Rory Macdonald
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Erik Chisholm: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Danny Driver (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
Chisholm was himself a formidable pianist, and both Concertos teem with the kind of brilliant bravura keyboard writing that is meat and drink to Driver. The orchestration is colourfully, but... —
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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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Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming
RecommendedA Scottish Fantasy
Nicola Benedetti (violin), with Julie Fowlis, Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
Her assured technique sees her through all the formidable obstacles en route...The BBC Scottish SO conducted by Rory MacDonald share Benedetti's rapport with this music, playing from the heart...Her... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Our Gilded Veins
Katherine Bryan (flute), Henry Clay (cor anglais)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory MacDonald
Suckling’s quiet close featuring (pre-recorded) bells is undeniably affecting. If it and Clyne’s elegy are the expressive focal points of the album, then Rosemary Furniss’s arrangement for strings... —
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: The Beauty Stone
Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Toby Spence (tenor), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Stephen Gadd (baritone), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano), David Stout (bass), Richard Suart (baritone), Olivia Gomez (soprano), Sarah Maxted (mezzo-soprano) &...
a deftly woven score, intriguingly cast in several registers...Sullivan's sophisticated add another layer of delight. The recording and presentation are admirable...I wish Toby Spence's epicurean... —
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Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy
Nicola Benedetti (violin, fiddle), Phil Cunningham (accordion, piano), Ewen Vernal (double bass), Éamon Doorley (bouzouki), Tony Byrne (guitar), James MacIntosh (percussion), Duncan Chisholm (fiddle), Aly Bain (fiddle), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
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