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Kah-Ming Ng has added wind, a move both arguable and effective, to these 12 string concertos. ..although these 40 movements are brief, only two over two minutes, they are refreshingly varied... —
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Julie Cooper: Continuum
Adjoa Andoh, Julie Cooper, Elena Urioste (violin), Grace Davidson (soprano), Camilla Pay, Justin Pearson, Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Anthony Pike, Oculus Ensemble, Clio Gould, Jessica Cottis
‘Continuum’ may gravitate too closely to the mainstream for some readers’ tastes but one is constantly reminded in Cooper’s expressively honed music of its power to comfort and inspire in difficult... —
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The Armonico Consort chorus(es) and orchestra do a splendid job in this recording. The antiphonal effects are precisely what is needed to bring out the power and beauty of the music. The tempos... —
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…the most remarkable recording of this elusive work since Furtwängler's famous Berlin account in 1951. It has a ferocity which, in some places, notably the climax of the second movement, turns... —
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Talbot's Alice ballet score stands in the line of Prokofiev's Cinderella: tuneful, strongly characterised, with glittering orchestral colouring. —
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Performances of concentrated power —
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Signum Anniversary Series: Art Song Collection
Iain Burnside, Malcolm Martineau, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore, Ailish Tynan, Felicity Lott, Sarah Connolly & Jonathan Lemalu
this generous culling of 25 songs from 20 albums released in the past 15 years has a delectable cast of British and Irish voices in songs from Beethoven to Weir. —
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Gunning: Concertos for Guitar, Clarinet & Flute
Catherine Handley, Michael Whight, Craig Ogden (guitar), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Gunning
Superb performances by the dedicatees, abetted by the alacrity of the Royal Philharmonic’s response to the composer’s direction, ensure no less enjoyable listening almost a decade on. —
