Chamber, Maw, N (composer)
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Special offer. Nicholas Maw: Spring Music; Voices of Memory; Sonata for Solo Violin
Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton
If you aren’t stirred by the panache of his half-hour sonata of solo Violin (1997) I’d suggest a visit to the doctor. Harriet Mackenzie is a most fearless and eloquent executant of this wonderfully... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Maw - Sinfonia
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar
Maw’s Sinfonia (1966) is a superb half-hour essay, scored for small orchestra but big in every other way. Its inspiration seems to be the gently rocking motif used by Britten to link movements... —
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Britten's last quartet has been lucky in its recordings… With the Coull there's a sense of searching and effort, which suits the pain of the music more than the complete technical assurance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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Like Segovia Dylla creates an intriguing programme from mixing composers known primarily for writing for guitar (Rodrigo and Ponce) with the unexpected (Maw) executed with elegance and brio. —
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The Dowland lute song on which Britten subtly and continuously reflects is mirrored by a recurrent formative Mendelssohn fragment in the Maw. Truly enchanting. —
