Wilson, T
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Special offer. Thomas Wilson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
This was a fascinating discovery. Wilson – a 20th-century Scottish composer – has clearly been overlooked. His writing is colourful, dynamic and cinematic, and it is delivered with real panache... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Special offer. Thomas Wilson: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
The two symphonies here, completing Linn’s recorded survey (missing only the suppressed No. 1), may have stylistic differences, but both are notably taut affairs, propelled by motivic cells... —
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the Peterhouse Choir catches winningly the bounding enthusiasm and engaging harmonies of the Magnificat from Thomas Wilson's Evening Service in C, and the bright, buoyant rhythms of the little-known... —
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Special offer. O Holy Night
Katherine Watson (soprano), Charlotte Ashley (soprano), Zoë Brookshaw (soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Dominic Kraemer (bass), Samuel Pantcheff (bass), London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron
All handsomely sung: there’s not a single dud track on this album —
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Watt's exceptional range of timbre is especially apparent in John McLeod's inventive Fantasy of themes from Britten's 'Gloriana', while the opening of Nocturnal is sublime...A little more fluidity... —
