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The Sketches of Edward Elgar
Completed & Orchestrated by Anthony Payne
Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka
The first movement unfolds in a single expansion sweep without ever sounding hurried, while the wonderful Adagio builds to its awe-inspiring climax with a steady inevitability that strongly... —
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Romantic Novelties for Violin & Orchestra
Hideko Udagawa (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
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With its 101 stops spread over five manuals this organ offers an incredibly rich palette of sounds. The greatest revelations on the disc are the linked pair of pieces by Thalben-Ball. The... —
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there's a passionate restraint about Salonen's readings that is far more telling than many more overtly histrionic versions...clearly prioritising musical imperatives over mere pictorialism,... —
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 'Leningrad'
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
Temirkanov is good, noble and intense, gripping our attention with Shostakovich’s sustained lines. —
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Façades - Contemporary Works for Saxophone
Lara James (saxophones), Jeremy Young (piano) & Kathryn Price (cello)
Sinfonia ViVA, Nicholas Kok
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The King's Singers - Live at The BBC Proms
Recorded Royal Albert Hall, London 5th August 2008
The King's Singers
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In the songs themselves, the vocal line seems central, not as in so many modern compositions added to accommodate the text, and they show a feeling for the singing voice...Andrew Kennedy does... —
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It is not through choice of music that Pegasus provide dramatic impact but through Altham’s fervent direction. Making no concessions to the small-scale nature of the programme, he throws every... —
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