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Saeijs's is a memorable interpretation. She smoothly negotiates the works' fiendish challenges without once compromising her lustrous tone. At the same time she is faithful to the spirit of... —
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Special offer. JS Bach: Violin Concertos
Cecilia Bernardini (violin), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), with Huw Daniel (violin)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Bernardini takes nothing for granted in this recital of Bach concerts with the Dunedin Consort. Her bowing is both fluid and crisply detailed. —
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Sonia Grane (soprano)
Royal Academy of Music Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock
Pinnock directs a disciplined and expressive performance at ample tempos appropriate enough for a resonant full orchestra but sometimes a little too staid to sustain the momentum of a drier-toned... —
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The subtle hues of the choir, an elite corps from Winchester Cathedrals, are particularly impressive in Byrd's Lamentation, a piece in which voicing gives the music its momentum. Yet the beauty... —
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Special offer. Philippe Rogier: Music from the Missae Sex
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts & Magnificat, Philip Cave
The Council of Trent would have been pleased: with just two voices per part, and with clear diction and articulation from the members of Magnificat, the texts are generally easy to follow. The... —
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Special offer. The Prince Consort: Other Love Songs
Songs by Brahms and Stephen Hough
The Prince Consort: Alisdair Hogarth (piano), Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Tim Mead (countertenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) & Guest artists: Stephen Hough (piano), Philip Fowke (piano)
finely judged, delightfully youthful performances...Hough finds a language, a style, a startling response for the unique and elusive scent of each poem. There are solos and various pairings... —
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Tunnicliffe never loses sight of these dialogues and you hear a different one each time you visit it. In fact, this is one of the beauties of the disc...the warmth of Tunnicliffe's tone and... —
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Special offer. Longing. Lieder by Strauss, Berg, Schoenberg
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
Her close-to-flawless technical security remains a constant throughout, and her voice now offers a wide range of colours and options besides the lovely bell-like purity with which she made her... —
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Richly lyrical and bright as starlight, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood’s outstanding playing is the ideal advocate for a ‘Mozart trumpet sonata’ and he is accompanied with flair by Anna Szaπucka. —
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The New College Choir (16 boys and 14 adults) is quite large but its engagingly fulsome sound is kept nicely in focus by the acoustics of the moderately sized church in which it was recorded.... —
