Download, Porter, C (composer)
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It’s an eclectic mix that combines nostalgia with a modern, shuffle-play sense of adventure. As Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s Bloom finds luminosity in the changing seasons, Huw Watkins’s Arietta suspends... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Premiere
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Special offer. Through the Centuries - Songs of Madeleine Dring
Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
I can confirm that Kitty Whately proves a wholly persuasive and personable exponent of some enticing repertoire, and Julius Drake provides characteristically deft and wonderfully sensitive support... —
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Cole Porter in Hollywood
RecommendedAnna-Jane Casey, Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Richard Morrison
John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson
The orchestral performances here display all of the virtues that have come to be associated with Wilson and his band: plenty of ‘front’ on the brass-playing, liberal vibrato from the strings... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2014
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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At times, moments of startling insight are apparent amid a juxtaposition of highly independent vocal lines and pianistic activity – plus Bostridge’s network of interpretative techniques. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Classic Without Limits
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Special offer. Complete Works For Oboe By Madeleine Dring
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Adam Walker (flute), Amy Harman (bassoon), Antonio Oyarzabal (piano)
there’s never any quality shortage with the oboist Nicholas Daniel, whose winning blend of punch and suavity threads through all 12 works on this refreshing album. The longest and most ambitious... —
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Special offer. Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud, Jean Delescluse, Bénabar, Juliette/Guillaume Gallienne, Frank Braley, Natalie Dessay & Madeleine Peyroux
This is fun...Tharaud's varied programme captures the frenetic, vibrantly eclectic melting pot of 1920s Paris...The charms of this beautifully packaged disc are hard to resist. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2012
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Allen, who turned 74 in September, remains an irresistibly attractive, superb communicator…[He] is deftly accompanied by Stephen Higgins, who savours the music’s sweetness without over-egging... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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Special offer. Songbook
Bruno Fontaine (piano), Pierre Génisson (clarinet), Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac (bass), Fabrice Moreau (drums), Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Monica Bellucci (vocals), Youn Sun Nah (vocals), Lambert Wilson (vocals), Kimberose (vocals)
