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Light Out Of Darkness
Choral Music by Elgar
Callum Knox (organ), William Vann (director)
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
this is an excellent introduction to Elgar's choral works. At times, such as in the gorgeous "The Spirit of the Lord', the relatively small choral forces are spread a little thin, but this is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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Sometimes it’s hard, listening to the Eusebius here, to believe that there are only four musicians playing...from their full-blooded yet flexible tone to their intelligent handling of the ebb... —
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Record Review, 23rd October 2021, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Recording of the Month
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New. The Beecham Collection - Berlioz & Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts
Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A shot of live adrenaline brings more electricity to excerpts from The Trojans and The Damnation of Faust than Beecham's commercial recordings. —
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Sir Arthur Bliss: The Composer Conducts
John Ogdon (piano), Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick, Donald Douglas, BBC Chorus and Choral Society, Alexandra Choir, Croydon Philharmonic Society, Bbc Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss
London Symphony Orchestra
Here’s a splendid tribute to Arthur Bliss (1891-1975) marking the 50th anniversary of his death. It also serves as a most welcome reminder of his considerable interpretative acumen on the podium. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Elgar Remastered
By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
So many details in the First Symphony stand out as never before. —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Moeran: Symphony in G Minor, Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto
Albert Sammons (violin), Peers Coetmore (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
The G minor Symphony shares a rugged beauty with Sibelius, and Boult conducts it with sweeping passion. Moeran always wanted Albert Sammons to play his Violin Concerto, but the great violinist... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Archive Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Reissuve/Archive Choice of the Month
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Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 2
André Navarra (cello), Munich Philharmonic, Tibor Varga (violin), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Rieger, Jan Koetsier
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Bruckner From the Archives, Vol. 1
Hans Weisbach, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Wiener Symphoniker, Vienna Akademie Kammerchor, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Köln, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Koeckert Quartet, Kurt Wöss, Han Weisbach, Henry Swoboda, Dean Dixon, Anton Bruckner, Eugen Jochum
This is the first of six two-disc volumes and if the following five hold to the high standards achieved here...there’ll be considerable cause for excitement among all dedicated Brucknerians. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade and works by Saint-Saëns:
Mischel Cherniavsky (cello), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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New. Gerald Finzi, Freda Swain & Denis Aplvor: Clarinet Concertos
Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Jonathan Raper, Austin Beattie, Lynn Arnold, George Strivens, London Mozart Players, John Andrews
The Finzi of course has form as a recording, and here we have another one, impeccably recorded, with a soloist with a natural affinity for those raw emotions that sometime disturb the gentility... —
