Lyrita
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William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
RecommendedSimon Callaghan (piano), Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano), Northern Sinfonia, Martin Yates
Callaghan is the superb soloist in the Fourth and Sixth, in energising performances with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Martin Yates that feel tailored to the music's scale and sympathies. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2026, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd January 2026
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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... —
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Boult's advocacy is irresistible and the CD transfer demonstrates the intrinsic excellent of the analogue recordings, with gloriously full string-sound. —
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In 1968, when Sir Adrian Boult recorded the two Elgar Symphonies for Lyrita, he wrote an open letter to Gramophone, couched diplomatically but reflecting his fury that at the sessions his recording... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Collection Winner
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Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto & other works
RecommendedLorraine McAslan (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
Lorraine McAslan plays with easy virtuosity and an almost Heifetz-like intensity of focus, while the London Philharmonic, with occasionally audible encouragement from Nicholas Braithwaite, provides... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bennett, W S: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1, etc.
RecommendedMalcolm Binns (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Orchestral Premieres
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Karelia State Philharmonic Orchestra, Orion Symphony Orchestra, Michael Laus, Marius Stravinsky, Toby Purser
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Bennett, W S: Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat, etc.
Malcolm Binns (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
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The discovery for me was William Hurlstone’s very strong Sonata of 1899, with its most original slow movement lament, slightly let down by the weak melody of the finale. He was admired by Parry... —
