Resonus Classics
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New. 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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Ethel Smyth: Der Wald
RecommendedNatalya Romaniw (Röschen), Claire Barnett-Jones (Iolanthe), Robert Murray (Heinrich), Andrew Shore (A Peddler), Morgan Pearse (Count Rudolf), Matthew Brook (Peter), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews
Der Wald may not be such an outstanding piece [as The Wreckers], but it is well worth getting to know. While Harry Brewster’s somewhat naïve libretto holds it back, Smyth’s score shows an impressive... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Poulenc: Piano Concerto & Concert champêtre
RecommendedMark Bebbington (piano), Jonathan Davies (bassoon), John Roberts (oboe), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig
[Oboe Sonata] their expressive yet understated performance is the highlight of an attractive, well played, and beautifully recorded disc. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2020, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Building a Library, June 2023, Also Recommended (Piano Concerto in C sharp minor)
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Andrzej Panufnik: Concertos & Symphony No. 10
John Mills (violin), Bozidar Vukotic (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
John Mills is elegantly understated and thus all the more eloquent. I also admire his restrained sense of humour (just listen to the Adagio or the end of the Vivace)...And you would have to... —
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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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it’s the strikingly dramatic four Ballads, from 1968, and especially the 1939 Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon, based on an episode from the Mabinogion, and in which Sibelius seems... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Gramophone Awards, 2025 Shortlist, Orchestral
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From start to finish Humphreys’s playing is a feast of flawless tuning, beautifully focused and coloured tone and rich characterisation. And there’s no mistaking how Joseph Tong’s accompanying,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, Chamber Choice
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Rachmaninoff: Vespers, Op. 37
Ory Brown mezzo (soprano) & David Vanderwal (tenor)
Saint Thomas Choir of Men & Boys, John Scott
‘Blagoslovi, dushe moya’ [is] daringly slow; Scott knew the capabilities of his singers, however, and it works superbly, with Ory Brown the excellent soloist...It is a magnificent rendition,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Choral
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