Firsova, A
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Elena Firsova's For Alissa, sounding like a curious cocktail of late Scriabin and Messiaen, was inspired by the Corelli Variations; while Dmitri Smirnov's Blake Sonata, with its exciting second... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Baroque Instrumental
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Art and poetry infuse this intricate, powerful and beautifully-performed disc…Her richly-textured compositions take flight from a kaleidoscopic range of extra-musical sources…Firsova’s scores... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Spirit, Strength & Sorrow
Five settings of the Stabat Mater
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Of the three contemporary works featured, Matthew Martin's is technically the most ambitious...It's an absorbing, highly accomplished piece of vocal writing, tailor-made to stretch a choir of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Among the highlights are Mark-Anthony Turnage's unsettling Black Milk (a setting of Paul Celan's Todesfuge, where jazz singer Ian Shaw's grainy vocals are appropriately curdling) and Ninfea... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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