Holst, I
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Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th February 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Alice Farnham, the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers do affectionate homage to this interesting music, to Imogen Holst’s special legacy, her creative individuality and her significant, often... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Rediscovery
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Ventris brings absolute technical assurance and a vivid sense of line...Among the many excellent more contemporary works, Amanda Feery’s Boreal s especially powerful...In all, beautifully performed... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Coming soon. British Music for Strings Vol. 5
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Douglas Bostock
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The Past & I: 100 Years of Thomas Hardy
RecommendedMusic & Arrangements by Arthur Keegan
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), James Girling (guitar), Ligeti Quartet
The Ligeti Quartet ’s performance resonates with commitment and eloquence as Keegan highlights the tensions between man and nature, art and mortality, interlaying texts by Hardy and Philip Larkin.... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th July 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - New Work (Elegies for Emma)
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The Crown of Life
Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke
Jemima Price (soprano), Rhys Williams (tenor), Rudyard Cook (organ), Ben Gilchrist (bass-baritone), Felicity Howard (soprano), Sam Troy (tenor), Molly Skeil (soprano), Anastasia Jones (soprano), Pete Dockrill (vocalist), Sebastian Evans (tenor), Matt Rogers (tenor), Arthur Barton (organ), The Choir...
I'm happy to report that Owen Rees presides over an impeccably poised and outstandingly fervent display, which also features an exemplary contribution from Queen's College Organ Scholar Rudyard... —
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Special offer. Imogen Holst: String Chamber Music
Simon Hewitt Jones, David Worswick, Tom Hankey, Oliver Coates, Thomas Hewitt Jones, Daniel Swain
It defies belief that until this recording led by violinist and cellist Simon and Thomas Hewitt Jones appeared much of this fine music, combining haunting Englishness with a distinctly French... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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The exquisitely pure-toned performance α of Hildegard von Bingen's O viridissima, Virga at the outset makes clear that this will be a special recital...Christopher Lowrey elicits expressively... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Christmas Choice
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Themes & Variations
Three sets of variations - two previously unrecorded - with contributions from 19 British composers ranging from William Walton to Judith Weir
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen
This fascinating disc... offers a snapshot of British musical tastes over the last 50 years —
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News of Great Joy: Christmas From St John's College, Oxford
The Choir of St John's College, Oxford
David Bannister
The performances are, in the best sense, unpretentious – there’s no straining after forced jollity or attention-grabbing effects, and each individual voice is comfortably embedded within the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Christmas Choice
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