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Mozart: Der Messias, K572 (after Handel)
Felicity Lott (soprano), Felicity Palmer (alto), Philip Langridge (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass) & John Birch (organ)
Huddersfield Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
The 1988 recording… benefits from what was arguably the finest quarter of soloists then available, together with the confident participation of the Huddersfield Choral Society and the disciplined... —
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Sumptuous performances, and perfectly judged sound. —
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Stainer: The Crucifixion
Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) & Darius Battiwalla (organ)
Huddersfield Choral Society, Joseph Cullen
…the Huddersfield Choral Society under Joseph Cullen's highly sensitive direction provides a vital instance of how The Crucifixion was conceived - that is, to be sung with romantic, emotional... —
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Elena Kats-Chernin - Ragtime & Blue
Jazzy piano rags and melancholic musings, with duos for piano and violin of energy romance and charm, with echoes from Debussy to Shostakovich
Sarah Nicolls (piano), Nicola Sweeney (violin)
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Volume 7 of Chapelle du Roi's complete series of Tallis recordings, is a further witness to the composer's consummate command of his art, in whatever religious or political situation he found... —
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Madame d'Amours
Songs, dances & consort music for the six wives of Henry VIII
Musica Antiqua of London, Philip Thorby
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Time for Marimba
Daniella Ganeva (marimba)
Additional percussion: Gary Kettel, Graham Instrall, Graham Cole, Gillian McDonagh, Simon Haram
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Shostakovich & Britten - Cello Concertos
Jamie Walton (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Alexander Briger
Walton is a superb and unflashy exponent - there's no ego here, just consummate musicianship, excellently backed by the Philharmonia under Alex Briger, sensitive and biting in the Shostakovich,... —
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Two Upon a Ground
Virtuosic duets and divisions for two viols
Susanne Heinrich (bass & treble viol), Kah-Ming Ng (bass & treble viol), Lynda Sayce (guitar & theorbo), & Susanna Pell (keyboards)
Charivari Agréable
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