London Conchord Ensemble
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This is an excellent, spirited two-CD set...A facotr that comes across clearly here is that Poulenc had a more or less infallible ear for tapping into the timbre and personality of different... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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Oboe Divas!
Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe) & Elaine Douvas (oboe)
with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York & the London CONCHORD Ensemble
This program embodies what I love about opera and music so much. It runs a wide spectrum of emotions depicted in music, from nonchalance to determination, from the carefree joy in the simple... —
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London Conchord Ensemble play Duruflé, Loeffler & Pierné
William Dazeley (baritone)
London Conchord Ensemble
There is an elegiac tone to Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for oboe, viola and piano and tinges of regret and bliss to the voice of Dazeley, echoed by the wistfulness and caprice of the Duruflé. —
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Nimble playing, and the Ensemble communicates infectious enthusiasm and commitment. —
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Pailthrope is an eloquent flautist who plays a wooden flute by Rudall Carte. His fine account of the A minor Partita, BWV 1013, reveals its warm and rounded character particularly well...the... —
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Four succeeding generations of St Petersburg's finest...are represented on this highly entertaining disc of chamber music, played with style and verve by the London Conchord Ensemble. Chief... —
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The four works in this very pleasing collection suggest that some of [these] pieces deserve to be heard far more regularly. There aren't many sextets for pianists and wind players to programme,... —
