John Andrews
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Special offer. John Frederick Lampe: The Dragon of Wantley
RecommendedMary Bevan (Margery), Catherine Carby (Mauxalinda), Mark Wilde (Moore of Moore Hall), John Savournin (Gaffer Gubbins/The Dragon)
The Brook Street Band, John Andrews
In this premiere recording, conductor John Andrews shrewdly reserves buffoonery for Carey and Lampe’s antic scenes, heightening the galant elements of duets and ensembles, and giving performers... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Premiere
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Winner - Opera
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Special offer. Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedMartin Jones (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
All the pieces are premieres on disc – and they are discoveries you’ll want to hear many times again. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Premiere
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New. Arthur Sullivan: Songs For Tenor
David Webb, Jennifer France, Charles Rice, Academy of Ancient Music, John Andrews
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Special offer. Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master
Mark Wilde, Ed Lyon, Fiona Kimm, Graeme Broadbent, Catherine Carby, Eleanor Dennis
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
This premiere recording from conductor John Andrews, a vivacious cast and BBC Concert Orchestra is dollops of fun, and more besides. Arnold’s inventive, eclectic score is vividly brought to... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Opera
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New. Gerald Finzi, Freda Swain & Denis Aplvor: Clarinet Concertos
Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Jonathan Raper, Austin Beattie, Lynn Arnold, George Strivens, London Mozart Players, John Andrews
The Finzi of course has form as a recording, and here we have another one, impeccably recorded, with a soloist with a natural affinity for those raw emotions that sometime disturb the gentility... —
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Ethel Smyth: Der Wald
RecommendedNatalya Romaniw (Röschen), Claire Barnett-Jones (Iolanthe), Robert Murray (Heinrich), Andrew Shore (A Peddler), Morgan Pearse (Count Rudolf), Matthew Brook (Peter), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews
Der Wald may not be such an outstanding piece [as The Wreckers], but it is well worth getting to know. While Harry Brewster’s somewhat naïve libretto holds it back, Smyth’s score shows an impressive... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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it’s the strikingly dramatic four Ballads, from 1968, and especially the 1939 Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon, based on an episode from the Mabinogion, and in which Sibelius seems... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Orchestral
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Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works
Samantha Ege (piano), BBC Philharmonic, John Andrews
Hearing all her orchestral works in one sweep is an enjoyable experience. ColeridgeTaylor had myriad talents, with a gift for melody and an ear for rich orchestration. To April is, in some ways,... —
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Special offer. Charles Villiers Stanford: Orchestral Songs
Sharon Carty (mezzo-soprano), Morgan Pearse (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra
John Andrews
The two soloists take contrasting approaches: mezzo-soprano Sharon Carty brings a touching, bright clarity and an intelligence that serves the texts she sings beautifully. Morgan Pearse’s baritone... —
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Special offer. Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works
Idunnu Munch (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Miwa Rosso (cello)
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
we’re treated to an assortment of works composed over 20 years – and they show an artist truly in command of her craft...A lightness of touch pervades this entire album and shows Wallen’s deft... —
