Divine Art
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Wind Blown: Sonatas for wind instruments by Peter Hope
Richard Simpson (oboe), Janet Simpson (piano), Thomas Verity (clarinet), Simon Passmore (piano), John Turner (recorder), Harvey Davies (piano), Frank Forst (bassoon), Yukiko Sano (piano), Pam Zinnemann-Hope (speaker)
Each one is a vital work that moves, impresses, inspires and is totally memorable. —
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Wright’s playing is superb. The sound quality of the recording is ideally balanced: every detail from the most intimate arabesque to the hammered octaves is clear and undistorted. —
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Sappho, Shropshire & Super-Tramp
English Artsong
Sarah Leonard (soprano), Johnny Herford (baritone) & Nigel Foster (piano)
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Simmons’s wholly sympathetic playing finds colour, variety and texture aplenty on a superb American instrument. —
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Wonderful to see John McCabe finally being recognised as a pianist. Recorded on a Bösendorfer in 1981, the sound of these revelatory Scarlatti and Clementi sonatas is astonishingly present.... —
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