Resonus Classics
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Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedMartin Jones (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
All the pieces are premieres on disc – and they are discoveries you’ll want to hear many times again. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Premiere
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Innocence: Echo Vocal Ensemble
Ben Munden (tenor), Anna Semple (contralto), Hilary Cronin (soprano), Margaret Lingas (soprano), Echo Vocal Ensemble, Sarah Latto
Here is a deeply satisfying, centuries-spanning, thought-provoking debut album by the fine choral ensemble Echo...The highlight of the album is Howard Skempton’s luminous Yeats setting ‘He wishes... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2024, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Christopher Churcher: Moonrise
Mar Umbert Kimura (piano), Somerville College Choir, Oxford, Will Dawes
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New. Spin: New Music For Violin & Orchestra From Northern Ireland
Darragh Morgan (violin), Ulster Orchestra, David Brophy
Brian Irvine's two-movement À mon seul désir presents the violin in a more dramatic context, the solo instrument in constant danger of being overwhelmed by the large forces...A mon seul désir... —
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Martin Romberg: Symphony of Saints & Sacred Songs
Joanne Lunn, Martin Romberg, The Orchestra of the Swan, Andrew Griffiths
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Robin Holloway: Violin Concerto & Solo Sonata
Alda Dizdari (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Alexander Walker
Dizdari conveys well the repeated to-and-fro between songlike inwardness and rhythmic propulsion, and the need for each point of arrival to feel in some way provisional, ready to move on again... —
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News of Great Joy: Christmas From St John's College, Oxford
The Choir of St John's College, Oxford
David Bannister
The performances are, in the best sense, unpretentious – there’s no straining after forced jollity or attention-grabbing effects, and each individual voice is comfortably embedded within the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2024, Christmas Choice
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Dancing Day: Music for Christmas
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, Sara Cutler, Stephen Buzard, Benjamin Sheen
John Scott
[Scott's] sudden death earlier this year makes Dancing Day perhaps the most poignant of discs and bears testament to his phenomenal musicianship and taste. The choir is absolutely secure from... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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