Nimbus
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Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection & Choral Anthems
Ying Huang (soprano) & Bo Skovhus (baritone), Olivia Robinson (solo soprano) & Iain Farrington (organ)
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Ballard Lane Preparatory School Choir & Bournemouth Sinfonietta, BBC Singers, Richard Blackford, David Hill
Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are surprisingly erotic in content. The scoring, for string orchestra plus horns... —
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The Dancing Flute: The Flute and Piano Music of Geoff Eales
Andy Findon (flute), Geoff Eales (piano)
Eternal Dance is a catchy opener with Eales providing super-abundant and articulate jazz licks...his titles are always apropos, and the strength of his lyrical inspiration is never in doubt...The... —
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Watt's exceptional range of timbre is especially apparent in John McLeod's inventive Fantasy of themes from Britten's 'Gloriana', while the opening of Nocturnal is sublime...A little more fluidity... —
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Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2
Hagai Shaham (violin), Arnon Erez (piano) & Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
The debut collaboration of these three distinguished soloists is less of an ego-fest than you might imagine. The reciprocity in their playing allows you to listen to it as chamber music for... —
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based on the music presented on this CD, I am convinced that the search for other ‘lost’ works will be well worth the effort. James Friskin is no ‘forgotten genius’: his essays are never going... —
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The Schubert Ensemble brings care, affection and sparkle to these three early yet unmistakeably Mendelssohnian. —
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Beautifully engineered, these disarmingly antural and eloquent performances bring out the music's inherent drama with a deft touch while indulging Brahms's lyrical instincts to the full. —
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Special offer. Augusta Read Thomas: Chamber & Piano Works
Amy Briggs (piano), Janet Sung and Yuan-Qing Yu (violins), Robert Walters (english horn) & Stefan Hersh and Steve Rose (violins), Makiko Hirata (piano), Charles Morey (violin) & Frank Huang (piano), Daniel Schlosberg (piano)
The Walden Chamber Players, Southern Methodist University...
Throughout this programme, the performances (mostly by the dedicatees or those who gave the premiere) are unfailingly responsive to Thomas's finely wrought and bracingly immediate language,... —
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