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Carols from Chelsea
James Orford (organ)
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann
Under the meticulous direction of William Vann, their reading of Howells’s A Spotless Rose is, well, spotless, while John Rutter’s Dormi, Jesu is saved from schmaltz and sung with the sweet,... —
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“Handel at Home” – Arias arranged for flute, strings & harpsichord
London Handel Players, Laurence Cummings
The six musicians featured on this disc are all principal players of the London Handel Orchestra. Their consummate musicianship is consistently delightful: sparkling violin-playing (often with... —
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once again, his playing here does impressive justice to a keyboard idiom which needs top-notch performance if it isn't to risk sounding over-conventional. Bebbington never merely relies on his... —
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Special offer. Copland & Finzi - Clarinet Concertos
Sarah Williamson (clarinet)
Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis
The young British clarinettist Sarah Williamson, making her debut on disc, finds appropriate colours for both [works], and makes light of their technical demands...David Curtis's Midlands-based... —
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Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations', etc.
John Kennedy & Frederick Riddle
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Both works (Haydn Variations and Don Quixote) were well known to the RPO by this time and the
performances exude that ease of understanding which saw Beecham at his best, enabling the great... — -
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob XX/2 (Choral version)
State Academic Choir of Russia, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Antonio de Almeida
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Frederick Delius: Complete Part-Songs
Stephen Douse (tenor), Andrew Ball (piano)
Elysian Singers of London, Matthew Greenall
Delius had a special relationship with the collective human voice, and the songs here are presented chronologically, which allows us to follow pleasurably the development of his style.
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