CD, Coates, E (composer)
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What Wilson doesn’t know about the inner workings of Coates’s methods isn’t worth knowing; and just as he has approximated the playing styles of American orchestras under the likes of Paul Weston... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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A Lionel Tertis Celebration
RecommendedTimothy Ridout (viola), Frank Dupree (piano), James Baillieu (piano)
From imposing sonatas to salon bonbons, these recordings constitute a deft salute not just to Tertis the man and multifaceted musician, but also to an enduring legacy which lives on in distinguished... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th January 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Chamber
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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It’s entertaining stuff, light and breezy, and expertly played. A delight. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th July 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Childhood memories are summoned, plus people and places…Indeed, there’s so much playfulness and charm here that the listener might well pant for some extra ballast from meatier things. It comes... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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It’s all too easy to cast a glib ear across these wonderful tunes and the enormous creative skill that gave rise to them...and this second volume of John Wilson’s latest survey of the orchestral... —
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This most welcome second volume of British overtures serves to accentuate the sheer diversity of works this country produced in the genre between the 1890s and the 1940s and, moreover, where... —
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Wait until the neighbours are out, turn up the volume, give your speakers a thorough workout and yourself a tingle up the spine. Full organ. Blazing magnificence. No one plays this sort of repertoire... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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Special offer. Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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John Wilson’s third volume devoted to Coates...is played with all the relaxed, charismatic charm we have come to expect from the British conductor’s recordings. Fabulous stuff. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2003, Editor's Choice
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