Concertos, Scott, C (composer)
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Special offer. Cyril Scott - Piano Concertos
John Ogdon (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann
…in the First Concerto… Ogdon… presents…a more measured, epic view of the work, by turns lushly Ravelian (the slow movement here is exquisitely done) and monumental. Bernard Herrmann puts a... —
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British Orchestral Premieres
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Orion Symphony Orchestra, Michael Laus, Marius Stravinsky, Toby Purser
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Special offer. Rubbra: Violin Concerto & Sinfonia Concertante
Edmund Rubbra (piano), Endré Wolf (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold, Rudolf Schwarz
What a treat to encounter Rubbra’s glorious Violin Concerto played by the work’s Budapest dedicatee Endre Wolf…A memorably unforced display it proves, too, plumbing genuine depths of rapt expression... —
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Le Violon Vagabond: Graf Mourja
Works for piano & violin by Bartok, Manuel Ponce, Tchaikovsky, Paganini, Chedrine, Kroll, de Sarasate…
Graf Mourja (violin) & Natalia Gous (piano)
Ukrainian violinist Graf Mourja follows up his fine disc of Stravinsky and Szymanowski for Harmonia Mundi with a foray into more eclectic territory. This selection brings together the wild and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Don’t be put off by the glitz surrounding this new release from superstar violinist Ray Chen…there’s no false glitter to his playing…[the Bruch is] performed with splendid warmth and character... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
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Special offer. Cyril Scott - Orchestral Works Volume 1
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Philharmonic, Huddersfield Choral Society, Martyn Brabbins
this release represents a remarkable discovery in 20th-century British music: excellent recording, too. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2004, Editor's Choice
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Cyril Scott - Orchestral Works Volume 3
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
…the latest instalment from Chandos continues to acquaint us with sadly unfamiliar delights - especially Scott's one-movement Violin Concerto, forgotten since the 1920s. A fascinating work... —
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Fritz Kreisler: The Charming Maverick
RecommendedFritz Kreisler (violin), Thomas Petre (violins), William Primrose (viola), Laurie Kennedy (cello), with Franz Rupp (piano), with Michael Raucheisen (piano), with Arpád Sándor (piano)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald,...
Listening to these recordings today you can hear his remarkable sound – characterised by an almost constant, but varied vibrato. He tended to avoid using his fourth finger in order to maintain... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd January 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Historic Reissue
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The maverick Australian's choice of recorded repertory is as idiosyncractic as expected, emphasising a small-ish number of individual works...His playing impresses all the more for never needing... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2015
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