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Coming soon. Blackford: The Black Lake, Songs of Nadia Anjuman, A Catalan Prayer & Three Rossetti Songs
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), James Atkinson, Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, David Hill, Gavin Carr
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Vaughan Williams & Foulds: Piano Concertos
Howard Shelley (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
There are four unequivocal masterpieces for piano and orchestra in English 20th-century music: Bax's Winter Legends, Frank Bridge's Phantasm and the two works recorded here.
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Gavin Higgins: The Faerie Bride
Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo), Roderick Williams (baritone), Marta Fontanals-Simmons
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
A cantata retelling of the Welsh legend of the Lady of the Lake, it's as psychologically true as it is vividly fantastical and expressively direct. Soloists Roderick Williams and Marta Fontanals-Simmons... —
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Iain Hamilton: The Bermudas, Piano Concerto No. 1 & Cantos
Ronald Morrison (baritone), Margaret Kitchin (piano), Douglas Moore (horn), John Fletcher (tuba) & Sidonie Goossens (harp)
Scottish National Chorus & Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gibson, Norman Del Mar
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Rawsthorne, Berkeley & Bush: Chamber Music
The Music Group of London, Members of the Aeolian Quartet
An oddball assortment for English music buffs. Hugh Bean's playing excels in Berkeley's Violin Sonatina (short by strong). Alan Bush offers fine pianism. —
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Berkeley: Piano Concerto & Concerto for Two Pianos
David Wilde (piano), Garth Beckett & Boyd McDonald (pianos)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Norman Del Mar
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Moeran's insistent pastoralism avoids sounding embalmed thanks to Loveridge's incisive, beautifully shaded playing. She also excels in Gordon Jacob's fine Piano Sonata (which reveals an altogether... —
