Nimbus
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Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18, etc.
Jerry Hadley (tenor), Anthony Halstead (horn), Michael Hirst (flute), Paul Arden Taylor (cor anglais), David Campbell (clarinet), Keith Rubach (bassoon), Stephen Roberts (horn), Rachel Masters (harp), Peter Hamburger (timpani)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
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Finzi, Bridge & Parry: Works for Strings
Martin Jones (piano)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
Nimbus's warm-toned, typically resonant sonics capture everything with merciless fidelity ... Sturdy, straight-down-the-line music-making from Boughton and his assembled colleagues. No complaints,... —
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Working chrono-unlogically backwards, he starts with Takemitsu's 'Air' (1996), a typically elegant fantasy. Schmeiser doesn't fill, but rather feels the evocative silences. He swells in and... —
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... Nimbus's methods are well known by now, and this is a good representative issue in all respects, including the excellence of the original copies. —
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