Champs Hill Records
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Coming soon. Innisfree
Annie Jacobs-Perkins, Dina Ivanova, Daisy Livesey, Gabriella Noble, Jack Harberd
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[Dancer on a Tightrope is] performed with suitable punch and fire by Bartosz Woroch and Mei Yi Foo…Woroch brings a suitable depth and stillness of tone [to Cage’s Six Melodies for Violin and... —
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Chanson Perpétuelle
French Chamber Songs
Katherine Broderick (soprano), James Baillieu (piano), Adam Walker (flute) & Tim Lowe (cello)
Heath Quartet
[Broderick’s] steely soprano and declamatory way with words serve her wonderfully well when it comes to Debussy and Ravel…James Baillieu is Broderick’s outstanding pianist, nowhere more so than... —
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Energetic playing here from the Benyounes; the Bartók and Beethoven blister, while the Debussy is an animated delight in their hands. —
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A thrilling exploration of the world of Alma Mahler; works, both old and new, are infused with the emotional toxicity of her affair with Oskar Kokoschka. —
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Reawakened
Clarinet concertos by Hamilton, Gipps, Walthew and Ireland
Robert Plane (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Of all the British clarinet works on this enterprising album that need reawakening, the easy winner is Iain Hamilton’s compelling concerto…Plane has the work’s full measure, benefiting from... —
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Emma Wernig and Albert Cano Smit have chosen neglected repertoire that surely deserves much wider exposure. Hans Gál’s three movement Viola Sonata is a real discovery. —
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There's much superb playing to enjoy: she is particularly good at creating atmosphere through her sound, which is cushioned, refined and beautifully balanced...the richness of Chopin's fleeting... —
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Unto The Hills
Music by David W Bowerman
Thomas Carroll (cello), Julian Milford (piano), Daniel Pailthorpe (flute), Emily Pailthorpe (oboe), Sophie Bevan (soprano) & Hannah Bishop (trumpet)
Sacconi Quartet & Choir of St Patrick’s Church
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Fantasy Trios
Dimension Trio: Rafal Zambzycki-Payne (violin), Thomas Carroll (cello) & Anthony Hewitt (piano)
Bridge’s Phantasie in C minor and Ireland’s Phantasie in A minor, were solidly in the latter form — and also decidedly late Romantic. Still, they are played with a rare richness and depth. —