Naxos
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Weinberg: Symphony No. 18 ‘War – there is no word more cruel’
Andrew Balio (trumpet)
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Vladimir Lande
The present performance boasts a compelling contribution from Andrew Balio, who revels in the witticism of the Finale while also encapsulating the darker undertones of the wistful central movement.... —
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Special offer. Davies, Peter Maxwell: The Lighthouse
Neil Mackie (tenor), Christopher Keyte (baritone) & Ian Comboy (bass)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic, Peter Maxwell Davies
Even without the visuals, the work's taut pacing and sharp-focus invention grip the imagination from start to finish. All three cast members excel, taking Maxwell Davies's liking for apssages... —
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Pianist Ralph van Raat...plays with utter sensitivity and refinement. His delicate touch is just what these pieces require, but he is not wanting in power and technical prowess where such is... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Ingeborg von Bronsart: Jery und Bätely
Opera in one act with libretto by Goethe
Malmo Opera Orchestra, Dario Salvi
Bronsart’s score has echoes of early Weber or Mendelssohn...Light soprano Caroline Bruker is an attractive Bätely. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, arranged for Brass Septet
RecommendedNarrated by Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi (narrator)
Septura
The performances are sparkling – not quite the full Suite that’s normally performed, and I did miss the Danse chinoise which is omitted here, but perfectly-balanced and wonderfully light-footed... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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On paper, the 2019 GFA Competition winner Johan Smith’s recital programme looks unremarkable...Not that this recital fails to showcase his abundant talent to its best advantage. So as one are... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Coming soon. Dvořák: Rusalka
Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka), Pavel Černoch (Prince), Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ježibaba), Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev (Vodník), Annette Dasch (Foreign Princess), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn, Joana Mallwitz
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This is an ideal coupling of Sibelius symphonies, played with a palpable feel for the idiom by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra...there is an urgency to the playing, allied to a sense of the characteristic... —
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Building a Library, January 2001, Budget Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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All of the ‘buried treasure’ on this lovely album of chamber works by female composers from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is polished up to perfection by TrioW here, but the crown... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2020
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