Delphian
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His imagination and commitment shine throughout the album, both in his technically assured performances and the informative, self-penned programme notes...The theorbo pieces - where the instrument's... —
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The Piano Tuner
Piano trios from Scotland
Fidelio Trio: Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello) & Mary Dullea (piano), Alexander McCall Smith (narrator)
Beamish combin[es] words and music in a direct and often confrontational manner...the overall impression remains one of elements that complement each other at a remove: the music tending to... —
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Boyle (born 1951) has built a compact oeuvre of predominantly tonal pieces that showcase a gift for natural melody. Too traditional for today’s taste? Judging by this CD he deserves to be better... —
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On this stonking disc, wait till you hear Kitchen unleashed on Elgar’s Pomp and
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The Coral Sea
New music for soprano saxophone and piano
Sue McKenzie (saxophone) & Ingrid Sawers (piano)
an agreeable collection of works … a strong roster of composers —
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Maxwell Davies: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
Michael Bonaventure (organ)
Choir of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Matthew Owens
There’s no better introduction to the productive tensions that have fuelled Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s career as a composer…this new recording – performed with a high degree of competence by... —
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Full marks for originailty of concept and for execution, which has all this ensemble's trademark style and communicative nous, and for a fascinating booklet-note by Ivan Moody.ode12732 —
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The musky, warm mezzo-soprano of Polly May, and the robust piano-playing of Lucy Walker... are well-suited to this earthy repertoire... much to enjoy in this fresh and courageous venture —
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In chains of gold
Dunedin Consort: Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo soprano), Ashley Turnell (Tenor), Warren Trevelyan-Jones (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bass), John Kitchen (Organ)
The singers luxuriate in the glowing acoustics of Midlothian’s Crichton Collegiate Church, lending warmth to immaculate performances of Tallis’s restful evening motet, O nata lux, Byrd’s intricate... —
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Messiaen - Complete Organ Works Volume 2
Michael Bonaventure (the Rieger organ of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh)
Michael Bonaventure's does get Messiaen's music to lift off the page, even in the most rigorous pages of the Livre d'orgue. The organ of St Giles, Edinburgh has the power and range of colour... —
