Resonus Classics
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Forgotten Vienna
George Clifford (violin), Dominika Fehér (violin)
The Amadè Players, The Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Nicholas Newland
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Tom Armstrong: Chamber Music
Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Jakob Fichert (piano), Nicola Meecham (piano), Audrey Riley (cello), James Woodrow (electric guitar)
Fidelio Trio
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Winter Fragments
Chamber Music by Michael Berkeley
Fleur Barron (mezzo)
Berkeley Ensemble, Dominic Grier
The chamber context provides such an effective vehicle for one of his music’s most distinctive features – the often dichotomous interplay between the individual and the group…The Berkeley Ensemble,... —
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Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes: See, See the Word is Incarnate
Choral & Instrumental Music by Gibbons, Tomkins & Weelkes
Robin Blaze, James Grimwood, Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), The Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Newe Vialles, Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort, Andrew Arthur
The general effect is impressive and warmly resonant, though the size of the choir (23 male and female singers) makes for a slight lack of clarity in the complex textures…The great musical treat... —
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The main work on this disc is American composer Gary Davison’s nine-movement Requiem, Missa pro defunctis, set to the full liturgical Latin text of the Roman rite. Throughout, Davison’s colouring... —
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Mozart: Sonatas for Violin & Piano, K. 301, K. 304, K. 305 & K. 454
Peter Hanson (violin), Andrew Arthur (piano)
[The] rapport between the two players shows through in a beautifully balanced sequence of Mozart sonatas...the appetite is whetted for further instalments from these players. —
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Unsurprisingly, these are all worldpremiere recordings; elegantly played, each is a lyrical, evocative and occasionally witty treat to be discovered. —
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Poulenc: Aubade, Le Bal masqué, Flute Sonata & Sextet
Mark Bebbington (piano), Emer McDonough (flute), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan Latham-Koenig
All told, a delectable addition to the Poulenc discography. —
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Xiaogang Ye: Chamber Music
Jiang Yang, Darragh Morgan, David Alberman, Carmen Flores, Tim Gill, Anthony Robb, Mary Dullea, Ronan Dunne, Tom Blomfield, Anna Hashimoto, Julian Warburton, George Barton, Fidelio Trio, Thomas Kemp
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John Joubert: St. Mark Passion, Missa Wellensis & Locus Iste
Peter Auty (tenor), Benjamin Bevan (baritone), Richard May (cello), David Bednall (organ)
Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens
Exemplary singing in this disc marking John Joubert’s 90th birthday. JS Bach’s music is threaded through the St Mark Passion; the Missa Wellensis is an engaging companion. —
