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Augusta Read Thomas: Selected Works for Orchestra
Christine Brandes (soprano), Baird Dodge (violin)
DePaul University Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, Cliff Colnot, Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, Jack Delaney
The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Philip Sawyers: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 2
Maja Bogdanovic (cello)
Orchestra Of The Swan, Steinberg Duo: Louisa Stonehill (violin) & Nicholas Burns (piano), Kenneth Woods
performed here with thrilling conviction and formidable assurance...Sawyers's excitingly integrated music marries a genuine lyrical impulse to a genuine thematic substance and marvellously invigorating... — More…
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Feltsman's imaginative and creative ornaments and embellishments consistently delight and surprise...You may not get painstaking dynamic gradations or micro-managed contouring of lines...but... — More…
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Philip Sawyers: Concertos
Alexander Sitkovetsky, Simon Desbruslais, English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods
Sawyers’s thrilling orchestral music truly captivates, aided and abetted by pitch-perfect soloists Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) and Simon Desbruslais (trumpet) and the ESO. — More…
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[Grand Rapids] stands up as a remarkable achievement for a student composer of barely 21. There's some Shostakovich in there too, and, like his models, Sawyer's discourse is well paced and logical,... — More…
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Feltsman seems to me to be a pianist without mannerisms: his touch is buoyant and his articulation clean but he does not play mechanically: he is unafraid to make tiny rallentandos without wallowing.... — More…
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based on the music presented on this CD, I am convinced that the search for other ‘lost’ works will be well worth the effort. James Friskin is no ‘forgotten genius’: his essays are never going... — More…
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Constantin Silvestri: A Bournemouth Love Affair
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri
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Lots to savour, including occasional nightingales and mighty ravalements. Who says the Brits can’t stump up brilliant performers of this repertoire? — More…
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