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English Music For Strings RecommendedBritten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Here in [the Bridge Lament] is a prime example of the heartfelt precision and beauty of tone that typifies John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London. There’s plenty of heart, too, in their superlative... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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Orchestral players will travel long distances to make music with [Wilson] and this recording shows why…It’s far from being all noise, the woodwind in particular being exquisitely agile…All the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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I’m not sure there’s another musician working today who truly ‘gets’ what the ‘Hollywood Sound’ was, or indeed so successfully champions its place in music culture...Music from the likes of Laura,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th September 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2022, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Screen Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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John Wilson shows an instinctive flair for Copland's syncopated and changing rhythms, and brings out all the music's broad humour and intimate poetry — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2016
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Dutilleux: Le Loup & Other Works RecommendedAdam Walker (flute), Juliana Koch (oboe), Jonathan Davies (bassoon)
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Wilson seizes on the opportunities to bring out the vivid colours of Dutilleux’s score, with the brass blazing superbly and every rhythm alive with meaning. No less striking is the music’s lyricism,... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, Orchestral Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Orchestral
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Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi, Orchestre de La Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
You have to envy the citizens of Geneva...Add a pianist in Francesco Piemontesi’s class, and here are stellar interpretations of three very different concerto-type works, ordered into a journey... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Offer, Maurice Ravel, Lennox Berkeley & Adam Pounds: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
The finale [of the Pounds] projects a mood of hard-won defiance, and the symphony as a whole is certainly worth experiencing – especially in a performance as scrupulously prepared and committed... — More…
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Bernstein: On The Waterfront
RecommendedOrchestral Works
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Lindberg
They’re completely on fire, chiselling hot rhythms out of the percussion, melting their lips on ritzy brass cascades. They also obviously relish the tenderness of those rare moments when Bernstein... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano
RecommendedIyad Sughayer (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Litton
Praise be to Jordanian-Palestinian pianist Iyad Sughayer, Andrew Litton conducting a BBC National Orchestra of Wales on top form and the conductor’s regular producer Andrew Keener for keeping... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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This magnificent new recording completes a strong symphonic portrait of the Polish modernist master…The Third Symphony comes first here in a coruscating performance. Hannu Lintu conducts with... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2020, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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