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Hochman doesn’t so much impose an interpretative overview as allow the music room to breathe with disarming naturalness…If only the finales of both concertos had possessed a greater sense of... —
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A Lullaby Carol: Christmas At Christ Church
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford, Steven Grahl, Benjamin Sheen (organ)
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I Have Set My Hert So Hy - The Dufay Collective
Love & Devotion in Medieval England
William Lyons (director, flute, recorder, English double pipes, Jon Banks (harp, gittern), Rebecca Austen-Brown (vielle, rebec, recorder), Jacob Heringman (lute, Victoria Couper, Emily Burn, Clemmie Franks (voice)
The Dufay Collective
It is truly wonderful to hear a song like 'Wyth ryth al my herte'…with its endless repetition of the name 'Annys'. Also particularly welcome is the closing suite of melodies from the Gresley... —
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The First Symphony receives one of the most enjoyable performances I have heard for a long time, and one of the most detailed. —
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Mendelssohn - The Piano Trios
Benvenue Fortepiano Trio: Monica Huggett (violin), Tanya Tomkins (cello) & Eric Zivian (fortepiano)
...the music is allowed to flow naturally, with rubato only at moments of surprise or important cadences. Tempos are convincing and the string tone is sweet. —
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JS Bach: Concertos for Oboe and Oboe d’amore
Gonzalo X. Ruiz (oboe)
Portland Baroque Orchestra, Monica Huggett
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Schumann: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 3
The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio: Monica Huggett (violin), Tanya Tomkins (cello) & Eric Zivian (fortepiano)
at no time in these splendidly robust, passionate and lyrical performances is there so much as a hint of pious antiquarianism...these are not only born but practised conversationalists. They... —
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Douglas Boyd and his incisive players are particularly good in No 8. In the finale, the exemplary clarity of texture brings out exhilaratingly the subversiveness of the music. —