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Holloway: Violin Concerto & Horn Concerto
Ernst Kovacic (violin), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Matthias Bamert
The rich romanticism of Holloway's writing in these concertos will confound those who think of contemporary classical music as ditchwater dull or ridiculously complex... Echoes of Richard Strauss,... —
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Harrison - An Unexpected Light
Rusne Mataityre (violin)
St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Donatas Katkus
An absorbing and appealing compilation. —
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New Music Collections Vol. 4 - Piano
Thalia Myers (piano), Ian Pace (piano), Noriko Kawai (piano), Rolf Hind (piano), Melvyn Tan (piano), Huw Watkins (piano), Michael Finnissy (piano), Nicky Losseff (piano), Jonathan Powell (piano), Philip Mead (piano), Stephen Montague (piano), Susan Bradshaw (piano), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Roger...
A fascinating survey of contemporary (or near contemporary) piano works, played by expert interpreters, including several of the composers themselves. —
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It almost goes without saying that the Endymion players are first-rate advocates for these works...there is a diversity of approach from composers young and not so young here, suggesting British... —
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Hugh Wood: Wild Cyclamen
Clare McCaldin (mezzo-soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Simon Lepper (piano)
Wood is nothing if not a craftsman, and his vocal lines are always skilful amplifications of the text while his idiomatically written piano parts set the voice off to its best advantage —
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James Dillon - The Soadie Waste
Irvine Arditti (violin), Noriko Kawai (piano) & Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano)
Arditti Quartet
The 27-year period covered by this group of compositions, taking James Dillon from his mid-twenties to his early fifties, could hardly fail to outline substantial changes. Dillug-Kefitsah (1976)... —
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Most characterful of these 11 variations are Anthony Payne's 'Loose Canon'...and Richard Rodney Bennett's touching and poignantly harmonised 'Little Elegy'. —
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