Orchestral, Williams, Grace (composer)
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Themes & Variations
Three sets of variations - two previously unrecorded - with contributions from 19 British composers ranging from William Walton to Judith Weir
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen
This fascinating disc... offers a snapshot of British musical tastes over the last 50 years —
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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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Live at the Cutty Sark
Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Grace Williams
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Oliver Zeffman
You probably need to watch footage of this concert to appreciate the location, but the programme and performances are cracking. Sarah Connolly is a knockout in Elgar’s Sea Pictures, while Grace... —
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British Classical Masterpieces
Gerald Peregrine, Antony Ingham, Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Henry Purcell, Kym Amps, David van Asch, Maria Kliegel (cello), Nigel North (lute), Benjamin Frith (piano), Dale Kavanagh (guitar), Madeleine Mitchell (violin), Gordon MacKay, Joseph Spooner, Murray McLachlan (piano),...
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New Music Collections Vol. 3 - Orchestral
Roy Carter (oboe), Wim Timmermans (horn), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Robin Michael (cello), Hallé Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Asko Ensemble, BBC Symphony Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Concert Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Collon,...
This is a very superior “sampler”...Outstanding, I kept finding, was the first-movement extract from Wood’s Symphony (BBC SO under Andrew Davis): brooding, post-Schoenbergian vehemence with... —
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Prime Cuts - Sampler
Mary King, Timothy Robinson, Thalia Myers, Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Kim Walker, Jonty Harrison, Lars Anders Tomter (viola), John Turner (recorder), Steven Schick, Ian Pace (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, The Nash Ensemble, Ixion,...
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Throughout, the Cologne group's sensitive performances make it clear why Finzi's music, modest in scope but not in effect, can grip so firmly. Connoisseurs should also pounce on the disc for... —
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