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Special offer. Bax: Symphony No. 7 & Four Songs
Martyn Hill (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
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Special offer. John Field: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Míceál O'Rourke (piano)
London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert
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At its centre [the Bacewicz] is a searing slow movement, rich and haunting, but the rest of the work crackles with energy, and the Sinfonia of London (at times divided into 17 parts) under John... —
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Seventy-seven minutes of British music for flute and piano might at first glance seem like 40 minutes too much. But that ’s without taking on board the nimble and dazzling skills of flautist... —
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Malcolm Arnold: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 and other works
Michael Collins (clarinet), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Mostly recorded in 2019, the performances f ind Rumon Gamba, the BBC Philharmonic and the engineering team on top form, shaping and colouring these motley scores with a winning mixture of panache... —
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She brings out the dance elements that almost always lurk in the background of the Catalonian composer’s writing , whether originating in folk music or jazz, and performs with a sincerity, spaciousness,... —
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Franz Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4 & Sally Beamish: Trance
Trio Gaspard (chamber ensemble)
The Trio Gaspard’s spontaneous-sounding performances bring these pieces vividly to life, generally conveying their character very well... Beamish’s Trance invokes distant, ghost-like echoes... —
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Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Pan and Syrinx
Adam Walker (flute), Lina Johnson, Yngve Søberg, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Gardner’s Third has a great deal going for it and you might say that his objectivity gives the piece free rein to sing its pantheistic hymn to the great outdoors. —
