Rubicon - up to 35% off
Until 16th September, we are offering up to 35% off Rubicon titles on CD, Vinyl, & Downloads.
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Special offer. Howard Blake: The Snowman & Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf
Sir Ken Dodd (narrator)
Liverpool String Quartet
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite
and music by Stravinsky and Prokofiev
Alexander Ullman (piano)
The pianist is marvellous and the programme is attractive. But the brittle, drier-than-dry recorded sound really doesn’t help…He combines sensitivity and agility at the highest level, which... —
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Record Review, 6th April 2019, Disc of the Week
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Special offer. The Poet’s Echo
Britten - Prokofiev - Shostakovich
Gemma Summerfield (soprano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Abi Hyde-Smith, Jocelyn Freeman (piano)
The album’s main glory is the singing of Gemma Summerfield, a soprano endowed with a firm technique and an intense tone with laser-beam attributes even on high. Phrasing and expression are excellent,... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
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Two violinists respond to lockdown concert cancellations by turning their apartment into a recording studio, with impressive results. Though it’s quite an austere listen, the combination of... —
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Special offer. Once Upon A Time
The Nutcracker - Romeo & Juliet - Petrushka
Esther Birringer (piano)
[Tchaikovsky] strong in characterization, shows wonderful phrase-shaping, and has the real sense of a keyboard personality. She captures every mood and texture from delicacy to grandeur with... —
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She draws us into [Shostakovic's] unsettled world, in which a restless Allegretto and angular Largo lead to the spare, lonely lines of the final Moderato. Gubaidulina’s Chaconne provides a suitably... —
