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Once more under the baton of Kellen Gray, the RSNO brings terrific warmth and verve to three appealing orchestral works that span the Harlem and Chicago Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2023
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The first thing to be said about this Schumann cycle is how splendidly alert the orchestral playing is: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra must be one of the finest ensembles of its kind in the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Orchestral Choice
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all three works benefit from the translucent, unsentimental playing of the Mithras Trio...Come for the Lisney; stay for the Shostakovich and Korngold, and see what you think. —
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Special offer. Gibbons: Phantasm
RecommendedConsorts for Viols
Susanna Pell (tenor viol), Asako Morikawa (bass viol)
Phantasm
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Early Music
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Building a Library, October 2018, Also Recommended
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Special offer. The Trials of Tenducci: A Castrato in Ireland
RecommendedTara Erraught (mezzo-soprano), Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan
[The Mozart] is given a very capable performance by mezzo Tara Erraught, whose attractive tone and warmth are heard to particular advantage in the second aria (‘Tu virginum’)...she copes well... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Sophie Daneman’s sensuous soprano offsets the boyish voice of the 15-year-old Rosanna Wicks, while the airy trebles of Salisbury Cathedral Choir balance the earthier tones of the lay clerks... —
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Record Review, 11th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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Special offer. Handel: Ode for St Cecilia’s Day
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
You should catch Carolyn Sampson, Ian Bostridge and the Dunedin in this Handel masterpiece. They glide through the score in utterly ravishing ways that transcend rival recordings…Butt’s tempos... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2018
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Special offer. Thomas Wilson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory Macdonald
This was a fascinating discovery. Wilson – a 20th-century Scottish composer – has clearly been overlooked. His writing is colourful, dynamic and cinematic, and it is delivered with real panache... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Special offer. Makedonissimo
by Pande Shahov in collaboration with Simon Trpčeski
Simon Trpčeski, Hidan Mamudov, Aleksandar Krapovski, Alexander Somov, Vlatko Nushev
Don’t be fooled by the playful title…[Makedonissimo] is is a serious affair shaped by input from ethnomusicologists and ultimately chiselled into form by a composer. The sound of the kaval and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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Special offer. Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330
Avison Ensemble, Pavlo Beznosiuk (director)
This fine ensemble, founded to investigate the previously unknown music of the Newcastle composer Charles Avison, takes on his London contemporary with tremendous panache...Pavlo Beznosiuk's... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Baroque Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, Orchestral Choice
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