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Caprices and Laments
Maximiliano Martín (clarinet), Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Lucas Macias Navarro
There are beautiful moments of light and shade in these sparkling performances by the Tenerife musicians. Martín’s expressive virtuosity is the set’s glowing heart. —
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Byram-Wigfield takes all in his unflappable stride, the opening carefully layered, the control scrupulous throughout, though almost to a fault when the sheer lucidity refuses to surrender to... —
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it is unmistakably Turnage that grieves, rages, dances and tenderly salutes through these substantial and impressively crafted works. —
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Love and Reconquest
Music from Renaissance Spain
Frances Cooper (soprano), Jo Hugh-Jones (bass and recorders), Gordon Ferries (vihuela and Renaissance guitar), Marcus Claridge (percussion)
another well-produced disc from the Edinburgh-based company Delphian…reaching those parts of the repertoire many of the bigger boys fail to reach’ —
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The People's Mass
Dunedin Consort: Susan Hamilton (1st soprano), Libby Crabtree (2nd soprano), Kate Hamilton (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (baritone), Noel Mann (bass)
The singing is excellent —
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Happy Music For Orchestra
Alex Paxton, Patrick Terry, Matthew Herd, David Ingamells, Beibei Wang, Dreammusics Orchestra, Dreammusics Ensemble
The track titles – Love Kittens, Od Ody Pink’d, Strawberry – give an idea of the music’s sweet energy and frenetic humour. On this album for Dreammusics Orchestra and Ensemble, Paxton is “improvising... —
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It's music that distils the spirit of the Edwardian era, when the large quasi-orchestral concert organ was, from town hall to cinema, the must-have jukebox of its day...Ferguson knows the instrument... —
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Schumann: Kreisleriana Op. 16 & Brahms: Seven Fantasies Op. 116, Two Rhapsodies Op. 79
Elena Fischer-Dieskau (piano)
With a name like Fischer-Dieskau, this young pianist has a lot to live up to. But the grandaughter of the famous baritone need not worry, for she holds her own, and then some, in this engaging... —
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Coming soon. notes from the living room
Meraki Duo, Meraki Duo & Roberto Carrillo García, James Girling
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The two make a wonderful team, and are further blessed by the warm acoustic afforded by Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirk...With musicmaking as succulent as this, who needs jollification anyway? —
