Brook Street Band
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Special offer. John Frederick Lampe: The Dragon of Wantley
RecommendedMary Bevan (Margery), Catherine Carby (Mauxalinda), Mark Wilde (Moore of Moore Hall), John Savournin (Gaffer Gubbins/The Dragon)
The Brook Street Band, John Andrews
In this premiere recording, conductor John Andrews shrewdly reserves buffoonery for Carey and Lampe’s antic scenes, heightening the galant elements of duets and ensembles, and giving performers... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Premiere
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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The Brook Street Band plays stylishly, with well-nigh impeccable intonation and tremendous verve...the vitality is riveting and the counterpoint enthralling. Delightful. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2011, Editor's Choice
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The Brook Street Band play with plenty of charismatic brio but there is also affective compassion in reflective music...There are a few mild slips in the documentation but this is a fine addition... —
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…a treasure house of miniature delights - a charming gavotte (No. 1); colourful musette framing an energetic allegro (No. 2); a haunting rondeau melody which followed me round for hours (No.... —
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JS & CPE Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord
Tatty Theo (baroque cello) & Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
The Brook Street Band
there is a close match between cello and a harpsichord of cutting transients which fits the businesslike virtuosity of much of the playing. Choice of tempi cannot be faulted and rhythm is exact —
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Here is a well-thought-out programme…The clearly defined and lively articulation of the Brook Street Band inform the music with irresistible allure. I hope these musicians will make further... —
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A. Scarlatti & Handel: Dixit Dominus
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Esther Brazil (mezzo-soprano), Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford & The Brook Street Band, Owen Rees
Rees's perceptive direction keeps the contrasting layers balanced and he has assembled a strong solo team- headed up by Elin Manahan Thomas and Matthew Brook - to complement the attentive playing... —
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The Brook Street Band play all the works indisputably by Handel as well as those generally accepted as part of the canon…The music, dare I say it, is on occasion uneven in quality, but the finest... —
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Great Composers in Words and Music: George Frideric Handel
Nicholas Boulton, Aradia Ensemble (early music ensemble), Simon Lindley, Bradley Creswick, Brook Street Band (chamber ensemble), Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Adam LaMotte, William Skeen, Richard Savino, Jennifer Ellis Kampani, Thierry Gregoire, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy (early music ensemble),...
