Champs Hill Records
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Special offer. Reynaldo Hahn: Chamber Music & Song, Volume 1
Benjamin Baker, Adam Newman, Tim Lowe, James Baillieu, Bartosz Woroch
Bookended by two chamber works, it is the shorter pieces at the centre of this programme that enchant the most. Sublimely tender performances too. —
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Special offer. Mendelssohn: Complete Songs Vol. 2
Malcolm Martineau (piano), Mary Bevan, Sophie Bevan (soprano), Paula Murrihy, Kitty Whately (mezzo soprano), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Jonathan McGovern, Benjamin Appl (baritone)
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Gould's commitment to composers of his generation is impressive...we start with an absorbing, if slightly hard-edged, performance of the Bach Chaconne...but Donna Lee has an insouciant zest,... —
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Throughout the programme, Apekishiva is responsive to the unscripted and spontaneous nature of the genre, while maintaining seamless phrasing and flawless tonal control…Apekisheva’s Chopin offers... —
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Hats off to this young Danish cellist for finding a new frame for Kodály’s Solo Sonata, even if the pieces do serve to remind us of its unique strength. Jonathan Swensen, a musician of charisma... —
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Special offer. Paul Patterson: Phoenix Concerto
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe), with Hugh Webb (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Wallfisch
[Pailthorpe] plays with an exceptionally sweet and pure tone...As well as Pailthorpe's fine playing, it is good to have the ECO in splendid form under Benjamin Wallfisch, recorded with fine... —
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Special offer. London Conchord Ensemble play Bach
with Florian Uhlig (piano)
London Conchord Ensemble
Nimble playing, and the Ensemble communicates infectious enthusiasm and commitment. —
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Special offer. Favoured Fantasies
Chamber Works by David W. Bowerman
Diana Galvydyte (violin) & Anna Peletsis (piano), Stephen de Pledge (piano), Bridget McRae (cello) & Julian Milford (piano), Daniel Pailthorpe (flute) & Julian Milford (piano), Julian Milford (piano), Ittai Shapira (violin)
Bronte Quartet
