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George Dyson: The Open Window
Complete Music for Piano
Simon Callaghan (piano), Cliodna Shanahan (piano)
Dyson usually packs in plenty of substance, with tricky rhythms, surprising harmonies that belie his conservative image and considerable authentic charm...Callaghan, a devoted specialist in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Nimrod Borenstein: Shakespeare Songs; Mandolin Concerto; Oboe Concerto
Sarah Fox (soprano), Alon Sariel (mandolin), Sanja Romić (oboe), English Chamber Orchestra, Nimrod Borenstein
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Stephen Dodgson: Turn Ye to Me, Songs, Vol. 3
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Mark Eden (guitar), Roderick Williams (baritone)
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Mark Bebbington's 85th-birthday tribute to the late Sir Malcolm Arnold starts with his first substantial piano composition, the Piano Sonata in B minor from 1942. After a concise opening movement,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2007, Editor's Choice
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African Pianism
RecommendedAyo Bankole, J.h. Kwabena Nketia, Christian Onyeji, Fred Onovwerosuoke, David Earl, Nabil Benabdeljalil & Akin Euba
Rebeca Omordia (piano)
Volta Fantasy, otherwise free-flowing and melodic, is enhanced by a percussive undertone. This idea is taken further by Christian Onyeji, who transfers Nigerian drumming patterns to the piano;... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Ernest Ansermet Conducts Ballet Music
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This album begins with a cry of joy. It’s Chopin with a hint of the blues, bursting into a groove...There are a good number of premiere recordings on offer here, as well as consistently illuminating... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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Coming soon. Elgar From the Archives, Vol. 5
Joan Hammond, Marjorie Thomas, William Herbert, John Cameron, Owen Brannigan, Richard Standen, BBC Chorus & BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Glady Ripley, Sir Malcolm Sargent, George Weldon, Philharmonia Orchestra
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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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The ‘floating on air’ quality that suffuses the music of Fauré’s quartet is diff icult to catch, but it’s sustained across all three movements of this constantly stimulating interpretation. —
