Hyperion
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Saint-Saëns's Études make ferociously virtuosic demands upon any pianist, but thankfully Piers Lane is more than up to the task, not least in the set of six studies for the left hand alone,... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Since for Esfahani any performance starts from a position where everything is freshly, indeed forensically reconsidered, ClavierÜbung II offers particularly rich pickings...Altogether, a challenge... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Baroque Instrumental
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With his slow tempos and dark vowels, Finley draws from the Op. 39 Eichendorff Liederkreis a real sense of the fear lurking behind even the ecstasies of love...Drake is perfectly attuned to... —
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Fauré: Requiem
& other sacred music
Robert Bennesh (organ), Sarah Yanovitch (soprano) & Edmund Milly (bass), Nola Richardson (soprano), Sarah Yanovitch (soprano), Mindy Ella Chu (alto), Gene Stenger (tenor), Grace Cloutier (harp)
Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill
[The arrangement[ works extremely well, with the two strings bringing out the subsidiary lines that were always a feature of [Faure’s] writing. The singing is splendid. The baritone soloist... —
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Gugnin is a more than reliable guide to this repertoire. He responds eagerly to the special qualities of even the most modest piece. —
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Music Volume 3
Andrew-John Smith (Organ of La Madeleine, Paris), with Adrian Bending (tubular bells)
Smith convincingly suggests that Saint-Saens intended this allegedly unplayable piece [Fantaisie pour orgue-Aeolian] for the self-playing instrument in the Grosvenor Gallery in London' New Bond... —
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Sibelius: Kullervo
Benjamin Appl (baritone), Helena Juntunen (soprano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Lund Male Chorus, Thomas Dausgaard
Every unorthodox texture, ostinato and accompaniment makes its mark…It’s good to have a focused, youthful chorus, in the shape of men from Sweden’s Lund University, rather than the usual wall... —
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On the page [Willaert's writing] looks almost suffocatingly opaque, but that's where Cinquecento comes in. Right from the off, they seize on this quality and make it work in their favour. It's... —
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The string quartet has long been a powerfully personal medium for MacMillan, yielding some of his most intimate and affecting music. This fine recording features his three full-length quartets,... —
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Handel: Deborah
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort, New College Choir, Oxford, Choristers Of Salisbury Cathedral, Robert King
Superb ... The recording is another of these inspired ventures by Hyperion into music we ought to know better —
