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…Zehetmair emphasises the Concerto's strong relationship to Brahms's chamber music: the interpretation achieves a level of intimacy between soloist and orchestra that is almost unrivalled elsewhere.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2007, Disc of the month
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In this recording, the virtuoso Phoebe Carrai joins Beiliang Zhu to probe the art of London’s forgotten cello masters. The programme and its execution are equally superb, as Carrai and Zhu roll... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, Chamber Choice
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These are recordings of evergreen freshness that meld power and musical intelligence. The discography for this repertoire is smaller than one might think, and while the Borodin Trio’s accounts... —
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Building A Library, October 2024, Recommended Recording (Piano Trio No. 1)
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It is good to hear a male singer perform Brahm’s Es war ein Markgraf überm Rhein and Mendelssohn’s Hexenlied, and Huang’s fleet fingers make light of some fearsomely virtuosic accompaniments.... —
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Handel: Israel in Egypt
RecommendedAdaptation by Jeannette Sorrell
Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Sorrell navigates this epic boldly, with edgy tempos, provocative dynamics and flawless pacing...Laurels also go to the band Apollo’s Fire, which restrains its customary unruliness in service... —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Choral Performance
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Choirs of Angels: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 2
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
the performances here are undoubtedly among the best. Partly this is because the pace is well-judged and spacious...and the voices are exceptionally nimble and focused...[Browne's] O Maria evinces... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Early Music
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The best performance here is an extraordinary rendition of the First Violin Sonata. Transferred to the cello's upper strings, and played with limpid elegance, its musing character is given an... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Editor's Choice
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Jon Lord - To Notice Such Things
Jon Lord (piano) & Cormac Henry (flute)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Clark Rundell
Lord's writing is consistently warm and melodically strong, and while the music is more loosely impressionistic and illustrative than symphonic in structure, it easily and touchingly sustains... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2010, Editor's Choice
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Christmas Vespers: Music Of Michael Praetorius
Apollo’s Fire, Apollo's Singers, Apollo's Musettes, The Oberlin Choristers, The Children's Choirs of St Paul's Church, Jeannette Sorrell
[Praetorius is] a composer virtually made to herald the joy of the Christmas season. The two sets of his music here...make no attempt to reconstruct actual services. Rather, Jeannette Sorrell... —
