Nimbus
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The selection follows, in a wide span, the best years of the tenor's long career ... the Nimbus begins in 1922 ending 1942. The fresh, ripe vibrancy of the early voice is caught, its unreliable... —
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Awards:
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Building a Library, January 2011, First Choice
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[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... —
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In the wrong hands the C major Quartet can seem a little austere. The Wihan Quartet, however, produce a completely committed and utterly convincing reading...In short, this is the finest recorded... —
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... if persuasion be necessary, add this to Vol.1 (NI 7807) on your shelves. —
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Kevin Bowyer seems to have an insatiable appetite for recording. In the middle of the most comprehensive recorded survey of Bach's organ music ever, and with a spate of other discs ranging from... —
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Orchestral Favourites Volume II - Respighi's Ancient Airs & Dances No. 3
English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton
William Boughton's ... hand-picked players are very good players indeed, lovely in sound and terrific in ensemble. Nimbus provides lush, sweet sonics —
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Contrary to their apparently whimsical simplicity, the nine chamber works on this engaging release are highly structured – and entirely abstract, regardless of personal-sounding titles…the music... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Philip Sawyers: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Maja Bogdanovic (cello)
Orchestra Of The Swan, Steinberg Duo: Louisa Stonehill (violin) & Nicholas Burns (piano), Kenneth Woods
performed here with thrilling conviction and formidable assurance...Sawyers's excitingly integrated music marries a genuine lyrical impulse to a genuine thematic substance and marvellously invigorating... —
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