Signum
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Not only does Nolan’s playing exhibit a death-defying virtuosity, Signum’s richly spacious recording is guaranteed to put the swankiest of speaker systems through its paces. —
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An eclectic album, reflecting O/Modernt's commitment to juxtaposing music from different periods and styles. Josquin's Ave Maria could almost be by Arvo Pärt, and moves seamlessly into Selim,... —
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Duruflé: Complete Choral Works
RecommendedKen Cowan (organ), Cecilia Duarte (mezzo-soprano), Norman Fischer (cello)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
Recorded in warm, though not too reverberant acoustics, the choir’s tone is open and bright, and they and their conductor are sensitive to Duruflé’s demands. While they can be dramatic when... —
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Winner - Best Choral Performance
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Mozart & Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos
RecommendedJulian Bliss (clarinet)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago
Bliss responds to the work's mercurial switches of mood with a wide range of colour and articulation, and meets its considerable technical challenges with seemingly offhand virtuosity. He is... —
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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Building A Library, September 2025, Recommended Recording (Mozart)
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Cecilia McDowall: A Tree is A Song
Secular Choral Works
The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood, Elinor Cooper
All bar one of the pieces included here is a first recording, making this an indispensable record. —
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Kenneth Woods is the perfect conductor for this maverick, semiconservative British fare, and the musicians of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales revel in all the chances Gunning gives them... —
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Special offer. Mozart: Il re pastore, K208
Sarah Fox (Aminta), Ailish Tynan (Elisa), John Mark Ainsley (Alessandro), Anna Devin (Tamiri) & Benjamin Hulett (Agenore)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
we have accomplished singers here who negotiate the occasionally tricky music with fluency and poise. John Mark Ainsley (as Alexander the Great) is a commanding presence...It is a rare delight... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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The Backyard of the Village: Orchestral Works By Xiaogang Ye
Diyang Mei (viola), Guy Johnston (cello), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Dane Lam
This is an impressive collection of music, performed with flair throughout. —
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The fierce agitation of the outer movements of Haydn’s Symphony No. 39 certainly exemplify such qualities [Sturm und Drang], just as the dynamic sweep and hair-trigger precision of Ian Page’s... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
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'Where'er You Walk'
Arias For Handel's Favourite Tenor
Allan Clayton (tenor) & Mary Bevan (soprano)
The Mozartists, The Choir of Classical Opera, Ian Page
there’s a guileless beauty of tone in Clayton’s Handel … he is a stylish but not slavish Handelian … led by Matthew Truscott, the string playing is reliably silky, well articulated and quick-witted,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital
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