Hyperion
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Perhaps more than any other recording the singer and the pianist are in equilibrium...if often sounds as if Julius Drake has just had an idea - and they are all good ones - and Gerald Finley... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Vaughan Williams, Macmillan & Tavener: Choral Works
James Tweedie (treble), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Julian Stocker (tenor), Guy Cutting (tenor), Jonathan Brown (bass), Benji Rimington (treble), Stuart O'Hara (bass), Freddie Ursell Beer (treble), David Gould (countertenor), William Balkwill (tenor), David Martin (countertenor), Tristram Cooke (countertenor),...
James O’Donnell masterminds an account of Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor to rank alongside the finest to have come my way...In sum, this classy collection will surely give lasting pleasure. —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Choral
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Beautifully sung by unaccompanied voices, this programme of devotional music is built around the contemplative Requiem. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Early Music
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Reinecke & Sauer: Piano Concertos
Simon Callaghan (piano), Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrėnas
Is the result structurally convincing? Not entirely. Does it entertain? Absolutely, especially when Callaghan and the orchestra join forces with such obvious enjoyment and glee. All in all,... —
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Imitative textures suit Cupertinos well, as they record in a generous acoustic and favour gentle pacing and long, languishing phrases. Theirs is an Iberian polyphony in dreamy, soft hues, at... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 12 - Parry and Stanford
Piers Lane (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
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Tallis: Spem in alium
& other sacred music
Robert Rice (baritone), Robert Evans (bass)
The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood
Carwood moulds the structures to great effect, with wide ranging dynamics from hushed groupings of eight voices to the full force. —
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A superbly played (and researched) addition to this extraordinary artist’s legacy. —
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All credit to Esfahani for this carefully prepared recording...there is much to enjoy in playing that displays poise and expressive nuance as well as virtuosity. —
