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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... — More…
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Britten: War Requiem
RecommendedHeather Harper (soprano). Philip Langridge (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), Roderick Elms (organ)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, Richard Hickox
'Drawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that scales genuine... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Choral
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Engineering
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I Wonder As I Wander RecommendedBeethoven, Schubert, Mahler & Britten
James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
These are songs for the still grey skies of winter, filled with yearning for the other – whether a love unrequited or lost, a life that falls bitterly short, a homeland viewed from exile – coloured... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Britten: Works for voice & string orchestra
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Jasper de Waal (horn)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (artistic director)
Hannigan brings a fined-down intensity to the more hushed Rimbaud settings such as 'Being Beauteous', but elsewhere her tone tends to flutter under pressure...Gilchrist, by contrast, sounds... — More…
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Folk Stories
Songs by Beethoven, Britten & Mahler
Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lepper (piano), Liza Ferschtman (violin) & Floris Mijnders (cello)
The essence of folk song is outward simplicity: this disc is a wide-ranging selection of arrangements and originals, performed with artful directness. — More…
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Britten: Les Illuminations; Quatre Chansons françaises & Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
In Britten’s Les illuminations, the generally belllike accuracy of Norwegian soprano Mari Eriksmoen’s singing is more than matched by the expressive truth of her interpretations. She is most... — More…
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Music for a Time of War
Jeffrey Work (trumpet), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Jun Iawsaki (violin)
Oregon Symphony, Carlos Kalmar
Music for a Time of War is a compelling and inspired example of intelligent programme planning, and it’s extremely well played by the Oregon Symphony conducted by Carlos Kalmar… The live recorded... — More…
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A sweetly scented posy, this...Perfect, too, for all who love Sampson's fragrant, light-filled, warmly communicative soprano. Surprisingly, this is her solo recital debut on disc. The bouquet... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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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
