Naxos
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Schoenberg - Violin Concerto
Rolf Schulte (violin), David Wilson-Johnson (Narrator, Reciter) & Jeremy Denk (Piano)
The Fred Sherry Quartet, Simon Joly Chorale & Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Craft
Hilary Hahn's recording of Schoenberg's Violin Concerto (see above) paraded cool beauty where others could find only sweat and tears. Yes, an overstatement perhaps – Louis Krasner and Israel... —
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Bliss: Piano Concerto
Peter Donohoe & Martin Roscoe (pianos)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Concerto for Two pianos is the most lively, attractive work on the disc, full of quick, spiky wit and delight on colour, all well brought out by Donohoe and Roscoe —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2004, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68, etc.
RecommendedEnglish Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd Jones
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Building a Library, March 2005, First Choice
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26, etc.
Kun Woo Paik (piano)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
An outstanding bargain. —
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Special offer. Adams: Violin Concerto, Corigliano: Red Violin 'Chaconne'
RecommendedChloë Hanslip (violin) & Charles Owen (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
It's excellent sense to couple John Adams's Violin Concerto with John Corigliano's Chaconne based on his film music for The Red Violin. Both require bravura of the highest order… This is the... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th August 2008
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, Three Russian Sacred Choruses & other choral works
RecommendedMary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Bogdan (tenor), Fred Sherry (cello), Stephen Taylor (oboe), Melanie Feld (oboe and cor anglais), Michael Parloff and Bart Feller (flutes) & David Wilson-Johnson (narrator)
The Simon Joly Chorale, The Gregg Smith Singers, Orchestra of St. Luke’s &...
Any Stravinsky recording making the point that the 20th century's paramount composer wrote more than just a few early ballet scores (however great those are) is resoundingly welcome, and even... —
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Building a Library, November 2018, Historical Recommendation
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Benjamin Britten - Sacred Choral Music
Iain Farrington (organ), Benedict Giles (treble), Malcolm Green (bass), Simon Wall (tenor), Thomas Williams (alto), Joseph Helps (treble), Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble), Christopher de la Hoyde (alto), William Goldring (treble), Edward Minton (treble), Ben Harrison (treble)
St. John's College...
With Britten comes the thought of high voices: boys' voices that on this Naxos disc belong to the choir of St. John's College, Cambridge… the St. John's singers roundly capture the elusive tonal... —
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Conductor Leif Segerstam captures the essence of this score effectively, conveying its colourful character, its wit and subtleties... this Prometheus is very well played and interpreted. Thus,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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...a delightful hour of grace and harmony. Who could ask for more? —
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Bakel's performances are extremely exciting…[they] are first rate in every way. —
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Building a Library, April 2003, Budget Choice
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