Burrell, D
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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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…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings - Jonathan Dove's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Christmas Special Choice
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Into This World, This Day Did Come
RecommendedCarols Contemporary & Medieval
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
There are many highlights but Williams Sweeney's Scots dialect setting 'The Innumerable Christ' stands out for its daring other-worldliness, as do Stuart MacRae's bold re-imagining of 'Adam... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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A wonderful snapshot of music being written in Britain now. Better still, these pieces have been written for us all to play. —
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Special offer. North Star
This fantastic collection of trumpet and organ works includes five world premiere recordings and four solo organ works by composers who have made a significant impact on British composition.
Deborah Calland (trumpet) & William Whitehead (organ)
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…performances, under James Gourley's alert direction, are exemplary - the RNCM Brass Ensemble at the top of its game. —
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Most characterful of these 11 variations are Anthony Payne's 'Loose Canon'...and Richard Rodney Bennett's touching and poignantly harmonised 'Little Elegy'. —
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New Music Collections Vol. 4 - Piano
Thalia Myers (piano), Ian Pace (piano), Noriko Kawai (piano), Rolf Hind (piano), Melvyn Tan (piano), Huw Watkins (piano), Michael Finnissy (piano), Nicky Losseff (piano), Jonathan Powell (piano), Philip Mead (piano), Stephen Montague (piano), Susan Bradshaw (piano), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Roger...
A fascinating survey of contemporary (or near contemporary) piano works, played by expert interpreters, including several of the composers themselves. —
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Isotonic: Commissions For Clarinet By Burrell, Watkins, Boden & Jenkins
Robert Plane (clarinet), Gould Piano Trio, BBC Philharmonic, Geoffrey Paterson
