Hyperion
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The performers manage to give these ‘dark meanderings’ some shape and purpose with contrasts of mood…vigorous interplay between the voices…and some surprising musica ficta harmonies…They are... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2017
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He’s commandeered a Yamaha concert grand and had it regulated in two ways: one nurturing darker and even more rounded sounds to enhance what he perceives to be the music’s singing qualities;... —
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Donald Swann: Songs
Christopher Glynn (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
this is a continually fascinating and diverse selection...The real star of the show is Christopher Glynn, for whom the project has evidently been a labour of love. The detail and colour of his... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2017
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One of the most breathtaking feats of virtuosity ever accomplished by any pianist, let alone with such poetry and beauty. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Instrumental
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Bloch/Bruch: Schelomo, Kol Nidrei & other works
Natalie Clein (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
As one might expect, Clein delivers a powerfully committed performance, but also manages to avoid over-indulgence, negotiating the peaks and troughs of the music's volatile emotional language... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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A distinctive and distinguished melodic voice shines through … everywhere there is always a strong sense of forward momentum … in Jonathan Plowright these works have a near-ideal interpreter.... —
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Hough stresses the Classical outlook of Chopin's Romanticism, even in a programme encompassing some of his most harmonically advanced music. The opening Barcarolle has rare clarity, and the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th April 2010
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It’s impossible to imagine more compelling performance of this music- Howard Shelley is truly a rescuer of lost musical souls. —
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The Romantic Cello Concerto, Vol. 7: Fitzenhagen & Tchaikovsky
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Stefan Blunier
Vital exuberance - the sort one usually associates only with a live recording - is matched by playing of lyrical grace. Once you have these in place and an orchestral partnership of utter conviction,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2015, Editor's Choice
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