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Special offer. Adams, J: I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky
RecommendedJeannette Friedrich, Lilith Gardell, Darius De Haas, Jonas Holst, Martina Muhlpointner, Markus Alexander Neisser & Kimako Xavier Trotman
The Band of the Holst-Sinfonietta, Klaus Simon
John Adams's stylistic range is vast, yet even in such a diverse output, I Was Looking at the Ceilingand Then I Saw the Sky (1995) stands apart. Conceived, in the composer's words, as 'a Broadwaystyle... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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William Grant Still: Summerland; Violin Suite; Pastorela; American Suite
RecommendedZina Schiff (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg
a beguiling portrait of his stylistic journey between 1918 and 1965...From the short, romping Quit Dat Fool’nish (1935) and balladinspired Can’t You Line‘Em (1940) to the sumptuous orchestral... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Premiere
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New. Brass For Uncommon Times
Velvet Brown, Daniel Prim, Fran Vielma, Hiram Diaz, Brass For Uncommon Times, Brian Kaufman
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Special offer. Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedMatthias Goerne (Wotan), Kim Begley (Loge), Michelle DeYoung (Fricka), Deborah Humble (Erda), Peter Sidhom (Alberich), Anna Samuil (Freia), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner), David Cangelosi (Mime), Charles Reid (Froh), Oleksandr Pushniak (Donner), Eri Nakamura (Woglinde), Aurhelia...
Sidhom's dark-leather tone and malevolent characterisation make an impressive Alberich, fellow Briton Kim Begley is a smooth, sardonic Loge, ideally lyrical in his narration...Van Zweden conducts... —
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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A new bargain disc finds a Romanian ensemble fully at home in the string quartets of Ravel and Fauré. —
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Building a Library, November 2002, Budget Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vaughan Williams - Willow-Wood
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Roderick Williams's beautifully phrased and enunciated singing in Willow-Wood proclaims him an heir to the great tradition of British baritones. Under the reliable David Lloyd-Jones, the orchestra... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2005, Editor's Choice
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Brahms: Violin Concerto & Double Concerto
Tianwa Yang (violin), Gabriel Schwabe (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Antoni Wit
She has technique to spare, produces a gloriously open sonority on her 1730 Guarneri del Gesù, and possesses a vibrant musical personality ideal for the recording studio. The clarity of her... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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Special offer. Delibes: Lakmé
Sabine Devieilhe (Lakmé), Frederic Antoun (Gérald), Stephane Degout (Frédéric), Ambroisine Bré (Mallika), Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Laurent Pelly
Laurent Pelly transforms Delibes's opera into an exploration of colonialism and cultural appropriation...Raphaël Pichon, conducting Pygmalion on original instruments, relishes Delibes’s lush... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2024, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, Opera Choice
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New. Larry Lipkis: Pierrot and Friends - Four Commedia Concerti
Mykhailo Sosnovsky, Andriy Tkachuk, Oksana Hretchyn, Luke Sieve, Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar
