Coleridge-Taylor
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The Takács are impressive on this album: every microphrase, every note is considered. Their sound draws you in from the first moment...To simultaneously hear the separate parts and the collective... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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[In the Coleridge-Taylor Impromptu] Kanneh-Mason’s controlled phrasing and shimmering tone is exquisite. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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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... —
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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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Special offer. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint l'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites From '24 Negro Melodies'
RecommendedCurtis Stewart (violin), National Philharmonic, Michael Repper
Stewart's violin playing throughout is passionately committed. While the National Philharmonic's ensemble is not always ideal, and the recorded sound leans towards the muddy, the whole remains... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo (3 Selections From '24 Negro Melodies')
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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River of Music
RecommendedBraimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Konya Kanneh-Mason (violin, piano), Aminata Kanneh-Mason (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Mariatu Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Edgar Francis (viola), Toby Hughes (doublebass), The Kanneh-Masons
[TheTrout Quintet] This receives a terrifically spirited performance, especially in the mischievous Scherzo...Whether or not the theme always quite holds up, River of Music proves an enjoyable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th September 2025
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Randall Goosby - Roots
RecommendedRandall Goosby (violin), Zhu Wang (piano), Xavier Dubois Foley (double bass)
Goosby’s selections reveal him as a quietly lyrical artist with a gift for genre hopping well displayed in the Baroque/blues fusions of ColeridgeTaylor, Perkinson’s Blue/s Forms or Xavier Dubois... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Découverte
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, Debut Recording of the Year
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The Nash players do these deeply attractive and enjoyable works proud… in affectionate performances that revel in Coleridge-Taylor's idiomatic and challenging writing. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Chamber Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2017, Also Recommended
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Half-forgotten overtures show the vigour of Britain's musical revivial throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. —
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Special offer. Heart & Hereafter
RecommendedCollected songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano)
She’s a persuasive advocate for this largely unknown repertoire. Llewellyn has extensive operatic experience...and it shows in the Six Sorrow Songs that open the recital...Llewellyn leaves no... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, World Premiere Recording of the Year (Rediscovery)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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Special offer. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (chamber ensemble)
All of them are promising rather than full-blown masterpieces (Coleridge-Taylor acknowledged the Nonet’s status in his progress by subtitling it ‘Gradus ad Parnassum’); yet they are substantial,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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