Orchid Classics - up to 25% off selected titles
Until 2nd September, we are offering up to 25% off selected Orchid Classics titles on CD, Vinyl, & Downloads.
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Booth's remarkable capabilities as a singing actress allow her to encompass the multiple personas, verbal dexterity and moments of emotional nakedness that characterise Cocteau's poetry, as... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th June 2026
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Charles Owen and Katya Apekisheva have plenty of spirit to their playing, whether in the quirkiness of Poulenc’s Capriccio or sublimities of his Sonata for Two Pianos. —
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Special offer. Coco: Origins
George Enescu; Francis Poulenc; Lili Boulanger; Jenö Hubay; Maurice Ravel; Claude Debussy
Coco Tomita (violin), Simon Callaghan (piano)
This is a fresh, consistently stimulating account of Ravel’s sonata, all the more effective for its avoidance of special pleading..[in the finale] Tomita and Callaghan hit a groove facilitating... —
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Somehow, Booth pivots effortlessly from one character and style to another while inhabiting each one with its own presence and conviction. Coleman's razor-sharp responses on piano (in addition... —
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Special offer. 1 2 3 11
Barnaby Robson (clarinet), Fiona Harris (piano), Simon Chamberlain (piano), Rebecca Chamber (viola)
By no means a conventionally programmed recital, but one that consistently piques the listener’s attention. —
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Special offer. Paris
The Spirit of Cocteau, Diaghilev and Stravinsky
Maya Koch (violin) & Julian Milford (piano)
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If you need any convincing that the choice of title for this album is an appropriate one, just listen to the dreamy intermezzo of Poulenc’s sonata for violin and piano, FP 119: in the hands... —
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Who'd have thought you could have just so much fun with a violin, accordion and double bass (and, briefly, voice)?...Moods and nationalities aplenty, all played with pizzazz and joy. —
