Chandos
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What other composer created such a body of rousing, exhilarating and immensely tuneful pieces?...Järvi and his Scottish players provide more than just a touch of extra precision and zip. Järvi... —
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies
Susan Gritton (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Martin Winter, Radio Announcer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Barbara Hooper, Robert Layton, Ursula Vaughn Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bergen...
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The 20th-century Concerto grosso
Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute), Christoph Koncz (violin), Roger Nagy (cello) & Maria Prinz (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Altogether this is an attractive disc: all the 'ripieno' soloists are excellent, Karl-Heinz Schutz's flute and Robert Nagy's cello calling for special mention. Marriner and the Academy of St... —
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Britten: Les Illuminations; Quatre Chansons françaises & Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
In Britten’s Les illuminations, the generally belllike accuracy of Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen’s singing is more than matched by the expressive truth of her interpretations. She is most... —
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Gianandrea Noseda: Ten Years of Musica Italiana
BBC Philharmonic & Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Gianandrea Noseda
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bathed in Chandos splendour, the Watkins brothers remain by far the best recorded guides to this powerful and enjoyable repertoire. —
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Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight, Op. 24
Ildar Abdrazakov (bass), Misha Didyk (tenor), Sergey Murzaev (baritone), Peter Bronder (tenor) & Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda
..Gianandrea Noseda, masterly at pacing and responsive to orchestral colour… Ildar Abdrazakov, certainly the finest bass voice to emerge from Russia in decades. …the performance exerts a fierce,... —
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Hummel: Mass in D minor & Salve regina
Susan Gritton, Rachel Nicholls, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore & Stephen Varcoe
Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox
…the Salve Regina… is an amiable continuation of the Viennese Classical tradition… Susan Gritton sings it with gusto, while she and the other soloists form a well-blended quartet in the Mass,... —
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Gardner's control of [the Second], not least its eventual disintegration, is highly compelling...the Cello Concerto receives a superbly concentrated performance here from the soloists Paul Watkins...[Grave]... —
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Edward Gardner conducts Britten
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Maxim Rysanov (viola)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
The Charm is a total winner, wrapped by Matthews in string woodwind sleep-music so familiar from the Nocturne and phrased by Connolly with alternate tenderness and edginess. Maxim Rysanov compels... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2011, Editor's Choice
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