McCabe, J
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New. John McCabe: Symphonies 2 & 3 and Cello Concerto
Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
What is striking and gratifying about both is the lucidity of McCabe’s music, its textures remaining clearly defined through writing of enormous colour and scope...Vividly energised and expressive... —
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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John McCabe's Fourth Symphony, some half an hour in duration, has something Sibelian about its utterly inevitable, ever-evolving progress. Behind the frequently prodigal surface activity, one... —
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Special offer. John McCabe: Composer, Pianist, Conductor
John McCabe (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, John Snashall
The late John McCabe's superbly articulated piano-playing in his Liszt Fantasy makes the strongest impression. His maverick streak is evident in Tuning, a wry take on the tuning-up process. —
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This British composer-pianist was both admired and promoted by John Ogdon, and here we see why: his music was intriguing, intricately-woven and, though, largely atonal, easy on the ear. —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Special offer. John McCabe: Silver Nocturnes
John McCabe (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), David Pyatt (horn)
Sacconi Quartet
Silver Nocturnes blurs the boundary between string quartet and quintet…Williams has the necessary strength and intensity for the music’s bleak dramaticism. The Horn Quintet (2010-11) confirms... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Tired of the same old seasonal chestnuts? Here's your solution - a wonderful collection of carols from the last half-century, mainly by British composers...Stephen Farr directs delectably sensitive... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Choice
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Both of these works [the Moeran and the Rawsthorne] benefit, as does the recital as a whole, from superbly responsive playing by Harriet Mackenzie and Philippa Mo - who project the music's often... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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