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Special offer. Aaron Jay Kernis & James Newton Howard: Violin Concertos
RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin), Andrew Armstrong (piano)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot, Cristian Măcelaru
This disc showcases three commissions aimed squarely at the Canadian virtuoso’s dazzling skillset. At the centre is a concerto by James Newton Howard…The work is lyrical, wildly cavorting and... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Concerto Choice
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Classical Instrumental Solo
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Contemporary Classical Composition
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New. Colin Matthews: Seascapes
Claire Booth (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Nash Ensemble, Jessica Cottis
[Booth and the Nash Ensemble] perform everything here with exemplary brilliance. The music seems ideally suited to Booth's well-known vocal flexibility - a luminous fluidity of tone allied to... —
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Underpinning lovely playing, it’s the performers’ sensitivity to Part’s mathematically-inspired structures that lends real eloquence to his soundworld. The sense of proportion in tempo, phrase... —
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Orchestral
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Albares - Latin American Trumpet Concertos
Pacho Flores (trumpet), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Most impressive of all, perhaps, is that Flores's compositional skill matches his flawless, burnished playing...Flores plays all three works brilliantly and Domingo Hindoyan and the RLPO are... —
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Venezuela!
RecommendedMusic From the Americas Vol. I: Carreño,Castellanos, Estévez, Hung, Plaza
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
While the composers’ names will be new to many of us, these works evoke different aspects of Venezuelan landscapes, painting rich images through lush, romantic, mostly tonal orchestration. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th October 2024
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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No detail escapes her. Confiding, conversational, anguished, enraptured, she inhabits the piece whose instrumental filigree is perfectly judged by the conductorless Ensemble 360. From the delicate,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Mythes is all heightened sensuality and warmth, its heady atmosphere evoked through playing of extraordinary colour, detail and dexterity. —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Roberto Sierra: Orchestral Works
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan
Vibrant and warmly expansive, while not divorced from their musical heritage, each seems to surge perpetually forwards in sheer delight at the possibilities of rhythm and colour, embracing a... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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MacMillan: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 4
World Premiere Recordings
Vadim Repin (violin)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles
Donald Runnicles and his BBC forces navigate the arresting work’s excitement and beauties with fearless panache. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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