Delius
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The sound, engineered by Ralph Couzens, is magnificent...While fully relishing the at times dreamy polyphony of Vaughan Williams’s textures, Wilson’s Fantasia has sharp, impassioned edges too,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Orchestral
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Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Delius: Sea Drift, Songs of Farewell & Songs of Sunset
RecommendedSally Burgess (mezzo-soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox
The huge power of Bryn Terfel’s singing was already making waves when he made these recordings aged 27, showcasing both his once-in-a-generation baritone voice and superstar artistry (not least... —
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Choral
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New. Quiet Summer Evening - British Light Classics
Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Sarah Watts, Alexei Watkins, Michael Mace, Chamber Ensemble of London, Peter Fisher
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Special offer. Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Delius: American Masterworks
RecommendedHenriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone), Simon Duus (baritone)
Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Choir, Aarhus Cathedral Choir, Aarhus
Symphony Orchestra, Bo Holten
American Masterworks is imaginatively planned and well executed, and as recommendable as its predecessors. —
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Building a Library, March 2016, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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Firstly, the Hallé's stellar playing: it's genuinely hard to imagine how music of this English vintage could be performed better. Not only is everything beautifully idiomatic and clear, there's... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2011, Editor's Choice
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Delius: A Mass of Life
RecommendedRoderick Williams (baritone), Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Claudia Huckle (contralto), Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg Kor, Collegium Musicum Choir, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Mark Elder
Williams brings a degree less heroic grit than some rivals, but compensates richly by his intelligent pointing of Nietzsche’s headily symbolic text, and his generously lyrical tone...But it’s... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th November 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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And the Bridge is Love
RecommendedEnglish Music for Strings
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
English Chamber Orchestra
as a conductor, he evidently has the ability to make a difference to collective performance-level (the English Chamber Orchestra plays characteristically and vividly at every point) while not... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Special offer. Delius: Sea Drift & Cynara
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Hallé & Hallé Choir & Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
The Halle plays with precise attacks and perfect blending, and Mark Elder directs with sure control of the episodic structure...Williams is an outstanding soloists, with well focused tone throughout... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Choral
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