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Donohoe slips seamlessly into an ensemble that brings together longstanding friendships and shared performance history. His own quietly stated musical authority and flair is formidable and augmented... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell
Szell later re-recorded almost all the repertoire, but it’s fascinating to hear the partnership when their much-vaunted precision was well in progress, if not immaculate...Best of all are Schumann’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, Historical Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Historical
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McCawley responds well to this repertoire, and he's particularly impressive in the Bach, with its splendid Fugue ending with a rhapsodic outburst that links it to the freer style of the Prelude;... —
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Lozano Rolong's voice is rich, creamy and particularly compelling in her lower register. Araújo offers refined, sensitive playing, though occasionally more presence would be welcome...Alma is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2025, Editor's Choice
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The Beecham Collection
Isobel Baillie (soprano), Mary Jarred (contralto), Heddle Nash (tenor), Keith Falkner (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Leeds Festival Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham
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It was high time someone blew the interpretive cobwebs off this still under-appreciated repertoire, and Donohue is clearly the person to do it. He appears to take early Beethoven as his interpretive... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, Recording of the Month
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wonderful moments in [the Schubert]…accelerating excitement…monumental effect as
a performance overall… —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2011, Editor's Choice
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Schubert: Stimme der Liebe (The Voice of Love')
Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge, Ernest Lush
Both singer and pianist refined the art of simplicity...A more subtle virtue is the Partridges’ sensitivity to Schubert’s art of the unexpected. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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The Beecham Collection - Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Boris Bizjak, playing on a modern wood flute, handles all of the turns with alacrity and ease. His tone quality is pure and quite full, blending nicely with the string accompaniments, here equally... —
