Orchestral, Overtures, Curtis, M (composer)
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The Spirit of Christmas
Joanna Lumley & John Julius Norwich (narrators)
RTE Concert Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland & Barry Wordsworth
Crisp, energetic performances from both the orchestras and their respective conductors. —
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Now Comes Beauty
commissions from The English Music Festival
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Roderick Williams (baritone), David Owen Norris (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Gavin Sutherland, Owain Arwel Hughes
A great deal of it is very enjoyable, and perhaps most encouraging of all is the sense that something genuinely new and fresh – rather than just superficially novel – could emerge from this... —
