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What
the Magazines and the critics say |
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Alexander
Glazunov 'A truly memorable
performance then, and the Chandos sound is well up to house standards.
Don't miss it.' |
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Takashi Yoshimatsu 'From rock to Rautavaara,
via Hollywood, but it all comes together triumphantly.'
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I Fagiolini 'One of the most
exciting mixed vocal ensembles around at the moment rejoices in the
name I Fagiolini - 'the little beans'. They are an irrepressible
force in the Early Music world bringing bags of style, energy and dramatic
excitement to everything they touch.' |
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Serge
Prokofiev 'But the on-form
BBC Philharmonic surpasses those curently unavailable issues. Its lyrical
playing is as sensuous and rapturous as the score demands, and its woodwind
and brass colours are touched in with unerring precision, while Chandos'
recording is, as so often, in the luxury class.' |
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Astor
Piazzolla 'The Swabian orchestra
plays sweetly and is luciously recorded: Gabriel Castagna, who is a
Piazzolla compatriot and something of a specialist in South American
repertoire, clearly has the music in his bones.' |
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Charles Koechlin 'Kathryn Sott plays
them as if aware of the Alsation penchant for chilling the glass rather
than its contents. In musical terms this allows her to maintain a superb
balance between clarity and liquefaction and even when the music is
enveloppé de pédales... Very highly recommended.'
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George
Dyson 'A disturbing,
uplifting and revelatory spiritual and musical journey, then,
presented here in all its wide range of colour by a superb quartet of
soloists... and magnificent choruses and orchestra under Hickox's direction.
A dazzling addition to the repertoire. More!' |
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George
Dyson 'Richard Hickox
is authoritative and alive to every dramatic and lyrical nuance, leading
his superb forces and soloists in a resoundingly affirmative performance
that has all the hallmarks of a new classic.' |
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Franz
Liszt 'Balancing form
and content, he has the measure of the piece. With faultless pianism
and warm musicality, he is as extrovert or intimate as required, and
as sure-footed as a mountain goat on an Alpine peak.' |
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Serge
Prokofiev 'This is one to
savour...' |
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Older
Reviews
last updated June 2003 |
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Franz
Schubert 'These are glowingly
affectionate readings, captured in a warm, generous acoustic which casts
a gentle halo over the proceedings, suiting the music in hand to a tee!' |
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Frank Bridge 'We owe Edward
Greenfield the phrase 'the tingle test'; this disc passes it with colours
flying.'
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Richard
Addinsell '...the BBC Philharmonic
outplays Alwyn's Royal Ballet Sinfonia, and Chandos' recording and presentation
(multiple choirs, a booklet with stills and excellent booklet notes
by Philip Lane, glorious engineering) create a more sumptuous (that
is to say, cinematic) effect.' |
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Peter
Sculthorpe 'A very fine issue.'
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Gerard
Schurmann 'The entire disc
is beautifully engineered, pretty well in the demonstration class as
regards warmth and immediacy' |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
'A wholehearted
welcome, therefore, for this valuable collection, excellently played
and with a recording in the demonstration class.' |
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Hubert
Clifford (Australia, 1904-1959) 'I would recommend
this CD for Epithalamion alone, but those interested in the far
corners of the last century's home-grown repertoire will find much else
here to enjoy.' |
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Charles Koechlin 'Stott uncannily
holds the listener's attention throughout, her pianistic colours are
warm and often exoctically sensuous, and she is very atmostpherically
recorded.' |
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Alban
Berg 'All translations
involve compromises, and the virtues of this recording are such that
it makes as powerful a case for this extraordinary work as any other
version I've heard.' |
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Diana Montague 2 '...the Cosi
fan tutte trio here is surely one of the best versions on records.'
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Lennox
Berkeley (England, 1903-1989) 'This thrid instalment
of the Chandos Berkeley Edition, celebrating the centenary of Lennox
Berkeley and the contrasting achievements of his son Michael, is the
most powerful yet.' |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
'The CD is one
of my favourite recordings, beautifully 'placed' in the welcoming acoustic
of All Saints' Church Tooting. The additional resolution of SACD yields
a still more silky sound from the upper strings, and shines a brighter
light on the image, while the multi-channel version literally envelopes
you to impressive effect.' |
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Benjamin
Britten 'The surround dimension
adds enormously to the focus and involvement, so that in the War
Requiem Brittens' layering of the musicians... is as compelling in
the listening room as it is at a concert.' |
