Hyperion
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this latest account impressively combines accuracy with atmosphere in sound of clarity and lustre. Informatively annotated by Paul Griffiths, it can be warmly recommended to those new to and... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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One feature of his music is its wide range of historical reference…clothed in Park’s own musical language, which is contemporary in orientation but with resonant harmony which falls easily on... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Choral
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Duarte Lobo: Masses, Responsories & motets
RecommendedAlmeno Gonçalves (tenor), Cupertinos, Luís Toscano
Directed by tenor Luís Toscano, Cupertinos is highly responsive to Lobo’s subtly varied settings which, in turn, reflect the nuances of text and liturgy...Throughout, the ensemble’s candid,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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New. Elgar & Dvořák: Cello Concertos
Alban Gerhardt (cello), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Andrew Manze
Cellophiles who swear by the interpretations of Paul Tortelier will find Gerhardt's pacing less novel than his insistence on freshness and immediacy...his well-nigh flawless solo playing is... —
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Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen & Janáček: On the overgrown path I
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Hamelin has already made several fine recordings of Schumann's piano music, focusing on big virtuoso pieces. He proves to be equally adept at exploring the more intimate side of the composer's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Steven Osborne is perhaps the outstanding British pianist of his generation, certainly one of the most versatile and adventurous…where Osborne excels is in his grasp of structure - if anyone... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Machaut at his most engaging and varied...this really is one bullseye after another...Rarely since the Gothic Voices has the vocalisation of the lower lines appeared so self-evidently the right... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
Recommended& other works
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal College of Music Brass Band, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins conducts the [Symphony] with a sense of purposeful directness, likeably enhanced by the expressive warmth of the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s response. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2017, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, March 2026, Top Choice
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Altogether, this is an album to spend time with and relish as one’s familiarity with this music grows in performances which capture the genial warmth as well as the seriousness of this great... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2019, Editor's Choice
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The Amsterdam Piano Trio's Tchaikovsky is an absolute triumph in terms of technical brilliance, structural lucidity and textural balance. —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2026, Recording of the Month
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