Orchestral, Holbrooke (composer)
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The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Bantock: Overture to a Greek Tragedy, Holbrooke: The Birds of Rhiannon
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Braithwaite
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British Orchestral Premieres
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Orion Symphony Orchestra, Michael Laus, Marius Stravinsky, Toby Purser
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Special offer. Holbrooke - Symphonic Poems
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Howard Griffiths
Holbrooke's music tended to the dark and brooding in a style somewhere between late Dvorák and early Delius; it's good at atmosphere, less good at generating memorable themes. —
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Joseph Holbrooke (1919-1937)
Norman Walker (bass), Doris Vane (soprano), John Coates (tenor), Joseph Holbrooke (piano)
Philharmonic Quartet, Arthur Hammond, Clarence Raybould, Claude Powell
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Special offer. Josef Holbrooke: Symphony No. 3 'Ships', The Birds of Rhiannon & The girl I left behind me
Howard Griffiths
Howard Griffiths obtains spirited, engaging performances from his Saarbrücken and Kaiserlautern troops. The sound is on the bright, at times hard-edged side, but this only adds to the focused... —
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Holbrooke: Aucassin & Nicolette ballet music & Saxophone Concerto
Recorded at RSNO Centre, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 31 May & 1 June 2011
Amy Dickson (alto & soprano saxophone)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, George Vass
the idiom is affably that of light music, full of pleasantly swinging rhythms and whistle-able melodies. But there's also a certain edge and astringency which keeps you listening...Amy Dickson's... —
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Classical Creatures - Animals in Music
Klara Kormendi (piano), David Greed (violin), Marian Lapsansky (piano), Jeremy Nicholas (narrator), Peter Toperczer (piano), Kerenza Peacock (violin), Robert Stevenson (piano), Carys-Anne Lane (soprano), Leonard Hokanson (piano), Hakon Austbo (piano), Jeno Jando (piano)
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Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 9
Dora De Marinis, Inna Galatenko, Oleg Bezborodko, Franz Halász (guitar), Susan Chan, Janice Chandler-Eteme, Jevetta Steele, Kevin Deas, Taylor Lee Gardner, Joana Daunytė, Kerenza Peacock, Robert Stevenson, Mikael Ayrapetyan, Thomas Bloch, Francois Weigel, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,...
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