Chandos
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Britten: Owen Wingrave
Peter Coleman-Wright (Owen Wingrave), Robin Leggate ( Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Elizabeth Connell (Miss Wingrave), Janice Watson (Mrs. Coyle), Sarah Fox (Mrs. Julien), Alan Opie (Spencer Coyle), Pamela Helen Stephen (Kate) & James Gilchrist (Lechmere)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard...
Hickox's excellent cast boasts some supreme exponents. Hickox draws haunting colours and chordings from his City of London Sinfonia, and the recording is flawlessly presented. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Opera
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Editor's Choice
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…Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra relish the considerable technical challenges posed by these transcriptions… those who enjoy their Bach as a full meat-and-two-veg course will... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2004, Editor's Choice
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Wilson obtains [a] superbly drilled and articulate response from the BBC Philharmonic…an outstanding release — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2016, Editor's Choice
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The Neave’s way with [the Smyth] is expansive, with an attractive warmth of tone in the interlocking string phrases of the outer movements and playing at once weighty and admirably restrained... — More…
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No doubt about it, these are two very fine professional choirs, unique in an unparalleled lower-register smokiness and resonance. The basses can reach the famous bottom notes: the C at the end... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 58th Awards (2015), Best Choral Performance
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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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Wilson and the BBC Philharmonic make the most of this music’s European footprints, aided by the typically clean and expansive Chandos recording, with beefy climaxes and plenty of ballast from... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2018
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Rumon Gamba's 77-minute suite in six parts from Korngold's towering score for The SeaHawk (1940) sensibly follows the action and will leave no listener in any doubt as to the giddy fecundity... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BV B 29 No. 1
RecommendedPeter Donohoe (piano)
if some of the works here make uncomfortable listening – despite Donohoe’s keyboard brilliance – that is because Busoni himself disdained aural comfort...But the Toccata BV 29, being a transcription... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th August 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Nielsen: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
It couldn’t have a better advocate than James Ehnes: strong in his lyricism when he needs to be, alert to all dynamics and a sense of fantasy which is outstanding in the two cadenzas. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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