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Wind-Up
Peter Hill (piano), Hugh Webb (harp), Bridget Carey (viola), Francesca Henry (flute), Barrie Webb (trombone), Julian Warburton (percussion)
Ensemble Exposé
An enterprising introduction to two young composers, each with something to say and the means to say it with interest and imagination. Thank heavens for small independent labels. There is a... —
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First class. I take it that this series will eventually couple all of Tippett’s piano sonatas with other, mostly more recent British piano music. On the basis of these two volumes it does a... —
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Special offer. Harper, E: Fanny Robin
Jane Manning, Nigel Waugh & Roderick Horn
Scottish Opera Chorus & Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edward Harper (director)
In the still undervalued genre of chamber opera, Fanny Robin deserves more frequent performances. Characterisation is idiomatically drawn from Hardy, with incidental details sparingly yet effectively... —
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The trombonist Barrie Webb, who instigated this collaboration with seven Japanese composers, deserves congratulation. One might think the trombone to be an unpromising solo instrument but, as... —
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"Electronic music is often treated in society as a prostitute," wrote a prominent American composer. "It is regarded as selling art and culture to satisfy a desire or whim."
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METIER is devoted not only to independent-minded British composers but performers too. Here the impressive soprano Alison Smart, of the BBC Singers, makes her recorded debut as a recitalist,... —
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