Gipps
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Special offer. Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works
RecommendedBBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Rumon Gamba give warm- hearted, energetic, well-paced accounts, and their oboist deserves a special accolade. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. A Shropshire Lad
English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams (baritone), Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder
Williams is accompanied throughout by his own orchestral reimaginings; and he’s evidently an orchestrator with a fine ear and lively imagination...This is all exquisitely sung too. The melodic... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Voice & Orchestra
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Each of this foursome, the bulk from the 1940s, offers pungent and individual delights...Throughout the album the BBC Philharmonic plays with bright colours, a sharp attack and swaggering energy... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3
RecommendedMartin Owen (horn), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
The 1968 Horn Concerto might only last 17 minutes, but the majority of them are action-packed, and Martin Owen’s horn playing, nimble and characterful, is a pleasure in itself. The major piece... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd January 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Ruth Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 - Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 5; Leviathan
RecommendedCharlie Lovell-Jones (violin), Bill Anderson (double-bassoon), BBC Philharmonic Rumon Gamba
The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Rumon Gamba, easily tap into the music’s vigour, colour and lyricism. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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I have nothing but praise for the irreproachable musicianship displayed by Juliana Koch (principal oboe with the LSO), who in turn enjoys sterling support from Michael McHale... All in all,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2024, September 2024
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Special offer. British Horn Concertos
David Pyatt (horn)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
David Pyatt was only 20 or so when these recordings were made in the mid 1990s… His playing is musical and easily virtuosic - qualities on display in all these works, three of which were originally... —
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Special offer. Dora Bright & Ruth Gipps: Piano Concertos
Samantha Ward, Murray McLachlan (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Peebles
The piano writing [in the Bright] is brilliant and subtle, even if the orchestral ideas are sometimes a little too portentous for their own good; but the gem of the work is a haunting slow movement…By... —
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This is an altogether entertaining album, where everything from Perkins’s thoughtful programming to his spirited performances and perceptive programme notes feel rooted in a terrific enthusiasm... —
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Unveiled: Britten, Tippett, Gipps, Browne, Thomas
Elgan Llŷr Thomas (tenor), Iain Burnside (piano), Craig Ogden (guitar)
Hearing Britten's Michelangelo Sonnets in Jeremy Sams's direct English translations is quite a revelation, underlining the fact that this is a cycle about a 'love that dare not speak its name'... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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