EM Records
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The Fire that Breaks from Thee
RecommendedViolin Concertos by Milford and Stanford
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes
[The Stanford] is a wonderfully fluent, warm-hearted creation...Dashingly committed treatment it enjoys, too, from Rupert Marshall-Luck, whoe receives uncommonly fine support from Owain Arwel... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th May 2014
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The best is Arthur Somervell’s Maud, 13 songs based on excerpts from Tennyson’s narrative poem of love, death and mental distraction. Thorsett shows sensitivity to text and articulation, and... —
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It is not before time that both these substantial Parry chamber works are at last available on CD...The Bridge Quartet provide sympathetic interpretations of this unfamiliar repertoire which...deserves... —
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The diversity of the compositions is little short of astonishing and is matched by fabulous piano-playing from Guinery. Agility, dexterity, poise, elegance and a strong bass line are some of... —
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There is an interesting category of music that does not fall into the realm of what is regarded as modern classical writing, but at the same time lacks the sheer popular appeal of what is nowadays... —
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These performances, recorded between 1979 and 2016, reflect the conductor’s love of English choral music, and cover a period of choral writing in which composers were greatly influenced by pastoral... —
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Audite Finem
Old and New Music
Roger Green (descant)
The Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge, Daniel Trocmé-Latter
[This recording gives] a strong impression of Homerton’s commitment not just to progressivism but to the English tradition as well —
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La Belle Dame
Roderick Williams (baritone), Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
Two cheers for the repertoire, but a resounding three cheers for the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor John Andrews for exploring the hinterland of British music as the 19th century slid into... —
