Hyperion
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The Brabant Ensemble has a well-deserved reputation for the exploration of little-known musical gems. They do not disappoint here; from among Lassus's 2000 works we are served up an enterprising... —
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 6 & 8
Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Even against formidable competition [in No. 6], Martyn Brabbins impresses handsomely. Nothing is forced – the fury and the anguish, the grandeur and the desolation seem almost to speak for themselves. —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 20 - Brüll
Martin Roscoe (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Brabbins
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amazing precision of intonation and articulation. Yet the piecing [sic] intensity of their virtually vibrato-less style, enhanced by the bright, resonant Hyperion recording, can sometimes weary... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Chamber
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 25 - MacDowell
Seta Tanyel (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
[Tanyel] can totally identify with this kind of post-Lisztian lyric bravura style —
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For a moment or two in the Smetana one might think that the Takács Quartet's almost Olympian objectivity wouldn't suit music that often seems to well up so directly from the heart. In fact it's... —
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Boughton: The Immortal Hour
Roderick Kennedy (bass), Patricia Taylor (contralto), Anne Dawson (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Valery Hill (soprano), Roger Bryson (bass-baritone), Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Alan G Melville
The Immortal Hour is part of theatrical folklore: in London in the early 1920s it ran, unprecedentedly, for 216 consecutive performances and, shortly afterwards, for a further 160 at the first... —
Purchase product
2 CDs
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 48 - Benedict & Macfarren
Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Pianophiles and collectors of rarities will gravitate to this beautifully performed disc. It’s a tour-de-force of pianism-plus-directing from Howard Shelley —
