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Opera Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Opera Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
4 CDs
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Barry: Alice's Adventures Under Ground
Claudia Boyle, Gavan Ring, Peter Tantsits, Stephen Richardson (bass), Clare Presland, Alan Ewing, Hilary Summers (contralto)
Irish Chamber Orchestra, André de Ridder
The variety of styles presented in this short, single-act opera is mind-boggling... In another setting, under another composer, all this might seem bizarre, but such musical references are so... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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This set cuts pristine interpretations of Beethoven’s early symphonies with Gerald Barry’s 21st-century zesty homage…Stone’s Beethoven swaps between falsetto and lower-range passages with impressive... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
2 CDs
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New. 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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Special offer. Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Barry: Selected Works
Mark Stone (baritone), Nicolas Hodges (piano), Lawrence Power (viola), Joshua Bloom, Jennifer France, Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass)
Britten Sinfonia, Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Thomas Adès
The performances are dynamic, the juxtapositions of works illuminating in a sidelong way: this is the kind of rewarding work this ensemble’s East Anglian and London audiences have come to expect. — More…
6 CDs
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 & Barry: The Eternal Recurrence
Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass)
Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Royal Holloway Choir, Thomas Adès
The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying... — More…
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Special offer. Sea Eagle (works for horn)
Richard Watkins (horn), Mark Padmore (tenor) & Huw Watkins (piano), Paul Watkins (cello) & Huw Watkins (piano), Laura Samuel (violin) & Huw Watkins (piano), Paul Watkins (cello)
The Nash Ensemble
The quality of the works on offer here should make this release appeal well beyond the ranks of new music aficionados; and the near-flawless performances provide their own recommendation...[Watkins's]... — More…
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Special offer. Gerald Barry: The Intelligence Park
Jeremy Budd (tenor), Richard Jackson (baritone), Paul Harrhy (tenor), Stephen Richardson (bass), Angela Tunstall (soprano), Buddug Verona James (contralto), Nicholas Clapton (counter-tenor)
Almeida Ensemble, Robert Houlihan
The Intelligence Park has worn well, with a score that has all the energy, quirky humour and vertiginous changes of mood and direction that we have come to associate with Barry's music. Whether... — More…
2 CDs
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