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Special offer. Thea Musgrave: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge & Green
Jake Gardner (baritone) & Gayle Hunnicutt (narrator)
London Sinfonietta, Red Byrd, Fretwork & Scottish Ensemble, Thea Musgrave
As the victim, Jake Gardner is heroic and ardent, if not ideally lyrical; the London Sinfonietta, under Musgrave herself, plays with razor-sharp precision. The original 1981 studio broadcast... —
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Aiseag - EP
Aonghas MacNeacail (narrator), Christine MacDonald (narrator), Mary Ann Kennedy (vocals), Scott Macmillan (guitar), Colin Grant (fiddle), Cape Breton (fiddle), Angus MacKenzie (pipe), Brodie Jarvie (double bass), Allan MacDonald (percussion)
Inverness Gaelic Choir, Scottish Festival Orchestra
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Britten on Film
Simon Russell Beale (narrator) & Mary Carewe (soprano)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Choir of King
Edwards’ Boys School, Birmingham, Martyn Brabbins
Britten's short period with the GPO Film Unit and other similar organisations proved to be key training for his musico-dramatic skills. The performances, by the BCMG and assorted choirs and... —
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Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic
Claire Booth & Hilary Summers
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, ASKO Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Knussen directs performances that are as far from routine as it's possible to get, with wonderfully vivid results. —
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Anthony Gilbert - On Beholding A Rainbow
Anthony Holden (violin), Susan Bickley (soprano)
RNCM Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, RNCM Wind Ensemble, Gary Walker, Andrew Davis, Clark Rundell
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The Fidelio Trio fulfil all demands with admirable professionalism. —
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Thea Musgrave - Turbulent Landscapes
Lisa Milne (soprano), Evelyn Glennie (percussion) & Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä, Jirí Belohávek
…a triptych of Thea Musgrave's works in wonderful performances from all concerned… Songs for a Winter's Evening is an endearing song cycle charting a woman's life and loves through text by... —
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David Blake: Violin Concerto
Iona Brown (violin), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Norman del Mar, David Blake
NMC’s Ancora series … is to be welcomed without reservation…with fine performances from Iona Brown in the Concerto and Teresa Cahill in In Praise of Krishna, this is well worth having, and it... —
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[In James Dillon's 'A Roaring Flame'] the Gaelic and Provencal texts and sinuous vocal line give the music a haunting beauty, which is realised with superb concentration by both performers. —
