CD, Alwyn (composer)
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Special offer. Alwyn: Miss Julie
RecommendedAnna Patalong (Miss Julie), Benedict Nelson (Jean), Rosie Aldridge (Kristin), Samuel Sakker (Ulrik), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
Though not all the musical ideas are equally strong, the finely-crafted result possesses undeniable tension and dramatic potency…The performance itself conveys clear conviction. Anna Patalong... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
this is a very significant release which really deserves to be snapped up by everyone, not least those who still cling to the discredited belief that when it comes to composing symphonies, Britain... —
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The playing of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under David Lloyd-Jones is as impressive on this disc as anywhere else in this Naxos cycle… —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2006, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Dionysus & Apollo: Music for Flute and Harp
Claudio Ortensi (flute), Anna Pasetti (harp)
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A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. —
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Special offer. British Violin Sonatas Vol. 3
Bowen, Ireland, Alwyn, Brown, Coates
Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano)
The performers respond to both aspects of [Bowen's] music with muscular virtuosity and affection. Especially in the high tessitura of the slow movement, Tasmin Little’s tonal variety and rhythmic... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Chamber
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Alwyn: Symphony No. 2, etc.
Suzanne Willison (harp)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
I would… strongly recommend this performance of the Lyra Angelica, Lloyd-Jones and harpist Suzanne Willison revealing more dark and ecstatic poetry than in any other performance had led me to... —
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Special offer. Brass from the Masters
Volume One
The Williams Fairey Band
James Gourlay, Bryan Hurdley
