Avie
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…Ann Murray… eagerly explores the varied moods of A Charm of Lullabies, paying due attention to the composer's masterly settings of an eclectic choice of verse. In Frauenliebe und -leben Murray... —
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Per Monsieur Pisendel 2
Adrian Chandler (violin), Gareth Deats (cello), Thomas Dunford (theorbo) & Robert Howarth (harpsichord)
La Serenissima
Most remarkable of all is the Sonata in A minor, a truly virtuoso piece which is said, not without justification, to have inspired Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. It is given here... —
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Handel: Dixit Dominus, Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne & Zadok the Priest
Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord & conductor)
Apollo’s Fire
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano) & Peter Wedd (tenor)
Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd
[The arrangement] works remarkably well...This performance under the greatly gifted Douglas Boyd is impressive...in this recording many interesting details come to light, and the soloists are... —
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Lord, J: Durham Concerto
Matthew Barley (cello), Jon Lord (hammond organ), Ruth Palmer (violin) & Kathryn Tickell (Northumbrian pipes)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Mischa Damev
Jon Lord has concentrated on composition since leaving Deep Purple. Lord's music is compellingly sonorous, his programmatic narratives are crystal-clear, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic... —
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J S Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince
including a reconstruction of Suite No. 2
Monica Huggett (violin/director) & Gonzalo X. Ruiz (oboe)
Ensemble Sonnerie
Nothing lacks from Sonnerie's playing… which is generously shaped, beautifully judged for pace and balance, and attractively recorded. —
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Tchaikovsky: Excerpts from The Nutcracker, Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko demonstrates his qualities in choice selections from Tchaikovsky's masterful ballet scores, characterising every moment while his orchestra brings their colours to vibrant life. —
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Courts of Heaven: Music from the Eton Choirbook Vol. 3
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
Darlington's selection is of such quality that the gap between major and minor figures is rather narrower than I, for one, had supposed...The stamina shown by the trebles is at all times remarkable,... —
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Special offer. Eric Whitacre: The Pacific Has No Memory
Anne Akiko Meyers (violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Meyers plays with a glowing steadiness, her tone warm yet etched with loss. Her long, arching lines rise out of silence, flash briefly in the sun and dissipate like marine haze. —
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