Hyperion
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Buratto captures the evolving moods with panache and just enough pomp. —
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The English Hymn - 5
Lead, kindly Light - Hymns of Faith and Assurance
Wells Cathedral Choir, Rubert Gough (organ), Malcolm Archer
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Charles Gounod - Songs
Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
This well-filled two-CD set is surely the most wide-ranging single issue of Gounod's mélodies.
The first of the discs confirms the commonly held view of Gounod. Almost without exception the... — -
there's plenty of artistry here. For all the conceptual orientation of the disc, Boesch isn't the sort of singer who tells you what to think or feel in this music. He lays it out with hugely... —
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The eight voices of Tonus Peregrinus take the range of harmonic environments, sinuous melodies and complex textures in their stride. The beauty of the choir's sound is as impressive as its... —
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Jonathan Harvey: The Angels, Ashes Dances Back & Marahi
Jonathan Harvey (electronics), Carl Faia (electronics) & Clive Williamson (synthesizer), Carl Faia (electronics), Clive Williamson (synthesizer), Ilona Meija (flute) & Arne Deforce (cello)
Latvian Radio Choir, James Wood, Kaspars Putninš
both Ashes and Awakening are visionary pieces, and have the makings of modern masterpieces. They require, and will undoubtedly repay, repeated listening. A magnificent disc, superbly performed... —
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Martinu - The complete music for violin and orchestra Volume 1
Bohuslav Matoušek (violin), Janne Thomsen (flute), Régis Pasquier (violin) & Jennifer Koh (violin)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood
What a splendidly bracing collection this is. Bohuslav Matousek and his fellow soloists are excellent advocates for this repertoire, delivering engaging performances of the motoric fast movements... —
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A very good pianist, who understands the Lisztian idiom and presents it with great effectiveness —
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The Pizzetti demands something other than beauty in performance, and Shaham and Erez are uncompromising and abrasive with it. The Castelnuovo-Tedesco sounds gorgeous from start to finish. —
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Organ Fireworks X
Christopher Herrick (Letourneau organ in the Concert Hall of The Winspear Centre, Edmonton, Canada)
