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These recordings of his large-scale solo string works with piano can only help to reinforce our awareness of his consummate mastery of extended musical forms in the demanding idiom of absolute... —
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John Wilson conducts Vaughan Williams, Alwyn, Bowen & Parry
Recorded: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 12-14 July 2009
Micaela Haslam (soprano), Roderick Elms (organ)
BBC Concert Orchestra, The London Chorus, John Wilson
Here's a fascinating haul of long-buried British rarities, all performed with exemplary dedication...under John Wilson's clear-headed lead and afforded gloriously ripe, airy sound from the production... —
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Widor: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Recorded at St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, 17-19 May 2011
Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates
The performances are far from unsympathetic, the recordings clear, warm-toned and well-balanced...Best by far is the ardent slow movement of the Second Concerto - less samey, more memorable... —
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Butterworth - Symphony No. 4 & Viola Concerto
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Arthur Butterworth, Sir John Barbirolli
Both symphonies culminate in a turbulent moto perpetuo finale to leave the listener in no doubt as to Butterworth's confident and resourceful handling of the orchestra. …the Viola Concerto…... —
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De'Ath takes the opening movement to Sonata No. 4 on a most amiable journey - the music trots along at a measured, Schumannesque Allegro...while the Allegro frescamente (the finale of the Eighth)... —
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This collection of Edward German's orchestral music – none of it duplicated from earlier sets – is perhaps generally less striking but all is warmly romantic and beautifully crafted music of... —
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David Matthews: Symphony No. 7 & Vespers
Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano) & Matthew Long (tenor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Bach Choir, David Hill, John Carewe
Non-doctrinal yet celebrating the religious sense as such, this is a work both of great beauty and genuine spiritual force...I was moved and rather awed by the mastery of large forces to such... —
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Charles-Marie Widor Volume 2
Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 2 & Les Pêcheurs de Saint-Jean (excerpts)
Torleif Thedéen (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
Yates and the RSNO are also compelling in the vigorous Second Symphony (1882), but the highlight of the disc is the Cello Concerto. Torleif Thedeen's warm-toned playing of the solo part deserves... —
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Scott: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
The London Piano Quartet: Nona Liddell (violin), Elizabeth Turnbull (viola), David Kenedy (cello), Philip Fowke (piano)
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Loeffler: Divertissement in A minor and other works
World premiere recordings
Amy Dickson (saxophone), Lorraine McAslan (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes Wildner
