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Maconchy: Héloïse and Abelard
Hannah Francis (Héloïse), Tom McDonnell (Abelard) & Philip Langridge (Fulbert)
Croydon Philharmonic Choir & English Symphony Orchestra, James Gaddarn
Patient listening brings reasonable rewards, with the presence of three quality soloists, plus James Gaddarn’s determined grip from the conductor’s podium, helping the stature of the work as... —
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Jonathan Dove: In Exile
Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Gergely Madaras
Wallfisch throws himself heart and soul into his music, never more affectingly than when reaching out as comforter to the exile, through the upper reaches of the cello. Keenlyside impresses... —
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Birtwistle - The Fields of Sorrow
Jane Manning (soprano), Alan Hacker (clarinet) & The Matrix (bass clarinets)
London Sinfonietta & Chorus, David Atherton
This trio of compositions charts Harrison Birtwistle's transition from the brutal mechanics and plaintive lyricism of his first opera Punch and Judy (1967) to the more subtle expressive qualities... —
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Maw, N: Scenes and Arias for Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Contralto and Orchestra, etc.
Jane Manning (soprano), Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Felicity Palmer (soprano) & Robert Tear (tenor)
London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton, Norman Del Mar
It's good to see some of the recordings sponsored by the British Council reappearing… None was as sorely missed as Maw's scenes and Arias, a setting of an early 14th-century love poem, with... —
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Arnold Cooke: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, John Pritchard, Bernard Keeffe
