David Atherton
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Special offer. Birtwistle: Angel Fighter
Andrew Watts (Angel) & Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Jacob)
BBC Singers & London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
Birtwistle unleashes all his powers as a stage composer onto Stephen Plaice's text, using the whole building to create a thrilling dramatisation of the Bible story…pungent pizzicato rhythms,... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Contemporary
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
RecommendedDalibor Jedlicka (Goryantchikov), Jiri Zahradnicek (Luka Morosoff), Jaroslava Janská (Alyeya), Václav Zitek (Shishkov), Antonin Svorc (Old Prisoner), Ivo Zidek (Skuratov)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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Stravinsky: Music for Solo Piano and Piano and Orchestra
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton
All are superbly crisp and clean, and David Atherton has his Hong Kong orchestra on its toes. Both the Concerto and the Capriccio demonstrate extra energy just when interest might be in danger... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
RecommendedMatt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent...
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Birtwistle: Punch and Judy
RecommendedStephen Roberts, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani, Philip Langridge, David Wilson- Johnson & John Tomlinson
London Sinfonietta, David Atherton
It's almost 40 years since the 1968 premiere of Punch and Judy, celebrated in legend as a rude gesture in the face of Aldeburgh primness, and with hindsight as one of the finest achievements... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Contemporary
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Janacek: Sinfonietta
RecommendedBell (flute/piccolo), Craxton (oboe), Pay (clarinet), Harris (bass clarinet), Gatt (bassoon), Eastop (horn), Paul Crossley (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner,...
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Holst: A Winter Idyll & other orchestral works
Alexander Baillie (cello), Lorraine McAslan (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton
Holstians will need no urging to acquire this interesting, well-played and well-recorded disc. —
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Hindemith: The Complete Viola Music Volume 3
Concertos
Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton
once again [Power] projects splendidly warm and rounded tone, bringing compelling focus to these performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light (Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra), etc.
Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
The Bach Choir, Royal College of Music Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, David Atherton
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Peter Maxwell Davies - A Portrait
A selection of recordings by Peter Maxwell Davies from the 1960s and 1970s, all appearing on CD for the first time.
performances by The Fires of London, Vanessa Redgrave, The London Sinfonietta, Peter Maxwell Davies, David Atherton & Sir Charles Groves
The 1979 performance [of Seven in Nomine] under David Atherton is excellent. All in all, this is an ideal introduction to Maxwell Davies's music, and represents superb value for money. —
