Andrew Gourlay
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Edmund Finnis: The Air, Turning
Eloisa-Fleur Thorn (violin), Mark Simpson (clarinet), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Benjamin Bellman (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Contemporary Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Ilan Volkov, Richard Baker, Andrew Gourlay
The music of Edmund Finnis invites rather than demands attention – and the more it is given, the more its gifts unfold… Each work on this exquisite debut disc is, in effect, a constantly changing... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Winner - Premiere
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Special offer. Schoenberg & Brahms: Violin Concertos
Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay
Liebeck responds [to Schoenberg’s technical demands] with astonishing command, allowing the music’s expression to speak with a real degree of freedom, even fantasy, so that the solo part can... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Recording of the Month
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Tom Coult: Pieces That Disappear
Tom Coult, Anna Dennis (soprano), Daniel Pioro (violin), Elena Schwarz, BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Gourlay
There is something ominous about the debut album from Tom Coult . Across four works, he takes us to darkly dramatic places with his expressive writing and playful textures. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Contemporary
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Charlie Siem plays Bruch, Wieniawski & Ole Bull
Charlie Siem (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay
although Siem has all the necessary technical fireworks to get round the challenging passagework of the Wieniawski and the faster sections of the Bull, the steady stream of scales and arpeggios... —
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Special offer. Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op.77; II. Adagio
Jack Liebeck (violin), The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay
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Special offer. Emily Howard: Magnetite
Lucy Goddard (mezzo-soprano) & Simon Whiteley (bass), Alexandra Dariescu (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, scapegoat, Elias String Quartet, Andrew Gourlay
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 and The Isle of the Dead
Orquesta Sinfonica de Castilla y Leon, Andrew Gourlay
Gourlay’s occasional tendency to linger over transitions does not preclude the sharp characterisation of detail nor the kinetic build-up of climaxes…Sound and continuity are in the safe hands... —
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Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 2
& works for solo piano
Benjamin Frith (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Andrew Gourlay
The compulsive fluency of Stanford’s music is part of its charm…Frith’s advocacy is state-of-the-art (does any pianist around draw a lovelier sound from the keyboard, or phrase more naturally?),... —
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Special offer. Schoenberg Violin Concerto; I. Poco allegro – Vivace
Jack Liebeck (violin), The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Gourlay
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