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Special offer. Richard Blackford: La Sagrada Familia Symphony & Babel, A Cantata
Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Stephen Gadd (baritone)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ikon Singers & Ensemble, Richard Blackford, David Hill
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I can’t imagine the composer being less than ecstatic with Williamson’s pianism and Lyrita’s production values. —
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Gavin Higgins: The Faerie Bride, Horn Concerto and Fanfare, Air & Flourishes for solo horn
RecommendedBen Goldscheider (horn), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jaime Martín
Higgins (b.1983) combines dramatic flair with superb orchestral skill and emotional intelligence...His love of [the horn] shines in a paean that at once celebrates and signals environmental... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Nicholas Maw: Spring Music; Voices of Memory; Sonata for Solo Violin
Harriet Mackenzie (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, William Boughton
If you aren’t stirred by the panache of his half-hour sonata of solo Violin (1997) I’d suggest a visit to the doctor. Harriet Mackenzie is a most fearless and eloquent executant of this wonderfully... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2020, Editor's Choice
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Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Vision of A Garden
Roderick Williams (baritone), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Stephen Gadd, Ikon, Britten Sinfonia, Bach Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Hill
Blackford’s 1996 Mirror of Perfection is a big-boned and breathtaking opener, while the more recent Vision of a Garden – based on Peter Johnstone’s ‘ICU Diaries’ written while in hospital with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2022, Editor's Choice
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Maw’s Sinfonia (1966) is a superb half-hour essay, scored for small orchestra but big in every other way. Its inspiration seems to be the gently rocking motif used by Britten to link movements... —
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Thea Musgrave: Concertos, Monologue & Excursions
Thea Musgrave (piano) & Malcolm Williamson (piano), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Barry Tuckwell (horn)
Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gibson, Norman Del Mar
Three resounding cheers for the appearance on CD at last of the three Thea Musgrave concertos. …some of the most convincing and thrilling orchestral pieces that have been written anywhere in... —
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Special offer. Thea Musgrave: The Voices of Our Ancestors
The New York Virtuoso Songers, Harold Rosenbaum
The exultant, dramatic Rorate Coeli from 1973...is by far the best showcase for Harold Rosenbaum’s bold and fearless New York Virtuoso Singers, singing lustily and unaccompanied, but elsewhere... —
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Eleanor Alberga: Violin Concertos Nos.1 & 2
Thomas Bowes (violin), Morgan Pearse (baritone), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Joseph Swensen
The latest and most beguiling work, from 2020, is the violin concerto (No. 2), inspired by the Greek myth of Narcissus…The gifted violinist, Thomas Bowes (also Alberga’s husband), weaves his... —
