Naxos
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There is plenty of lovely music here. The project is executed with great skill and originality by Steen-Nokleberg. —
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Building a Library, May 2007, First Choice
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This Norwegian pianist's complete survey of the Lyric Pieces is excellent. He plays with the feeling of an artist and the insights of a scholar. This musical intelligence, together with charm... —
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Building a Library, May 2007, First Choice
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Billy Mayerl, Vol. 2 (1934-1946)
RecommendedSelected works including 'Over She Goes', 'Mistletoe'
Billy Mayerl (piano)
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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[Sous les tilleuls is] played here with an affectionate finesse worthy of a Beecham. With full, sparkling, yet warmly atmospheric recording, this is a first-class disc in every way. —
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There are wrong notes, some of the recordings are of poor quality, others remarkably good for the 1920s: what is amazing is the unfailing verve, poetry, warmth and spontaneity. Some of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Ned Rorem
Simon Mulligan (piano) & Wen-Sinn Yang (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier
Simon Mulligan is an outstanding piano soloist, combining precision with a beautiful pearly sound in the upper register. The cellist Weng-Sinn Yang isn't always as tight rhythmically, but makes... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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The English Song Series Volume 21 - Ian Venables
Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano), with Richard Hosford (clarinet)
[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound...Andrew Kennedy is... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, Choral & Song Choice
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Joseph Schwantner: Chasing Light, Morning's Embrace & Percussion Concerto
RecommendedChristopher Lamb (percussion)
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Giancarlo Guerrero
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Grammy Awards, 54th Awards (2011), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Special offer. Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance & Trial by Jury
Martyn Green, Darrell Fancourt, Leonard Osborn, Muriel Harding, Ella Halman, Richard Watson, Leslie Rands, Donald Harris
New Promenade Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey
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Seldom is it dispatched with such a winning combination of joviality, delicate melancholy, technical finesse and rhythmic dash. —
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Building a Library, June 2002, Also Recommended
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