Choral, Cantatas, Elgar (composer)
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Elgar: Caractacus
Elizabeth Llewellyn (Eigen), Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Orbin), Roland Wood (Caractacus), Christopher Purves (Arch-Druid, A Bard) & Alastair Miles (Claudius)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Elgan Llŷr Thomas and Elizabeth Llewellyn are especially touching, while in the title role, baritone Roland Wood is on terrific form. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2019, Editor's Choice
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Elgar Remastered
By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The performances of the songs are ardent, warm and full of conviction. As ever Roderick Williams sounds completely on the composer’s side. But after Falstaff it’s all too clear that they really... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Symphonique
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology
Limited Edition of 5000
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,... —
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Music For A Royal Celebration
Music from the Service of Prayer and Dedication to Celebrate the Marriage of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall Saturday 9th April 2005
Ekaterina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Hunt (oboe), Roger Judd (organ)
Philharmonia Orchestra, The Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor, Christopher Warren-Green, Timothy Byram-Wigfield
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Panis angelicus
Favourite Motets from Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Iain Simcock (organ)
James O'Donnell
A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country’s finest choirs —
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New. In the Heat of Classics
Thomas Adès (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Terry Wey (countertenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Viktoria Postnikova (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marcel Reyans (tenor), Nicolas Courjal (bass), Samuel...
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Last Night of The Proms - The 100th Season
Bryn Terfel (bass vocals), Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Michael Davis (violin), BBC Singers (vocal ensemble), BBC Symphony Chorus (chorus), Last Night Of The Proms - The 100th Season
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
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