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English Music For Strings RecommendedBritten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley
Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
Here in [the Bridge Lament] is a prime example of the heartfelt precision and beauty of tone that typifies John Wilson’s Sinfonia of London. There’s plenty of heart, too, in their superlative... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2021
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As a collection, the performance here surely go straight to the front of the field. Gamba and his Manchester orchestra launch the Foulds with a glistening, bright-eyed buoyancy…Gamba has an instinct... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Bliss: Mary of Magdala, The Enchantress & Meditations of a Theme by John Blow RecommendedDame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), James Platt (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
There is an immolatory vehemence to her [connolly’s] performance, securely buttressed by Davis and his BBC forces...Bliss adherents will need to add this to their roster of necessary discs. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th November 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Bliss: The Beatitudes, Introduction and Allegro & God save the Queen RecommendedEmily Birsan (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis
There is no doubting Sir Andrew Davis’s grasp of The Beatitudes, and he steers a broadly authoritative performance, with incisive, committed playing from the BBC Symphony Orchestra…Davis’s punchy,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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This is the only available version of the full ballet… almost all the music to the same high, full-blooded standard… The early Melée Fantasque is much more than a makeweight… Lloyd-Jones's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2005, Editor's Choice
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Bliss: Violin Concerto & A Colour Symphony Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
…Bliss's Colour Symphony was the work that put him on the map and it remains one of his most characteristic achievements. …Hickox just comes out in front, projecting Bliss's invention in full... — More…
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Sir Arthur Bliss: the Decca Originals Eileen Joyce (piano), Alfredo Campoli (violin), Griller Quartet (string quartet), Colin Hampton (cello), Philip Burton (viola), Jack O'Brien (violin), Sidney Griller (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss, Muir Mathieson
This is a convenient, well-transferred compilation of some of the finest performances of music by a still-underrated composer. Bliss’s version of the Colour Symphony is better paced than many... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Reissues Choice
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What a joy to welcome on CD, a major British ballet score (comparable in appeal to Walton's Façade with which, happily, it's coupled). Constant Lambert's Horoscope is a highly individual score... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Warsaw Concerto - Great Film Classics Cristina Ortiz (piano), Wilhelm Davos (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra, Mantovani & his orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Moshe Atzmon, Laszlo Tabor, Bernard Herrmann
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...Lloyd-Jones [probes] beyond its obvious aspect as a display piece for the various sections of the orchestra. Indeed his performance makes me feel that the work may have been a kind of self-portrait... — More…
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