Browse: Nepomuceno (composer)

The quality is first-rate, a tribute to the musical and expressive gains Minczuk can achieve when an orchestra is with him...The real find of the disc for me was Edino Krieger's Passacalha para... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2012 More…

Nepomuceno, who lived at the turn of the 20th century, revels in his South American heritage in the Brazilian Suite, while his Symphony has a Mendelssohn-like feel. Uplifting stuff. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The English Chamber Orchestra give suitably refined performances – there is, as I have noted, little picturesquely Brazilian to exploit in this music, and the orchestra’s elegant sound is ideal... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2022 More…

You can never have enough of Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5, a piece tailor-made to soothe and delight during stressful times. It gets better and better with repeated listenings... We’re not... — The Arts Desk, October 2020 More…

I find the tenor most compelling when he’s at his most gentle and emotionally direct…Villazón is in good voice throughout most of the programme, although I notice a certain hollowness in his... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2020 More…