Chineke!
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Chineke! here presents one of the biggest and best collections of his music yet released. At its heart is the heavenly Violin Concerto; Elena Urioste and the orchestra under Kevin John Edusei... —
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Orchestral
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Spark Catchers
Tai Murray (violin), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Chi-chi Nwanoku (double bass), Chineke! Orchestra & Chorus, Roderick Williams (baritone), Chineke! Orchestra, Chineke! Chorus, Anthony Parnther, Kevin John Edusei, Wayne Marshall
Titular track The Spark Catchers was recorded at the BBC Proms in 2017. Hannah Kendall’s sound whirlpool takes its inspiration from Lemn Sissay’s poem of the same name. There is an itchy brooding... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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These performances are impressive. Ensemble is notably precise in Sibelius’s Finlandia, where the stern brass section and the tension of the strings provides the bedrock for a dynamic and highly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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[Callaloo] fuses together classical and calypso. The title references a Caribbean dish that blends spices from various cultures and gives a nod towards Goodyear’s Trinidadian heritage…The highly... —
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 & Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Gerard Aimontche (piano)
Chineke! Orchestra, Roderick Cox
The playing of both works here...is most pleasing, the colours vivid, the excitement palpable, while Aimontche’s sweeping reading of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 3 astutely combines the intimate... —
