Chandos
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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Susan Gritton (soprano) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
The choral singing is as alert and secure as one would expect from Hickox, and the balance with the orchestra is well judged too… Gerald Finley…a noble, warm-toned baritone soloist… —
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she fares extremely well in major solo works by Rachmaninov...Every one of the numbers in the Op. 33 Etudes-tableaux is vividly and incisively characterised, and she conjures a wonderful depth... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Finzi & Leighton - Cello Concertos
RecommendedRaphael Wallfisch (cello)
Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
The Cello Concerto is arguably Finzi's finest work, written at the very end of his life under the stress of knowing he was terminally ill. At just under 40 minutes it's planned on a massive... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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This third disc in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's ongoing exploration of Haydn's Keyboard Sonatas is the best yet. In this first two instalments, the lucidity of touch, and depth of insight were outstanding.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2011, Instrumental Choice
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Biber - Sacro-profanum
RecommendedPeter Harvey (bass), Richard Wistreich (bass), Anna Macdonald (violin & viola), Annette Isserlis (viola), Katherine McGillivray (viola), Pamela Cresswell (viola), Rachel Byrt (viola), William Hunt (violone)
Purcell Quartet
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Building a Library, December 2004, First Choice
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Special offer. Cyril Scott - Orchestral Works Volume 3
Olivier Charlier (violin)
BBC Philharmonic & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
…the latest instalment from Chandos continues to acquaint us with sadly unfamiliar delights - especially Scott's one-movement Violin Concerto, forgotten since the 1920s. A fascinating work... —
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Building a Library, March 2004, Mid-Price Choice
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Building a Library, May 2008, First Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Semele
Rosemary Joshua (Semele), Hilary Summers (Juno/Ino), Richard Croft (Jupiter), Stephen Wallace (Athamas), Brindley Sherratt (Cadmus/Somnus) & Gail Pearson (Iris), David Croft (Apollo)
Early Opera Company (on period instruments), Christian Curnyn
In the title role, soprano Rosemary Joshua applies light and graceful tone and conveys Semele's wilful, pleasure-seeking nature. As her immortal lover Jupiter, tenor Richard Croft is equally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar), Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra), Della Jones (Sextus), Sarah Walker (Cornelia), James Bowman (Ptolemy), John Tomlinson (Achillas), Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio), David James (Nirenus)
English National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
This opera was a personal triumph for Dame Janet. As Caesar, she arms the voice with an impregnable firmness, outgoing and adventurous.
Valerie Masterson shares the honours with Dame Janet,... —Awards:
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Building a Library, December 2011, First Choice (CD)
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As Bavouzet uses very little pedal, his characteristic sound is clean and dry, and when he gives us histrionics they are Beethoven’s own; there’s nothing vain or pretentiously ‘original’ in... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Disc of the Month
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