Douglas Boyd
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The Romantic Violin Concerto 13 - Schumann
Anthony Marwood (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd
Marwood's tone is notably characteristically focused with a notable sweetness which is matched by Wallin...Boyd and his Scottish players set ideal tempi in outer movements, enabling Marwood... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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Thirty years ago, 'chamber orchestra' Beethoven was considered to be a mildly interesting eccentricity; nowadays it is practically de rigueur. The Chamber Orchestra of Europe blazed the trail.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Rheinberger: Complete Organ Concertos
Stefan Johannes Bleicher (organ), with Cäcilia Chmel (cello)
Musikkollegium Winterthur, Douglas Boyd
Stefan Johannes Bleicher is a stylish soloist...I'd encourage anyone interested in late nineteenth-century repertoire to explore this stirring disc, especially as the recorded sound is superb... —
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The First Symphony receives one of the most enjoyable performances I have heard for a long time, and one of the most detailed. —
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Douglas Boyd and his incisive players are particularly good in No 8. In the finale, the exemplary clarity of texture brings out exhilaratingly the subversiveness of the music. —
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano) & Peter Wedd (tenor)
Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd
[The arrangement] works remarkably well...This performance under the greatly gifted Douglas Boyd is impressive...in this recording many interesting details come to light, and the soloists are... —
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Mendelssohn: The First Walpurgis Night, & Overtures
Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Douglas Boyd
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For most listeners it is the great Adagio of Rodrigo's Concierto that decides their view of a performance, and to them Charles Ramirez and Douglas Boyd will have delivered a must-hear. The initial... —
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Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos
Douglas Boyd (oboe) & Marieke Blankestijn (violine)
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
