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Gabriela Lena Frank: Conquest Requiem - Estévez: Cantata Criolla
Jessica Rivera, Andrew Garland, Aquiles Machado, Juan Tomás Martínez Yépez, Alcides Rodriguez, Daniel Binelli, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero
Frank mixes elements of the traditional requiem mass with poetry of the Nahua people and texts by the contemporary playwright Nilo Cruz...The Nashville forces do a sterling job with Frank's... —
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Violin Conversations
RecommendedMadeleine Mitchell (violin), Andrew Ball, Errollyn Wallen, Wendy Hiscocks, Nigel Clayton, Martin Butler, Kevin Malone, Howard Blake
Mitchell's diverse Violin Conversations is full of riches…a fresh and challenging recital, beautifully played. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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In Terra Pax
RecommendedA Christmas Anthology
Julia Doyle (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Mark Williams (organ and piano)
City of London Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
The gem here is Finzi's In terra pax… From late in Finzi's life, it is suffused with English pastoral yearning, and baritone Roderick Williams sings beautifully in the outer sections. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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Gershwin, Tower & Stucky: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Kevin Cole (piano), National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 and 7
Fumika Mohri (violin), Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Michael Halasz
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Leopold Koželuch: Symphonies Vol. 3
Filip Dvořák (harpsichord), Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec
this is highly distinguished playing, with an excellent recorded sound to match. —
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Philip Langridge (Prologue/Quint), Felicity Lott (Governess), Sam Pay (Miles), Eileen Hulse (Flora), Phyllis Cannan (Mrs Grose), Nadine Secunde (Miss Jessel)
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble, Steuart Bedford
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The so-called Lark (No 5), with its soaring opening melody and moto perpetuo finale, is perhaps the most immediately fetching of all Haydn's quartets. But No 6 is at least as fine, with its... —
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Massenet: Orchestral Music
Visions (Symphonic Poem) and other works
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud
Phèdre shows Massenet at his best, boasting memorable melodic lines, powerful harmonies and vivid orchestration. Jean-Luc Tingaud draws expressive playing from the orchestra throughout and does... —
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Record Review, 24th October 2020, Record of the Week
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