Naxos
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Vanessa Goikoetxea (Tosca), Piero Pretti (Cavaradossi), Alexey Markov (Scarpia), Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Lorenzo Fratini, Daniele Gatti
I was particularly taken by the production's Cavaradossi - unmistakeable as an Italian tenor of the old school without even checking the cast list. Piero Pretti's voice is light, clear and almost... —
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Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57 & Works for Cello & Orchestra
Gabriel Schwabe (cello), Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Christopher Ward
[Schwabe] certainly has the technical chops to make one gasp at his lightning delivery of the delirious demisemiquaver passages... All these are very well done and repertoire junkies will want... —
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Special offer. American Classics - William Bolcom
RecommendedMeasha Brueggergosman, Ilona Davidson (soprano), Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano), Nathan Lee Graham (baritone), Thomas Young (tenor), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Peter Ruth (harmonica, vocals)
University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra & Musical Society, Leonard Slatkin
This is a magnum opus that occupied Bolcom for 25 years, starting as early as 1956. He's drawn on a wide range of musical styles to parallel Blake's method of moving from sophisticated to almost... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2005, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Choral Performance
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 48th Awards (2005), Classical Album of the Year
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Purcell - Full Anthems & Organ Music
Music on the Death of Queen Mary
Andrew Carwood (tenor), Laurence Cummings (organ), Michael McCarthy (bass)
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
I would say that any disc which offered such a 24-carat Purcell selection in performances even half as good as these would be hard to resist. —
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Finzi: Intimations of Immortality & For St Cecilia
RecommendedJames Gilchrist (tenor)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, David Hill
Gerald Finzi's music here is full of inescapable echoes of the melodies and harmonies of Elgar and Vaughan Williams, the ceremonial pomp of Parry… But he had a distinctive gift for setting... —
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Building a Library, December 2006, Budget Choice
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103 'The year 1905'
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
…Petrenko… keeps an extremely tight grip on proceedings, opting for flowing speeds in the first and third movements while carefully building up an exciting symphonic tension through the intense... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2009
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Vaughan Williams - Piano Concerto
Ashley Wass (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
Ashley Wass's commanding way with the solo part is beautifully poised in the Romanza, while admirably resisting any temptation to smooth over the Toccata's hard edges. Both in the Concerto... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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Oswald: Symphony, Op. 43, Sinfonietta, Op. 27 & Elegia
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabio Mechetti
Fabio Mechetti and the Minas Gerais Philharmonic play all three works with conviction and finesse. Like their recording of Alberto Nepomuceno's orchestral music (5/19), this Oswald album is... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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These are two of Weinberg’s most immediately approachable and engaging works, and they make an excellent introduction for newcomers to his output. Nor should anyone taking the economy option... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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