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Special offer. Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV76
Jill Gomez (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor)
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger
With superb soloists this delightful music emerges with an admirable combination of freshness and weight. —
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Special offer. Glazunov: Symphony No. 6 & other works
London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yondani Butt
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Special offer. Beethoven: 'Piano Concerto No. 6' (arranged from the Violin Concerto)
Pietro Spada (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Voices, Sir Alexander Gibson
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Newcomers should make haste to track 6 for a pleasant surprise. Here they will encounter Samuel Barber's indestructible Adagio in its alternative and mellifluous 1967 vocal guise, set to the... —
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Gounod's symphonies aren't brow- furrowing and don't represent any advance in symphonic thought beyond Schumann and Mendelssohn, but they reveal Gounod in the Gallic tradition of elegantly crafted... —
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Special offer. Crusell, Kozeluch and Krommer: Clarinet Concertos
Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Günther Herbig
..a devil-may-care spontaneity makes for winning results - this mixture could hardly be more delightful. —
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Special offer. Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian
Tjeknavorian's Armenian Philharmonic blazes with excitement. Some listeners will not like the treble-orientated balance which shows up the sinewy strings and favours glittery percussion and... —
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Special offer. Howells & Leighton: Sacred Choral Music
David Went (organ)
The Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford, Matthew Owens
