Signum
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The two pieces at the heart of this release date from 2013, Matthews’s 60th year. They and the two shorter works reveal him at the height of his powers in both abstract and programmatic writing.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Phibbs & Mozart: Clarinet Concertos
Mark van de Wiel (clarinet), Philharmonia Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green
Phibbs has built up an attractive catalogue of orchestral works, always lucidly and colourfully scored, of which the Clarinet Concerto is a substantial and inventive example. Its serene opening... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2019
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Hans Zender: Schubert's Winterreise
RecommendedA Composed Interpretation
Allan Clayton (tenor), Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Nicholas Collin and the Aurora Orchestra rise to Zender's challenges handsomely...Allan Clayton is one of a handful of tenors with the vocal dexterity to take on Zender's reworking of Schubert's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th January 2026
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Marianna Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works
Idith Meshulam Korman (piano), Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey
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The Crown of Life
Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke
Jemima Price (soprano), Rhys Williams (tenor), Rudyard Cook (organ), Ben Gilchrist (bass-baritone), Felicity Howard (soprano), Sam Troy (tenor), Molly Skeil (soprano), Anastasia Jones (soprano), Pete Dockrill (vocalist), Sebastian Evans (tenor), Matt Rogers (tenor), Arthur Barton (organ), The Choir...
I'm happy to report that Owen Rees presides over an impeccably poised and outstandingly fervent display, which also features an exemplary contribution from Queen's College Organ Scholar Rudyard... —
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William Mival: Vale - A Pastoral Symphony
Tristan - Still, Pluen (feather)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins and the Philharmonia Orchestra sympathetically capture this elusive, evocative world with subtlety and insight. This is music well worth exploring and merits repeated listening. —
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Fretwork’s approach is generally weightier and more introspective [than Phantasm's] – a mood enhanced by Signum’s closer recorded balance. Fretwork captures the brooding quality of the minor-mode... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2022
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Fretwork highlights Lupo’s various affects: here, the style is light and breezy – buoyed by lithe, dancing rhythms, gracefully articulated; elsewhere, wistful melodies and chromaticisms evoke... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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