Concertos, Benjamin, G (composer)
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Special offer. George Benjamin: Written on Skin
Recommendedand Duet for piano and orchestra
Christopher Purves (The Protector), Barbara Hannigan (Agnès), Bejun Mehta (First Angel/Boy), Victoria Simmonds (Second Angel/Marie), Allan Clayton (Third Angel/John), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin
[Purves] expresses a brooding pride and menace that makes your skin crawl. [Hannigan] makes an electrifying transformation from doe-like submissiveness to sexual predator, and the powerfully... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Contemporary
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Premiere Award
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Musica Viva 22
RecommendedPierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, George Benjamin
This is special. Three utterly captivating, ear-tickling pieces by composers from successive generations in superlative performances…the centrepiece of the disc is the world premiere performance... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Contemporary
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Special offer. George Benjamin: Antara
Recommendedand works by Boulez & Jonathan Harvey
Penelope Walmsley-Clark (soprano)
London Sinfonietta, George Benjamin
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Contemporary
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Horizon 7
Bejun Mehta (countertenor), Dominic Seldis (double bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nederlands Kamerkoor, George Benjamin, David Robertson, Daniel Harding
Benjamin’s song cycle … has a warm (and sometimes searing) sensuality which is eloquently projected by Bejun Mehta … Tan Dun’s Wolf… [is] a virtuoso vehicle for bass player Dominic Seldis, and... —
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50 Minimalist Classics
Joby Burgess, Lara James, Daniella Ganeva, Ulrich Heinen, Soumik Datta, Claire Jones, Llŷr Williams, Sally Pryce, Tamsin Waley-Cohen, Iain Burnside, Ailish Tynan, Jeremy Young, Julian Bliss, Christoph Denoth, The Zoo Duet, The Smith Quartet, Gareth Lubbe, Matthew Barley, City of Birmingham Symphony...
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Viola Space
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Viola Space music festival, Japan.
Nobuko Imai, Yoshiko Kawamoto, Junji Suganuma, Masao Kawasaki, Mazumi Tanamura, Sachiko Suda, Shota Yanase (violas), Yuji Murai (clarinet), Ichiro Nodaira (piano), Kyoko Koyama (piano), Yasushi Toyoshima (violin), Noboru Kamimura (cello)
Toho Gakuen Orchestra, Koichiro Harada
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2 CDs
$32.00
