NMC
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This is flintily expressionistic music, needle-sharp in texture, superbly scored, and powerfully projected in this BBC performance by Martyn Brabbins, who conducted the premiere both of this... —
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Colin Matthews - Divertimenti
Brindisi Quartet, Schubert Ensemble, Haffner Wind Ensemble & Divertimenti Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Contemporary composers sink or swim in a sea of perplexingly diverse memories and stimuli – a condition that has been particularly acute since the 1970s. These chamber works from the 1980s show... —
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David Lumsdaine: Aria for Edward John Eyre & What shall I sing?
Jane Manning (soprano)
Gemini, Elgar Howarth
David Lumsdaine's Aria for Edward John Eyre is a work of major status... this recording is especially welcome... and Gemini [are] virtuosic and thrilling as ever under the direction of Elgar... —
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The violent end of the world is perhaps dark enough matter for Richard Barrett. His interference for contrabass clarinet, male voice and pedal bass drum firmly punctuates the piece with short,... —
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Hugh Wood: Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto
Manoug Parikian (violin), Moray Welsh (cello)
RLPO, David Atherton
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David Matthews: Cantiga
Jill Gomez (soprano)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta, East of England Orchestra, John Carewe, Malcolm Nabarro
Beautiful, individual things in all four pieces... Matthews is at his best when he's most unashamedly Romantic. —
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Hugh Wood: Symphony & Scenes from Comus
Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) and Daniel Norman (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
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