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Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 2
Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Valentine Dyall (narrator), George Thalben-Ball (organ), Isobel Baillie, Astra Desmond, Beveridge White, Harold Williams, Choir of the Children of the Thomas Coram Schools, BBC Symphony Chorus, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
[Job] There is without question an energy and dramatic presence here that is not as evident in the studio recordings. Part of the attraction is the quality of the playing: The BSO strings have... —
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Treasures from the New World
Piano Quintets by Amy Beach & Henrique Oswald
Clélia Iruzun, Roger Coull, Coull Quartet
Charming late-Romantic piano quintets by Beach and Oswald, which doff their caps to the European Romantic traditions. Such works could use a more colourful interpretation —
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The Reeds By Severn Side
Choral Music By Edward Elgar
Joshua Ryan, Eloise Irving, Rosemary Clifford, Edward Hughes, Angus McPhee, Jenni Harper, Clara Kanter, Nathan Harrison, Katy Hill, Eleanor Minney, Jonathan Hanley, Thomas Stoddart, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, William Vann
All told, this is another feather in the cap for the increasingly impressive Vann-Royal Hospital Chelsea partnership. —
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Donohoe’s reputation for such pianistic heavyweights as Rachmaninov, Scriabin and Prokofiev can obscure a brand of musical honesty that lends him authority across a much wider repertoire. This... —
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 3
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5, Dona nobis pacem
Renee Flynn (soprano), Roy Henderson (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
[Dona Nobis Pacem] The chorus and orchestra are superb; soprano Renée Flynn sings with purity of tone and penetrating feeling; baritone Roy Henderson has a somewhat peculiar sound due to facial... —
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Bruckner From the Archives, Vol. 3
NDR Sinfonieorchester, Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Volkmar Andreae
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A delightful selection of pieces, previously unrecorded. The light frippery on display is balanced by more calculated offerings like Memories of Sapphire. —
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Bruckner From the Archives, Vol. 2
Choir of St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic and Karl Forster, Berliner Philharmoniker, Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Karl Förster, Eduard van Beinum, Georg Ludwig Jochum
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Poulenc Plays Poulenc and Satie
Francis Poulenc (piano), Jacques Février (piano), Orchestre National de La Rtf, Orchestre Des Concerts Straram, Georges Prêtre, Walther Straram
