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P. Godfrey; I. Hodgson; R. Walthew; J. McCabe: Piano Quintets
Peter Donohoe (piano), I Musicanti, Leon Bosch
Plunge into the first track of this enterprising album, and you might feel that you're shaking hands with Brahms. The juicy harmonies, the music's confident glow: the echoes are unmistakable...every... —
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The two artists are steeped in the Russian song tradition. Theirs is a visionary account, for instance, of 'How fair this spot'. Sergey Rybin's discrete playing nicely balances soprano Anastasia... —
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Mahler Pioneers
Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Norma Procter (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Leopold Stokowski (narrator), Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano), Alfred Friese (narrator), Goldsmiths Choral Union, London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Walter Goehr, Hermann Scherchen
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Yang and McElroy are a consistently thoughtful duo with a rapport that is eminently attuned to the elusive and allusive territory they’ve chosen to map out. Happily, they leave little room for... —
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Gustav Holst: Beni Mora & Choral Symphony
Heather Harper (soprano), BBC Chorus and Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
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[Sacheverell-Coke's] 24 Preludes' style and manner is soaked in the Romantic piano tradition (Rachmaninov uppermost), yet harmonic twists and an obsessive repetitions of melody and rhythmic... —
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Parry: Twelve Sets of English Lyrics Volume II
Sarah Fox (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew West (piano)
Those who know Parry mainly from the robustly self-assured ‘Jerusalem’ and ‘I Was Glad’ may find the more sophisticated nuances of these songs surprising…Pianist Andrew West supports the singers... —
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On This Shining Night: Music For Voice and String Quartet
James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, Sophie Bevan, Coull Quartet
By far the most interesting interplay between voice and string quartet in this new recital is in Sally Beamish’s five Tree Carols, of which this is the first recording...All told, a cleverly... —
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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... —
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This little-known music reveals a highly accomplished composer, with well-formed melodies, inventive part-writing, nicely contrasted textures and an easeful command of long-term continuities...I... —
