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Les amoureuses sont des folles
Songs by Jules Massenet
Sally Silver (soprano), Christine Tocci (mezzo-soprano), Nico Darmanin (tenor), Gabriella Swallow (cello) & Richard Bonynge (piano)
a sumptuous collection of goodies to which Silver’s rich, full lyric instrument is ideally suited, and her French is excellent. Anyone who loves the Flower duet from Delibes’s Lakmé…will find... —
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The core of this recital… are sets of lyric pieces both early and late, of which the three Channel Island landscapes of Sarnia… remain one of Ireland's finest imaginative achievements. Bebbington's... —
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Earth’s Call
Songs for Soprano & Piano by John Ireland
April Fredrick (soprano) & Mark Bebbington (piano)
The young American soprano, April Fredrick, is secure enough technically; I just wish, at times, she would have invested more expression in her singing...Mark Bebbington continues to impress... —
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Piano Quintets by David Matthews and Dmitri Shostakovich
Martin Cousin (piano)
Villiers String Quartet
this account of the Russian’s Opus 57, composed in 1940, from Martin Cousin and the Villiers Quartet doesn’t force the pace or the emotional content, but rather lets the score speak for itself... —
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The Choral Music of Antonin Tuçapský
Colin Hunt (organ), Stephen Foulkes (baritone), Tomas Tulacek (violin)
Bath Camerata, Nigel Perrin
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It’s difficult to imagine finer performances than those delivered by the Tippett Quartet; the group’s fairly recent personnel changes have had no detracting effect at all on the group’s immaculate... —
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The eclecticism and stylistic contrasts characterising the works on Nathan Williamson’s newest release reveal this pianist’s knack for conceiving intelligent and freshly minted playlists of... —
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Songs Of Renewal
Huw Watkins (piano), Emma Cross (alto), Graham Shaw (tenor), Elizabeth Cragg (soprano), Kirsty Barry (alto), Bath Camerata, Benjamin Goodson
It’s a thoughtfully planned programme, presented to the highest standards and with virtuosic music-making that showcases Bath Camerata as one of the UK’s most innovative chamber choirs. —
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Bebbington is now an established exponent of forgotten piano music and this rerelease of his 2003 efforts to draw attention to the works of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is a delight, particularly... —
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The playing, both individually and collectively, is impeccable and the result is a very significant recording indeed. —
