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Vaughan Williams: Retrospect London Choral Sinfonia, Michael Waldron, Jack Liebeck (violin), Andrew Staples (tenor, Thomas Carroll (cello)
The two choral works showcase the unforced sensitivity of the London Choral Sinfonia, who skilfully avoid overheating the patriotism of Kipling’s text for ‘Land of our Birth’, and the funerary... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, Editor's Choice
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Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, Concerto for Two Pianos & Four Last Songs
RecommendedMari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
Either [Lortie] or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original [Concerto] by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Vaughan Williams - Piano Concerto
Ashley Wass (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
Ashley Wass's commanding way with the solo part is beautifully poised in the Romanza, while admirably resisting any temptation to smooth over the Toccata's hard edges. Both in the Concerto... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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The biggest test for the Tredegar Town Band on this Vaughan Williams recital is the Variations for Brass Band, a technically demanding piece written for the National Brass Band Championships... — More…
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Nicola Benedetti - Fantasie Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Litton, Daniel Harding
The Lark Ascending is beautifully played, with pure, unforced tone, and in the unmeasured passages Benedetti imaginatively suggests the bird's unfettered, unpredictable flight. By contrast,... — More…
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Abbey Road Concerto Guy Braunstein (violin)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Alondra de la Parra
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Early and Late Works
Guy Johnston (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
The stand-out music...comes in Dark Pastoral. This is David Matthews's wonderfully skilled and imaginative, yet always-in-style completion of the slow movement of an unfinished cello concerto...Johnston's... — More…
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A pretty good collection that promises well for these musicians. — More…
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Listening to the slower sections, you may pine for the original instrumentation, teasingly indicated in the arrangement’s score as particular bars pass by. On the other hand, it’s hard to resist... — More…
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