English String Orchestra
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Orchestral Favourites Volume II - Respighi's Ancient Airs & Dances No. 3
English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton
William Boughton's ... hand-picked players are very good players indeed, lovely in sound and terrific in ensemble. Nimbus provides lush, sweet sonics —
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One only has to sample the excitingly animated account of Holst's 'St. Paul's Suite' (which also has much delicay of feeling), or the ideally paced Warlock 'Capriol Suite' ... to discover the... —
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Robert Saxton: Scenes from the Epic of Gilgamesh & The Resurrection of the Soldiers
English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
Robust as the performances are, it’s The Resurrection of the Soldiers – based on painted depictions of the First World War – which is the more engrossing and emotionally involving. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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Spirit of England II
Martin Jones (piano)
English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton
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Special offer. A Portrait of Vaughan Williams
Michael Bochmann (violin), Margaret Campbell (flute), Colin Lilley (flute), Audrey Douglas (harp), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Susan Lynn (violin), Pierre Joubert (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Thomas Waddington (cello), Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan...
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Special offer. Rule Britannia
John Wallace (trumpet), with Edmund Barham (tenor)
English String Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus, William Boughton
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Special offer. John Joubert: The Instant Moment
Henry Herford (baritone), Christopher Hirons & Pierre Joubert (solo violins), Paul Arden-Taylor & Anna Evans (oboes), Keith Rubach & Christine Predota (bassoons), Stephen Roberts & James Buck (french horns)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
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21st Century Violin Concertos
Harriet Mackenzie (violin), Philippa Mo (violin)
English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
Fokken’s single-movement concerto is exquisitely crafted, conjuring a ‘hazardously cattle-infested stretch of motorway’ in complex counterpoint, bustling percussion and thrillingly stratospheric... —
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While better recordings may exist of some of the more famous pieces, there is a stellar offering from cellist Raphael Wallfisch, whose playing is lyrical and powerful. —
