Hi Res Download, Coleridge-Taylor (composer)
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The Takács are impressive on this album: every microphrase, every note is considered. Their sound draws you in from the first moment...To simultaneously hear the separate parts and the collective... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint l'Ouverture, Ballade Op. 4, Suites From '24 Negro Melodies'
RecommendedCurtis Stewart (violin), National Philharmonic, Michael Repper
Stewart's violin playing throughout is passionately committed. While the National Philharmonic's ensemble is not always ideal, and the recorded sound leans towards the muddy, the whole remains... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Classical Instrumental Solo (3 Selections From '24 Negro Melodies')
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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[In the Coleridge-Taylor Impromptu] Kanneh-Mason’s controlled phrasing and shimmering tone is exquisite. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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Chineke! here presents one of the biggest and best collections of his music yet released. At its heart is the heavenly Violin Concerto; Elena Urioste and the orchestra under Kevin John Edusei... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd December 2022
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2023, Nominated - Orchestral
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Special offer. Heart & Hereafter
RecommendedCollected songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano)
She’s a persuasive advocate for this largely unknown repertoire. Llewellyn has extensive operatic experience...and it shows in the Six Sorrow Songs that open the recital...Llewellyn leaves no... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021, World Premiere Recording of the Year (Rediscovery)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Newcomer
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River of Music
RecommendedBraimah Kanneh-Mason (violin), Konya Kanneh-Mason (violin, piano), Aminata Kanneh-Mason (violin), Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Mariatu Kanneh-Mason (cello), Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Jeneba Kanneh-Mason (piano), Edgar Francis (viola), Toby Hughes (doublebass), The Kanneh-Masons
[TheTrout Quintet] This receives a terrifically spirited performance, especially in the mischievous Scherzo...Whether or not the theme always quite holds up, River of Music proves an enjoyable... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th September 2025
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (chamber ensemble)
All of them are promising rather than full-blown masterpieces (Coleridge-Taylor acknowledged the Nonet’s status in his progress by subtitling it ‘Gradus ad Parnassum’); yet they are substantial,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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Half-forgotten overtures show the vigour of Britain's musical revivial throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. —
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Coming soon. Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Stewart
Gil Shaham (violin), Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Eric Jacobsen
Gil Shaham has the measure of [the Coleridge-Taylor], his plush tone and laser-focused intonation enriching the solo line in a generally more sumptuous performance than most rival recordings. —
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An attractive sequence of folk-inflected works by Georgian, Armenian, Greek, Hungarian and British-born composers in imaginative arrangements for solo cello and string orchestra by Alessio Pianelli...strongly... —
