Signum
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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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Songs From The Pleasure Garden
Philip Langridge (tenor), David Owen Norris (harpsichord, piano), Tristan Gurney (violin) & Jennifer Langridge (cello)
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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. —
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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (1610)
Southern Sinfonia, Rodolfus Choir, The English Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble, Ralph Allwood
This non-liturgical performance Is terrifically fresh, especially in 'Dixit Dominus', 'Lauda Jerusalem' and the cross-rhythms of the Sonata 'Sopra Sancta Maria'. One of two of the solo voices... —
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These Royal Northern Sinfonia performances are first class: while the American conductor Rebecca Miller sets convincing tempos and secures the crispest ensemble, she has also evidently taken... —
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It’s a privilege to eavesdrop on a partnership as sympathetic and communicative as this one...Recorded in Paris in 2005, originally on Onyx, and called simply Recital, this is outstanding music-making. —
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Rachmaninov: Transcriptions & Arrangements for Organ
Jeremy Filsell (the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, USA)
I didn’t realise this CD would be quite the find that it was; this is a transcription that works almost as if the music was written for the organ itself…Jeremy Filsell is a superb pianist and... —
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Thomas Tallis - Complete Works Volume 6
Music for a Reformed (Anglican) Church
Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon
