Hyperion
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Gabriel Jackson: A ship with unfurled sails
& other works
with Kaspars Zemitis (electric guitar)
The State Choir Latvija, Maris Sirmais
It's easy enough injecting an element of fervour into choral singing, harder to do so without sacrificing technical accuracy...the State Choir Latvija manages both a bristling ardour in its... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Choral & Song Choice
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This is an absolutely splendid disc, with powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's mastery of chamber music in two major scores, early and late, as well as the famous... —
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The singing is beautifully blended, the parts sensitively balanced, the absence of spurious vibrato a constant pleasure. Typically outstanding Hyperion sound caps this warmly recommendable issue. —
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Completed after the First Piano Concerto, but still comparatively early works, the Sextets are typified by lush textures, ardent emotion, and wonderfully memorable melodic lines. The first is... —
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Hindemith: The Complete Viola Music Volume 3
Concertos
Lawrence Power (viola)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton
once again [Power] projects splendidly warm and rounded tone, bringing compelling focus to these performances. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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[Victorian parlour repertoire] proves both admirably suited to her distinctively creamy yet expressive voice, and occasionally revelatory...The well-structured programme concludes with Holst's... —
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Both composers are served extremely well on this beautifully recorded disc, Hagai Shaham and Arnon Erez in particular giving a totally convincing performance of Bloch's well-known Baal Shem.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Chamber Choice
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Hewitt clearly relishes the colour and rhythmic energy of these dance sequences; her performances have a wonderfully fluid stylishness, with scrupulous ornamentation that never seems self-consciously... —
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Hamelin's power and conviction turn the Grand Sonata on the Four Ages of Man into a statement of inspired profundity. —
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Henri Duparc - The Complete Songs
RecommendedSarah Walker (mezzo soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Roger Vignoles is a most sympathetic accompanist, and virtuosic where virtuosity is called for, and the whole set is at one with Duparc's own evaluation of these magnificent songs —
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Building a Library, October 2006, First Choice
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