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Building a Library, April 2014, First Choice
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Vaughan Williams
RecommendedAnniversary Collectors Edition
George Maran, Ivor Newton (piano), Betty Dolemore (soprano), Robert Speaight (narrator), Harry Gabb (organ)
London String Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luton Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Henry Wood
The sole CD premiere is the 1955 On Wenlock Edge by George Maran, a German-based American tenor - pleasant-toned enough but distinctly previous in enunciation, no match for Pears/Britten, or... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A minor & Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
Aaarhus Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock, Royal Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
There is no doubting the strength of Coleridge-Taylor’s invention, though, in this generally affable work, especially in this sprightly performance [of the Symphony]…Sargent's exuberant 1962... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, Reissues Choice
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he Britten Quartet was a musical force of nature...Britten’s quartets are easy to admire, but are often played as though they are fascinating objets d’art rather than flesh-and-blood emotional... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Reissue/Archive Choice
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Played and recorded with translucent clarity, and a sense of the commitment the players are giving to a composer not renowned as a conductor. The Suite from Billy the Kid has just the right... —
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Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain & Falla Piano Favourites
Alicia de Larrocha (piano), Orquesta de Conciertos, Madrid, Jesus Arambarri
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Immense, yet light-fingered keyboard power from Richter, whose mastery opens out great vistas of space around the music. —
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Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos, Concertino & Piano Trio No. 2
William Vacchiano (trumpet), André Previn (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Oistrakh Trio, Maxim & Dmitri Shostakovich
