Resonus Classics
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Gordon devises pieces in which a clockmaker’s craftsmanship somehow coincides with romantic phantasmagoria...Beautiful performances throughout. —
Awards:
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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The most attractive aspect of this release is the free recreational sense of friends spending a Sunday evening together, getting high on caffeinated concertos. —
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Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertos
Gemma Rosefield, Benjamin Nabarro, Rowan Pierce, BBC Philharmonic, George Vass
A composer of undeniable lyric gifts and sensibility, her output straddles the shift from late romanticism to 1920s modernism with considerable aplomb...The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra play like... —
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Leighton: Complete Organ Works
Stephen Farr (organ) with John Butt (organ), Nicky Spence (tenor), Chloe Hanslip (violin)
Farr's unswerving authority, scrupulous phrasing and rhythmic playing make this a revelation. —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2017, Instrumental Choice
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Despite some slim musical pickings, the performances are irreproachable, with Corns harnessing all the bite of the Marcussen organ at Tonbridge School – not least with the dark registrations... —
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Rautio’s instrument has an unusually warm and rounded tone, which melds and contrasts satisfyingly with Victoria Simonsen’s cello and Gordon’s violin...And these players make the most of Beethoven’s... —
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Duruflé & Howells: Requiems
Kirsten Sollek (mezzo), Richard Lippold (baritone), Frederick Teardo (organ)
Myron Lutzke (cello)
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, Fifth Avenue, New York, John Scott
This release of two gems of the choral repertoire, sung with both passion and poise, makes an ideal memorial to conductor John Scott, who died in post in 2015. —
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Rautio leads performances notable for their buoyancy and vivacity…Tal offers elegant support to the piano’s left hand lines…[Gordon’s] is a full-bodied sound, only occasionally warmed by vibrato —
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The sound of this recording is spacious, clear, well balanced, and realistic, with excellent definition of the individual instruments and their timbres. This release demonstrates that the products... —
