Simon Callow
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Elgar: The Starlight Express
RecommendedElin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
While the lyrics tend to the arch or winsome, most of the music is vintage light Elgar, and beautifully performed...This is a very valuable addition to the Elgar discography. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
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Special offer. Elgar: The Spirit of England, Carillon & With Proud Thanksgiving
Judith Howarth (soprano), Simon Callow (speaker)
London Symphony Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Paul’s, John Wilson, Ben Palmer
Throughout the programme Wilson proves himself to be a very successful and sensitive Elgarian. In the bombastic sections he is willing to give the orchestra their head but more impressively... —
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 3
Vadim Repin (violin), Simon Callow (narrator)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev
[Violin Concerto] Repin has a superb sense of line and a wonderful cantabile. Tensile and lyrical, his playing is mesmeric. The LPO are also on form, the Scherzo stunning in every respect. A... —
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Special offer. Sword in the Soul
Grier - Elgar - Bednall - Park
Samantha Bond (narrator), James Orford, Simon Callow (narrator), Brian O'Kane, Adrian Peacock (narrator), Samuel Pantcheff, Alison Ponsford-Hill, London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron
this modern-day Passion is powerful, and crying out for regular performance...Grier’s Brittenish ear for melodies that sound inevitable even when they are far from it, his elegant astringency... —
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José Serebrier: Symphony No. 1
Gary Karr (double bass), David Daly (jazz bass), Matt King, Sacha Johnson (percussion), Duncan Riddell (violin), Ellen Marsden (cor anglais) & Simon Callow (narrator), Philippe Quint (violin)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, José Serebrier
Serebrier gets back to his roots in a couple of agreeable tangos but the First Symphony is a fascinating document from a teenage composer. —
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The excellent Caput Ensemble catch the rarefied and delicate atmosphere of each movement to perfection...A slow-burner of a work, true, but in this impeccable recording with top-notch sound...it... —
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A Walk with Ivor Gurney
Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) & Simon Callow (narrator)
Tenebrae & Aurora Orchestra, Nigel Short
Connolly shows her characteristic care for words and line…Tenebrae and Aurora cherish their curving lines in the composer’s purest pastoral vein, and Simon Callow is a clear and sympathetic... —
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If They Could See Me Now: A Night of 100 Stars
lan Ogilvy, Margaretta Scott, Margaret Courtney, Joss Ackland, Gay Soper, James Warwick, Liz Robertson, Alan Jay Lerner, Elspeth March, Sheridan Morley, Angela Douglas, David Kernan, Miriam Karlin, Faith Brook, Bryan Pringle, George Sewell, Cheryl Kennedy, Robert Meadmore, Frank Finlay, Simon Callow...
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Narrator Simon Callow is terrific, Fretwork mesmerising —
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Carlo Martelli: Sredni Vashtar
Simon Callow (narrator), Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Ronald Corp
