Hyperion
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his stylistic understanding is always impeccable, and as recorded here his Steinway makes a warmly appealing sound —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 18 - Korngold & Marx
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä
Hamelin is an ideal soloist here, despatching Korngold's fiendishly demanding piano writing with effortless aplomb, and there is fine playing from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Osmo... —
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 58 - Pixis & Thalberg
Howard Shelley (piano & conductor)
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
if the material remains unmemorable, the treatment is coruscating in its tireless elaboration...But what is surely unarguable is that neither Pixis or Thalberg could have rivalled Howard Shelley's... —
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The Florestan Trio seems determined to extract every last ounce of energy, wit and spirit from these early works. Op 1 No 2's finale, for example, fizzes along; all Beethoven's surprising inventions... —
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Kalabis is lucky to be championed by Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica. The album opens with four Duettina from 1987, in which the violinist is joined by the brilliant young Latvian cellist... —
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French Cathedral Music
Joseph Cullen, Andrew Reid (organs)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'Donnell
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Trinity Sunday at Westminster Abbey
A sequence of music as might be heard in the Abbey on Trinity Sunday
Robert Quinney (organ)
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell
James O'Donnell proves himself master of two Westminster traditions: the Collegiate Abbey style is as assured as his former 'continental' Cathedral persona. Best of the persuasively-layered... —
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Those who want a 'period' performance should not hesitate; they are unlikely to hear any better of its kind. Articulation is light, precise yet full of nuance; vibrato is scarcely detectable... —
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Duffy's is a light, bright soprano with a stylish sense of phrasing and some rapturous top Bs in her armoury...Two stand out: the harmonically wayward 'Junghexenlied', where Duffy has the right... —
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Pianist and presiding spirit Roger Vignoles takes us on a select chronological jaunt, making sure Brewer boldly goes to the heart of the bigger numbers where lesser voices would fear to tread.... —
