Chamber, Blackford (composer)
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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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Special offer. Emily Pailthorpe: Better Angels
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe)
BBC Symohony Orchestra & BBCSO Soloists, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins nurtures the orchestra’s proliferating counter-melodies, and the recording renders them all clearly, though without ever making the BBC SO sound like the ‘small orchestra’ Strauss specified —
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Special offer. Richard Blackford: Instrumental Works
Maria Gajdosova, David Campbell, Emily Pailthorpe
[the Violin Concerto is] an appealing piece and finely played by Maria Gajdosova; but the Clarinet Quintet is more engrossing in the way that its three movements outline an ultimately tragic... —
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Oboe Divas!
Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe) & Elaine Douvas (oboe)
with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York & the London CONCHORD Ensemble
This program embodies what I love about opera and music so much. It runs a wide spectrum of emotions depicted in music, from nonchalance to determination, from the carefree joy in the simple... —
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As usual, with any project that John Turner turns his hand to, this is a major success. From the playing of both the soloists that is perfect, through the liner-notes, the design of the CD and... —
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Pipings and Bowings
Lyrical English Chamber Music
John Turner (recorder), Richard Howarth (violin) & Peter Lawson (piano)
Manchester Chamber Ensemble
This recital brings together a sequence of 10 brief works by three British composers, in music above all designed to please rather than challenge...Many of [Robin Milford's] works were designed... —
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Special offer. Blackford: Seven Hokusai Miniatures
Rosanna Cooper (mezzo-soprano), David Campbell (clarinet), Ronald Corp (piano) & Alex Wells (piano)
The Finchley Children’s Music Group, The Solem Quartet, Richard Blackford
Whether writing for quartet or children’s choir, Blackford’s take on oriental themes is often engaging. A shame that some of the playing is a little ragged. —
