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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), with Huw Watkins (piano)
Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis
this performance sizzlingly draws attention to the preternatural gifts of invention and lithe craftsmanship that Mendelssohn possessed...There is nothing conventional...about the way in which... —
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Britten: Canticles I-V
Ben Johnson (tenor), James Baillieu (piano), Christopher Ainslie (countertenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Martin Owen (horn) & Lucy Wakeford (harp)
the expressive nuance of James Baillieu's piano accompanying is reminiscent of Britten's own...Johnson is at his best in Still Falls the Rain and in The Death of Narcissus, in writing that reveals... —
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Waley-Cohen is much more than professional. The Elgar and Debussy in particular give plenty of evidence that she and her equally impressive partner, Huw Watkins, have thought hard about these... —
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Intimate, small-scale performances of mainly familiar titles - including Britten's Ceremony of Carols - by a choir of ten singers. Occasionally more heft is needed. —
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Reservoirs: Orchestral Works by Guto Pryderi Puw
David Cowley (oboe)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen
Among Welsh composers o the younger generation, Guto Pryderi Puw (b.1971) looks likely to achieve real prominence. This disc of his orchestral music confirms an assured mastery of the medium...The... —
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Whither must I Wander?
English Songs by Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Quilter
David John Pike (baritone) & Isabelle Trüb (piano)
a rising young baritone with a powerfully operatic voice. Supported by Isabelle Trüb's acommpaniments, often rather more assertive and colourful than reticent Brits expect, he gives the Songs... —
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Under the informed scholarly guidance of David Skinner, this performance is characterised by the King's Singers celebrated clarity of sound, immaculate intonation and ensemble. With just six... —
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Typically immaculate performances of songs collected by the King's Singers on their global travels, and used as encores. Velvet vocal blending is a given, and mellifluous arrangements. —
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An odd mixture...Still, the husband and wife duo enjoy easy rapport, and their Piazzolla tangos have a smoky panache. —
