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Percy Whitlock: Organ Sonata In C Minor
Organ Music from the Temple Church, London
Greg Morris (organ)
Whitlock's is music which, for all its derivative elements, has a distinctly personal resonance...Morris paces the work to perfection, keeping the climaxes at arm's length and holding back tantalisingly... —
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The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 4
John Mark Ainsley, William Dazeley, Sarah Fox, Magdalena Molendowska, Ann Murray, Thomas Oliemans & Malcolm Martineau
The programme has been thoughtfully chosen here to provide...contrasts between the perky Poulenc and the one who could cosset himself in his luxuriantly purple harmonies. The range of voices... —
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The Art of Dancing
21st-Century Concertos for Trumpet, Piano and Strings
Simon Desbruslais (trumpet), Clare Hammond (piano)
English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
The disc’s title work, composed by Toby Young, is a playful reimagining of the Baroque suite…Young’s score conjures gorgeous sonorities, particularly in the string writing, and is matched by... —
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Roderick Williams: Sacred Choral Works
Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, Ralph Allwood, Jonathan Eyre
This CD presents a variety of influences which also show different stages of his composi tional development. Williams’s music is tuneful and accessible to choirs, but there is also much here... —
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Now May We Singen
Music for Advent and Christmas
Ben Bloor (organ)
Westminster School Choir, Timothy Garrard
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Gabriel Prokofiev: Saxophone Concerto, Bass Drum Concerto
Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Joby Burgess (timpani)
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexey Bogorad
If the Saxophone Concerto is something of a curate’s egg, the Bass Drum Concerto, premiered in 2012, is for me one of the best concertos written this century. The bass drum’s diverse and versatile... —
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Chichester Cathedral Choir are relative strangers to commercial CD, so this disc provides a welcome opportunity for the outside world to hear them in action. And with such understated yet beautifully... —
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7-9 & Barry: The Eternal Recurrence
Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Royal Holloway Choir, Thomas Adès
The Britten Sinfonia rises brilliantly to the challenges of the cruelly exposed wind and brass writing of Barry’s work. And Jennifer France gives a spectacular account of the relentlessly high-flying... —
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Gustavo Díaz-Jerez: Maghek – Seven Symphonic Poems About The Canary Islands
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Eduardo Portal
Turn on this double-disc set of symphonic works by Spanish composer Gustavo Díaz-Jerez and you’ll struggle to leave it. His soundworld is utterly transcendent, each piece inspired by a different... —
