Hallé
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This is a performance [of No. 5], in short in which every detail has been carefully thought out in the context of an evolving structure ... If I had to live with a single account of this great... —
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The diaphonous atmospheric detail from the strings and subtle wind colouring in Jeux, Debussy's poème dansé, require great delicacy of feeling and sensuous caressing from the violins in the... —
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The Hallé are resplendent under Mark Elder, with ravishing colours and finely etched detail… —
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Special offer. Hallé: A Christmas Celebration
Hallé, Hallé Youth & Hallé Children’s Choirs, Stephen Bell
The singing is hearty if unsubtle —
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & Oboe Concerto
Stéphane Rancourt (oboe)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
The throw themselves so fully into the texture and colour of the piece it becomes almost visual - captured are not only the hansom cabs, street-sellers' cries, Cockney mouth organs and accordions... —
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There are long, noble stretches but the conflict zones of the first movement lack that last degree of urgency…the the magic happens: where some interpretations fall at the last hurdle, the great... —
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Special offer. English Rhapsody - Delius & Butterworth
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder
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The South Korean pianist (who won the Leeds Piano Competition when he was just 18) and Elder seem to be in perfect synchrony for these immaculately-paced performances - the music is given so... —
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the inner movements, almost wherever you sample them, show Elder with his finger...surely on the pulse and his orchestra...resourceful in its colours and sheer heft. —
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Nielsen's great symphonic output has been overlooked in the past, but...Elder's blistering account should help rectify that —
