Linn
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The Fitzwilliam Quartet has been working on this music for a long time. The players have wrestled with its quirks and uncovered its marvels…tender warmth radiates from page after page, dialogue... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It has the same sense of freshness as previous releases…[with] a pleasing transparency of texture, and nimbly sprung rhythms under John Butt’s scholarly direction —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Emma Bell gets better and better. This sparkling recording confirms her reputation as one of the most exciting of the younger generation of Handelians. It's the suppleness of the voice that... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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it's the group's nuance that's transfixing. When textures become sparse, delivery intensifies; when the line expands, the tempo stretches; when counterpoint thickens, articulation is leavened.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Chamber Choice
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommended
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Pamela Thorby, a regular member of the Palladian Ensemble, demonstrates versatility and virtuosity beyond question and is imaginatively accompanied by Richard Egarr, who also contributes a sparkling... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2004, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Marais & Forqueray: La Gamme (et autres morceaux de simphonie)
Trio Sonnerie: Monica Huggett (baroque violin), Emilia Benjamin (viola da gamba) & James Johnstone (harpsichord)
Huggett's playing is pliant and effortless, her distinctive sound very much the ensemble's hallmark. Gambist Emilia Benjamin makes light work of Marais's virtuoso passagework...while James Johnson... —
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Emelyanychev is a conductor whose music-making exudes spontaneity and flexibility. —
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Morton keeps the Tchaikovsky rhythmically lithe and buoyant...emphasising the composer's neo-classical sensibility in emulation of his beloved Mozart. The feather-light waltz dances exuberantly,... —
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Special offer. Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Miah Persson (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Benjamin Zander
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Kato has an impeccable sense of rhythm and a capacity for concentration —
