Nimbus
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Though the discs are available separately the set as a whole gives one the opportunity to trace the development of a great composer to be during the early part of his journey through adolescence.... —
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Donizetti & Bellini - Operatic Arias
Raúl Giménez (tenor)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Scottish Philharmonic Singers, Michelangelo Veltri
Nimbus provide a clean, bright, well-balanced digital recording ... Giménez, with his cleanly focused, often almost feral tone, makes a striking effect. —
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Mathias probably comes closer to evoking the lost world of Sir Arnold Bax than he does to any composer of his own generation ... the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra is commendably alert throughout... —
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Taverner to Tavener
Five Centuries of Music at Christ Church, Oxford
Stephen Farr (organ)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington
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Hu Kun's playing is full of poignant persuasion. When he finally lends his voice to the great tune at the heart of the Barber (i.e. the oboe-led andante) it is with an unmistakable sense of... —
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