Gramophone Awards, Pickard (composer)
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John Pickard: Mass in Troubled Times
Chloë Abbott (trumpet), David Goode (organ), BBC Singers, Martyn Brabbins
This is a marvellous collection, featuring impeccable production values and sound of flawless realism in the best BIS tradition. Not to be missed! —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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John Pickard: Symphonies 2 & 6; Verlaine Songs
Emma Tring (soloist), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins
These performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Martyn Brabbins’s cogent guidance excite admiration for their unstinting dedication and breathtaking accomplishment. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Finalists, Contemporary
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John Pickard: The Gardener of Aleppo
and other Chamber Works
Susan Bickley (mezzo), Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins
Pickard has a compositional voice that is truly sui generis. Each work sounds different from any of the others (the composer’s stated goal) and all are expertly performed by members of the Nash... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Winner - Contemporary
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The music fair kidnaps the listener's attention at the outset and does not random it until the gripping, wholly satisfying close...The performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales is stunning... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Contemporary
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