Chandos
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a delight for the audiophile. Every section and soloist of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra plays to the utmost, Alpesh Chauhan’s conducting is perfectionist and the Chandos production values... — More…
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Parry: Judith
RecommendedSarah Fox (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Henry Waddington (bass-baritone)
Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players, William Vann
On the evidence of these CDs, conductor William Vann totally believes in this piece; he offers a compelling reading, drawing from the excellent Crouch End Festival Chorus and LMP (all of whom... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st February 2020
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Record Review, 7th March 2020, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The symphony is attractively neat and satisfying, but Ripening is on a completely new emotional plane, with a Mahlerian juxtaposition of emotions, a scintillating emotional thrust and a virtuoso... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2010, Disc of the month
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Wagner: The Mastersingers
RecommendedMargaret Curphey (Eva), Alberto Remedios (Walther), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Beckmesser), Ann Robson (Magdalene), Gregory Dempsey (David), Noel Mangin (Pogner), Stafford Dean (Nightwatchman)
Sadlers Wells Chorus & Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
It's eminently listenable, capturing the musical and spiritual glow of Goodall's orchestra and voices, masterfully embodying the comedy's entwining pain and laughter. …this is not only something... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Archive
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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There’s plenty of meat in Poulenc’s Sinfonietta, not least in the abundance of memorable tunes...The late Bramwell Tovey is alert to their quality, and especially, as often with Poulenc, to... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Bernard Herrmann: Suite from Wuthering Heights; Echoes for Strings
RecommendedKeri Fuge (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago, Joshua Tan
Through their two voices - a radiant Keri Fuge and a towering Roderick Williams - we're drawn immediately into their intense love-affair...This snapshot, stunningly recorded, serves as a tantalising... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th June 2023
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Premiere Recordings
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Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), with Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), with Andrew Armstrong (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
I have not heard such a beautiful performance of the First Violin Concerto since Itzhak Perlman's 1982 EMI recording, and Ehnes enjoys the advantage of a more natural balance with the orchestra...Ehnes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Recommended Recording - Violin Concerto No. 2
2 CDs
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Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos
RecommendedXiayin Wang (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
From the first bar, you know that this brilliant Chinese-American pianist is the business...she leads from the front throughout to exhilarating effect...If you do not have a recording of the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Great Operatic Arias 22 - Gerald Finley
Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Edward Gardner
All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Opera, May 2010, Recording of the Month
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Elgar: The Music Makers & The Spirit of England
Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis and his forces, especially Sarah Connolly and Andrew Staples (why is this wonderful tenor so little recorded?), give their all and one can’t imagine their being performed more... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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