Naxos
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The disc puts a triumphant cap on a few years of seriously marvellous issues of 15th-century songs. It comes with a lucid and informative booklet note by Gramophone’s Fabrice Fitch. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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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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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Great Violinists - Kaufmann
RecommendedLouis Kaufman (violin), Peter Rybar (violin)
Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden
this is avowedly old-school Vivaldi; indeed, the oldest on disc. Recorded in 1947, this is the first-ever recording of The Four Seasons; Louis Kaufman is worlds away from Alessandrini's account... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Stanford - Anthems and Services
Christopher Whitton (organ)
Choir of St. John’s College Cambridge, Christopher Robinson
The mean old saying, 'Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach', would have withered in the presence of Stanford; and no doubt one of the reasons why he was such a great teacher is that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Francis Pott: At First Light; Word
Joseph Spooner (cello), Christian Wilson (organ), Commotio, Matthew Berry
Every now and then you hear a new work and feel that excitement, the knowledge that here is a piece that is going to become part of the landscape. Rooted in tradition but with a voice of its... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Kodály: Háry János Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major
RecommendedBuffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Given the quality of these performances from JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic, it must be hoped they'll return to the composer for a second volume...Falletta draws vivid performances... —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Special offer. Bellini: I Puritani
RecommendedMaria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano
Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
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Building a Library, January 2005, Budget Choice
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky
Recommended1940 & 1946 Recordings
Philharmonic-Symphony of New York, Igor Stravinsky
Invaluable new transfers of Stravinsky on top form as a conductor. This electrifying performance is the finest of his Rite of Spring recordings, and the 1945 Firebird Suite is gripping. —
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Building a Library, March 2013, First Choice
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