Naxos
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This fine Canadian choir perform very beautifully in a style which seems natural and right.
The Elora Festival Singers have much in common with King's College, Cambridge under Willcocks; relaxed... — -
Farrenc’s multilingual Symphony No. 1 is hard to pin down. Then again, why should we feel the need to pigeonhole? It’s a fluent, feisty essay; a work shot through with bold strokes and a fertile... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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[Buriana] turns in sparkling performances of both works. Her tone is well-nigh perfect, delicate and refined, with intonation spot-on...A highly recommendable disc. —
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The Oxford Camerata and Jeremy Summerly do this wonderful music proud as they listen and carefully balance, quiet polyphonic lines and direction —
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True to its title, this recording breathes with a relaxed spirit. —
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All are played with finesse and character by the RSNO....Invocation eloquently played here by the cellist, Tim Hugh.....In short another Naxos winner —
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The warm, expressionist opening to the fourth quartet is instantly winning, inviting us into a sound world that is at once distinctive yet flecked with echoes of Ravel, Debussy and Shostakovich.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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Paul Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5
Das Listige Bauernmädchen (ballet); Vorstellungen; Quodlibet: Contradance
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Marek Štilec
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Bizet: Clovis et Clotilde & Te Deum
Katarina Jovanovic (soprano), Philippe Do (tenor) & Mark Schnaible (bass), Katarina Jovanovic (soprano) & Philippe Do (tenor)
Orchestre National de Lille, Choeur Régional Nord – Pas-de-Calais, Jean-Claude Casadesus
Bizet's cantata, which won him the Prix de Rome in 1857, contains some lovely moments and a few characteristic things...It shows Bizet the orchestrator far beyond the apprentice stage...Jovanovic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2011, Editor's Choice
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