CD, Rawsthorne, A (composer)
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The very opening item, Rawsthorne's four Bagatelles, instantly makes it clear that this latest recital disc from Stephen Hough has a different aim from his previous collections of charmers.... —
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Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic do bustle very well, and the Chandos microphones prove particularly good at pinpointing details like a tuba's lugubrious waddle. —
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The most stylistically striking piece is Rubbra's Sonata of 1946...The Watkins brothers, true to form, pay close attention to its rhythmic life, though they also know how to soar into beauty...[they]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... —
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Violin Conversations
RecommendedMadeleine Mitchell (violin), Andrew Ball, Errollyn Wallen, Wendy Hiscocks, Nigel Clayton, Martin Butler, Kevin Malone, Howard Blake
Mitchell's diverse Violin Conversations is full of riches…a fresh and challenging recital, beautifully played. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Special offer. Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies
Malcolm Binns (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, Nicholas Braithwaite
Without losing the necessary edge in the writing, Malcolm Binns (creating their stereo debut in 1979) brings out the expressiveness of the music...The LPO under Pritchard plays with evident... —
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it would be hard to imagine a more satisfying interpreter than Julian Lloyd Webber —
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Incapable of shoddy craftsmanship, and truly a 'composer's composer', Rawsthorne brought a professional integrity, great clarity of expression and unerring economy of thought to every field... —
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