Hyperion
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Shelley makes the most of Benda’s ear-catching and surprisingly volatile piano figuration in the fast movements and brings a soulful quality to the melodies in the slow movements...the London... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 83 - Gablenz: Piano Concerto & Paderewski: Polish Fantasy
Jonathan Plowright (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
Plowright makes the best possible case for [the Gablenz] in partnership with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Lukasz Borowicz, a champion of neglected Polish music...Paderewski’s Polish... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 76 - Rheinberger & Scholz
Simon Callaghan (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ben Gernon
The only piano concerto by Josef Rheinberger dates from 1877 and is a vast, rich work, owing as much to Brahms as to Schumann. And if Bernhard Scholz’s concerto (1883) is somewhat looser in... —
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This is likely to become one of your most cherished discs. It's notable for its spacious depth of sound, volatile unpredictability of interpretation, and above all the soaring sostenuto of the... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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What immediately impresses about these performances by the Florestan Trio is the lightness and clarity of the playing, with Susan Tomes characteristically sparing in her use of pedal. …this... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2006, Editor's Choice
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Stanford: Requiem
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), James Way (tenor), Ross Ramgobin (baritone), University of Birmingham Voices, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins, who truly understands the language of this music, judges the tempos and balance of the ensemble with instinctive sensitivity...For anyone interested in British choral music of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Choral
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This isn't music that yields its secrets easily. Despite pages pulsing with all Fauré's sustained radiance and energy, the abiding impression is of music of such profound introspection that... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Chamber
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Britten: A Ceremony of Carols & St Nicolas
RecommendedSally Pryce (harp), Katherine Watson (soprano) & Zoë Brown (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor)
Trinity College Choir Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, Holst Singers & Temple Church Choristers, Stephen Layton
The clear-toned adult voices of the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, highlight qualities in the work often missed when performed by the more usual boys' choir...Perhaps Trinity sound too... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2012
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2012, Editor's Choice
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This is the tenth disc in the ensemble’s complete recordings of Byrd, but the first in the series with Hyperion … [the] engineering gains and the artists’ freshness and conviction make this... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Winner - Early Music
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Crecquillon - Missa Mort m’a privé and chansons & motets
The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (director)
Stephen Rice and his Brabant Ensemble deserve thanks… for bringing to our ears a composer much admired and taken as a model by others, including Monteverdi… the final Easter motet, depicting... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Early Music
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