Orchestral, String Orchestras, Saint-Saëns (composer)
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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Ma's sound in this album has a rather lived-in quality, golden allure replaced by gritty articulacy. Physical exertion and goal-driven intensity give way to nonchalant calm. This works in a... —
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Although there are plenty of theatrics, the playing is tight, with the voices carefully balanced in Glass's Echorus. The album's natural transitions are aided by the treatment Delirium Musicum... —
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A Tale Of Two Cellos
Arrangements by Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (cellos), John Lenehan (piano), Catrin Finch (harp), Guy Johnston (cello) & Laura van der Heijden (cello)
The most worthwhile tracks surround the cellists' effusions with space, air and Catrin Finch's harp...Throughout, John Lenehan's piano gives helpful support. —
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Albrecht Mayer & The King's Singers: Let It Snow
RecommendedAlbrecht Mayer (oboe)
The King’s Singers
More cheese than a Wensleydale-and-cranberry sandwich, then, but it’s all done with bags of panache and good humour – the perfect tree-dressing or present-wrapping soundtrack. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th December 2013
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Simon Earl, the Priory’s director of music since 2012, clearly knows his way around its well- equipped resources, as evidenced by this adroitly chosen programme. Nimbly alert in Andrew Carter’s... —
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Dance!
Daniel Hope (violin), Zürcher Kammerorchester (chamber orchestra), Benjamin Günst (violin), Jenö Lisztes (cimbalom), Omar Massa (bandoneon), Stephane Logerot (bass), Joscho Stephan (guitar), Jacques Ammon (piano), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp)
There are...treasures, all led by this charismatic musician with great verve and style in a hugely enjoyable and imaginative programme delivered with all of Hope’s customary panache. —
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Je n'aime toujours pas le classique, mais ça j'aime bien!
Nigel Woodhouse (mandolin), Salvatore Accardo (violin), Orchestra da Camera Italiana, John Alldis (chorus master), Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Collegium Aureum (early music ensemble), Steven Isserlis (cello), Michael Tilson Thomas (piano), Dudley Moore (piano), Clyde Holloway (organ), Jean-Marc Luisada...
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101 Classical: The Best Classical Music Ever!
Barbara Jane Gilby (violin), David Stanhope (piano), Dimity Hall (violin), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Daniel Yeadon (cello), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Sara Macliver (soprano), Nicole Forsyth (viola), Maxime Bibeau (double bass), Paul Stanhope (chamber organ), Aiko Goto (violin), Helena...
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Special offer. BBC Legends, Volume 3
Sena Jurinac (soloist), Christa Ludwig (soloist), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), John Mitchinson (soloist), Heather Harper (soloist), Peter Pears (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (soloist), John Shirley-Quirk (soloist), Donald Mitchell, Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Marianne Häggander (soloist), Robert Tear (soloist),...
