SACD, Vaughan Williams (composer)
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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: Orchestral Works
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & Finzi: Clarinet Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet), Philharmonia Orchestra
[The Symphony is] beautifully played but not quite faithful even to the letter of Vaughan Williams’s score…Altogether, this superb performance [of the Concerto] will surely persuade those listeners... — More…
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Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Two Pianos & A London Symphony (1920 version)
Leon McCawley (piano), John Lenehan (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
At times we miss the focused punch of one piano's combat with the orchestra…yet 20 fingers certainly bring a heightened percussive charge in the final section's 'fuga chromatica'. Either way... — More…
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Arcadia Lost: Music of Vaughan Williams & Britten
Michael Dauth (violin), Roger Benedict (viola), Steve Davislim (tenor) & Benjamin Martin (piano)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Cantillation, Hamer Quartet, Mark Wigglesworth
A concept album which may or may not suit the dedicated collector but is certainly worth trying...Performance-wise [Sinfonia da Requiem] is arguably the highlight of the disc...[On Wenlock Edge]... — More…
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Walton: Façade, Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes & Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves/Berkeley: Guitar Concerto
Tony Randall (narrator), Columbia Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Fiedler, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Juliam Bream (guitar), Monteverdi Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Nisbeth’s tone isn’t especially lush or velvety but it’s endlessly nuanced, and Forsberg, too, commands an enormously subtle tonal palette…Fresh, thoughtful perspectives on some ravishing –... — More…
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Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Lawrence Foster
This recital is something of a triumph for violinist Arabella Steinbacher. [Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy] is finger-cripplingly difficult, and…Steinbacher makes it sound like a neat-masterpiece…saving... — More…
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a generous anthology showcasing three major British contributions to the viola repertoire...Euler proves a highly sensitive, stylish and delectably unforced interpreter. He also generates a... — More…
