Northern Sinfonia
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Special offer. William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
RecommendedSimon Callaghan (piano), Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano), Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
Callaghan is the superb soloist in the Fourth and Sixth, in energising performances with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Martin Yates that feel tailored to the music's scale and sympathies. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd January 2026
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What a joy to welcome on CD, a major British ballet score (comparable in appeal to Walton's Façade with which, happily, it's coupled). Constant Lambert's Horoscope is a highly individual score... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles & other works
RecommendedRobert Plane (clarinet) & Lesley Hatfield (violin)
Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths
This is a highly commanding performance of Finzi's gorgeous Clarinet Concerto from Northern Sinfonia principal, Robert Plane. With his bright, singing tone and effortless technical mastery,... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, Budget Choice
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Special offer. Beethoven: Triple Concerto & Piano Concerto No. 3
Lars Vogt (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Vogt and the Tetzlaff siblings approach the Allegro [of the Triple] with warmth and a bristling energy…The crucial opening [of the C minor Concerto] just misses utter serenity here, but a devilish... —
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Record Review, 18th November 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations
Lars Vogt (piano), Northern Sinfonia
This is Brahms playing of the highest quality. Lars Vogt secures an ideal balance between the intellectual and emotional components of these two epic works…Vogt’s achievement is all the more... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Concerto Choice
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Though Vogt has all the resources of a modern Steinway at his command, and isn’t afraid to use them, there is a filigree quality to the playing...The rapport between the soloist and this highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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Mozart & Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos
RecommendedJulian Bliss (clarinet)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago
Bliss responds to the work's mercurial switches of mood with a wide range of colour and articulation, and meets its considerable technical challenges with seemingly offhand virtuosity. He is... —
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Building A Library, September 2025, Recommended Recording (Mozart)
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Imogen Cooper's strongly projected, stylistically sensitive performance stands up even alongside such distinguished modern versions as Uchida, Brendel and Schiff. With crystalline articulation... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2006, Editor's Choice
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Unknown Britten
RecommendedSandrine Piau (soprano), Rolf Hind (piano), Michael Thompson, Richard Watkins, Peter Francomb & Chris Griffiths (horns), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair
Britten completed but didn't orchestrate the songs - 'Phrase', 'Aube' and 'À une raison'; Matthews matches them finely to the style of Illuminations. While the cycle is often associated with... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th September 2009
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Finzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue & Grand Fantasia & Toccata
RecommendedTim Hugh (cello), Peter Donohoe (piano)
Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths
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Building a Library, December 2006, Budget Choice
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