Chamber, Rawsthorne, A (composer)
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The most stylistically striking piece is Rubbra's Sonata of 1946...The Watkins brothers, true to form, pay close attention to its rhythmic life, though they also know how to soar into beauty...[they]... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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The Magginis… display a more subtle variety of vibrato, generally lightening the texture but tightening the screw more effectively at moments of tension. —
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Violin Conversations
RecommendedMadeleine Mitchell (violin), Andrew Ball, Errollyn Wallen, Wendy Hiscocks, Nigel Clayton, Martin Butler, Kevin Malone, Howard Blake
Mitchell's diverse Violin Conversations is full of riches…a fresh and challenging recital, beautifully played. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Both of these works [the Moeran and the Rawsthorne] benefit, as does the recital as a whole, from superbly responsive playing by Harriet Mackenzie and Philippa Mo - who project the music's often... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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it would be hard to imagine a more satisfying interpreter than Julian Lloyd Webber —
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Styles range from the ethereal world of Bax to a couple of folky numbers by Alwyn and, at the end, a little levity by way of Paul Lewis’s Divertimento. —
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Special offer. The Whistling Book - English Music For Recorder and Piano
John Turner (recorder), Peter Lawson (piano), Richard Whalley (prepared piano), Kevin Malone (tape)
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Divertimentos & Sinfoniettas by Tippett, Britten, Arnold, Berkeley & Rawsthorne
English Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Nicholas Braithwaite