Holloway, R
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The NMC Songbook
RecommendedSopranos - Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton
Mezzo-sopranos - Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby
Countertenors - James Bowman, Michael Chance, Andrew Watts
Tenors - Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett
Baritones - Stefan Loges, Roderick Williams,...
…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Contemporary
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Special offer. Holloway, R: Concerto for Orchestra No. 2
RecommendedStefan Asbury (assistant conductor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
A fascinating disc: the Concerto isn't quite like anything else I know, and in every aspect NMC have served it well. It deserves the widest possible hearing. —
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Contemporary
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Robin Holloway: Violin Concerto & Solo Sonata
Alda Dizdari (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Alexander Walker
Dizdari conveys well the repeated to-and-fro between songlike inwardness and rhythmic propulsion, and the need for each point of arrival to feel in some way provisional, ready to move on again... —
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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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Debussy: C'est l'extase - La mer
Vannina Santoni (soprano), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
Vannina Santori, 36, releases the odors and textures of Verlaine’s verses with her mellow, lyrical, textured voice. There’s no posturing, no phony pear-shaped stuff, but rather a natural narrative... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Holloway's initial prompt for these stunning two-piano transcriptions of Bach's Goldbergs, was his frustration as a single pianist at his 'inability to clarify the close-weave canons or manage... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2002, Disc of the Month
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…this outstanding issue celebrates 20 years of carols newly commissioned for the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. The two CDs are stuffed with memorable settings - Jonathan Dove's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, Christmas Special Choice
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most pieces here speak powerfully enough to justify the back cover's claim that the project 'transforms love into something you can hear'. Some stretch far beyond their shortish span...You won't... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, Editor's Choice
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Into This World, This Day Did Come
RecommendedCarols Contemporary & Medieval
Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber
There are many highlights but Williams Sweeney's Scots dialect setting 'The Innumerable Christ' stands out for its daring other-worldliness, as do Stuart MacRae's bold re-imagining of 'Adam... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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