Chandos
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Schubert: String Quintet, Quartettsatz
Brodsky Quartet (string quartet), Laura van der Heijden (cello)
In this exceptional interpretation of Schubert’s C major Quintet, there are plenty of moments where the players individually or collectively make something happen – a tiny inflection in the... —
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Record Review, 1st October 2022
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One of the great virtues of the Arcadia Quartet's outstandingly performed Weinberg quartet cycle lies is its imaginative programming. The present release is a good case in point, featuring works... —
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Robert Murray (Quint), Rhian Lois (The Governess), Leo Jemison (Miles), Alys Mereld Roberts (Flora), Gweneth Ann Rand (Mrs Grose), Francesca Chiejina (Miss Jessel), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Robert Murray is as immaculate of diction in the Prologue as he is seductively lyrical as the ghostly Quint. Rhian Lois’s every inflection and gesture projects the Governess’s barely controlled... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2021, DVD of the Month
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Airat Ichmouratov: Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto No. 1
Jean-Philippe Sylvestre (piano), Elvira Misbakhova (viola), London Symphony Orchestra, Airat Ichmouratov
The soundworld of both works is tonal, with Rachmaninov-style moodiness evoked in the opening bars of the Piano Concerto...While the textures of the piano concerto create a rich tapestry, those... —
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, Concerto Choice
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‘Already it is Dusk’ owes something to Bartókian tradition in its processing of folk elements from Górecki’s beloved Tatra mountains, while the prayer of its title, taken from a Polish renaissance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Chamber Choice
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These are two symphonies that show off the Polish composer at the height of her orchestral powers: in the early 1950s, when her writing was resolutely abstract, sombre at heart, serious in purpose... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedLydia Mordkovitch (violin)
Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Concerto
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On Christmas Night
RecommendedCarols from St John’s College, Cambridge
John Challenger (organ)
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha
The collective vocal heft of the ensemble's young choral scholars remains a potent weapon under Andrew Nethsinga's direction. He's a man of musical refinement, however, one ready and able to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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