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Kenneth Fuchs: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 RecommendedAdam Walker (flute), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Conductor John Wilson and his colleagues in the Sinfonia of London do a masterful job of bringing these recorded premieres to what I hope will be a wide audience, and I shall greatly be anticipating... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th July 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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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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Airat Ichmouratov: Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto No. 1 Jean-Philippe Sylvestre (piano), Elvira Misbakhova (viola), London Symphony Orchestra, Airat Ichmouratov
The soundworld of both works is tonal, with Rachmaninov-style moodiness evoked in the opening bars of the Piano Concerto...While the textures of the piano concerto create a rich tapestry, those... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, Concerto Choice
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Warmly appeasing choral music...Mainly mellow in tone, though Dark Night of the Soul strikes deeper. — More…
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Nimrod Borenstein: Violin Concerto Irmina Trynkos (violin)
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy
There are moments when the ghosts of Prokofiev (the Second Concerto, especially), Khachaturian and Walton pass fleetingly over the music’s swirling, colourful textures, yet the overriding sensation... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, Concerto Choice
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On Christmas Night RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Like to the Lark Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)
The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps
Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... — More…
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Record Review, 16th November 2019, Disc of the Week
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Neset is a glittering soloist throughout, tightly supported by his compatriots the Bergen Philharmonic under Edward Gardner. — More…
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John Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music & Absolute Jest Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
The RSNO’s playing captures all the delicacy, grandeur and zing of Adams’s complex score, while the Doric String Quartet brings sumptuous sweetness and laser-like clarity to its solo part…There... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Orchestral
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bright, youthful, polished singing, giving Clausen's music fine advocacy...Certainly his choral works deserve wider international recognition and would be worthy additions to the choral repertoire. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Engineered Album, Classical
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