Divine Art
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Lydia Kakabadse: Concertato
Sound collective: Jess Dandy (mezzo-soprano), Sara Trickey (violin), Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola), Tim Lowe (cello), Ben Griffiths (double bass)
Superb performances of delightful music – one to hear again and again. —
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Antony Hopkins: A Portrait
Michael Hampton (piano), Matthew Jones (viola), James Gilchrist (tenor), Janet Simpson (piano), Paul Barritt (violin), Philip Fowke (piano), John Turner (recorder), Lesley-Jane Rogers (soprano), Stephanie Voss (vocals), Phillida Sewell (soprano), Jeremy Brett (tenor), Antony Hopkins (piano), Stephen...
it is good to discover another mid-20th-century composer who wants to please the ordinary music lover and has rejected atonalism. The present anthology shows his range and his consistently seductive... —
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superb teamwork...His genial music is reminiscent of Poulenc without the enlivening cheeky humour. —
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Mind Music: Music Related To Neurodegenerative Conditions
Elizabeth Jordan & Lynsey Marsh (clarinets/basset horn)
Northern Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Barlow
With all proceeds from the sales being donated to Parkinson's charities, this two-CD set is immensely worthwhile. The performances are immaculate. Rarely have I been so engaged in this repertoire... —
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Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117, Panayiotis Demopoulos: Farewells & Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition
Panayiotis Demopoulos (piano)
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Remembering Alfred Deller
James Bowman & Robin Blaze (countertenors), John Turner & Laura Robinson (recorders)
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This top-flight piano twosome conjures scintillating keyboard colours in Scheherazade; Antar is also finely played, and Rimsky's 'Funiculi, funicula' arrangement is a riot. —
