My Wish List
5-stars for Alder
Lines Written.. receives blanket 5-stars from press
BBC Mag Nomination
Korngold nominated for Orchestral award!
Brodsky Guardian pick
Late String Quartets are Guardian's album of week
Louise Alder Concert
Enjoy Louise's Wigmore Hall concert on BBC Radio 3
Mariss Jansons
Remembering our innovative work with him
Purcell's Dido & Aeneas
Chaconne release is R3's Recommended Recording
ICMA 2020 Awards
Iberia y Francia and Lyatoshynsky shortlisted!
Recording of the Week!
Like to the Lark is pick on BBC R3's Record Review
Coates Concert
Enjoy John Wilson & BBC Phil's live concert on R3
Presto's Pick of the Week
Bliss is Presto Classical's Recording of the week!
Ralph Couzens Interview
Presto interviews Managing Director Ralph Couzens
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Gramophone Nominee
Doric String Quartet's Britten/Purcell shortlisted!
SoL's Triumphant Return!
John Wilson re-establishes SoL with Korngold release
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LPO's New Conductor
Edward Gardner to be next LPO Principal Conductor
A Life in Music
Marking 100 years since pioneer Tommy Reilly's birth
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Landmarks
40-disc Anniversary Box Set is now yours to explore
We are 40!
Thanks for all your support and congratulations
Here's to the next 40!
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Sue Revill
(1955-2019) An irreplaceable friend and colleague
Tasmin Little Honoured
Tasmin Little awarded Personality of Year at BBC
Apple Music Curator
Hear new playlists, remember classics, discover new music
Offer changes hourly!
Offer changes hourly!
Chamber Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…Fretwork takes everything in its expertly burnished stride… This is an utterly civilised and civilising release.”
Chamber Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…Fretwork takes everything in its expertly burnished stride… This is an utterly civilised and civilising release.”
Performance **** Recording ****
“Listening to Simon Phipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions. After the emollient harmonies of Stenhammar’s Three Choral Songs, you may wonder if the choir’s velvet blend could get any smoother. Answer comes with Serenity from the contemporary Norwegian Ola Gjeilo, smoother still; burnished with ecstasy as well, along with Jennifer Pike’s sweet solo violin… refreshing repertoire with refined choral bliss.”
Performance **** Recording ****
“Listening to Simon Phipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions. After the emollient harmonies of Stenhammar’s Three Choral Songs, you may wonder if the choir’s velvet blend could get any smoother. Answer comes with Serenity from the contemporary Norwegian Ola Gjeilo, smoother still; burnished with ecstasy as well, along with Jennifer Pike’s sweet solo violin… refreshing repertoire with refined choral bliss.”
Performance **** Recording *****
“… Throughout, organist Joseph Beech provides a sensitive underpinning to the choir’s sharply communicative singing. Delphian’s sound is excellent, as are Andrew Burn’s booklet notes on the music. As a single-disc introduction to Leighton’s choral music – and there aren’t too many available – this is an easy recommendation.”
Performance **** Recording *****
“… Throughout, organist Joseph Beech provides a sensitive underpinning to the choir’s sharply communicative singing. Delphian’s sound is excellent, as are Andrew Burn’s booklet notes on the music. As a single-disc introduction to Leighton’s choral music – and there aren’t too many available – this is an easy recommendation.”
Performance **** Recording *****
“… Although it [The Ballad of the Brown King] dates from 1954, this is the piece’s premiere recording. It is a very good one… The choral contributions draw palpably on the style of spirituals, without seeming derivative, and are affectionately shaped by conductor Malcolm J Merriweather. Expressive solo singing from tenor Noah Stewart and mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford further enhances the warmly communicative qualities of the performance… A clutch of songs by Bonds, all darker in tone and content, fills the brief running time of the disc out a little. They pique curiosity to hear more of this composer’s neglected music.”
Performance **** Recording *****
“… Although it [The Ballad of the Brown King] dates from 1954, this is the piece’s premiere recording. It is a very good one… The choral contributions draw palpably on the style of spirituals, without seeming derivative, and are affectionately shaped by conductor Malcolm J Merriweather. Expressive solo singing from tenor Noah Stewart and mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford further enhances the warmly communicative qualities of the performance… A clutch of songs by Bonds, all darker in tone and content, fills the brief running time of the disc out a little. They pique curiosity to hear more of this composer’s neglected music.”
Performance **** Recording ****
“… Wallfisch plays the solo part [Ben-Haim] with total commitment, and the warmly recorded BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Borowicz offers sterling support… Bloch’s ‘Vidui’ and ‘Nigun’ from the Baal Shem Suite may be better known as violin pieces, but they work fabulously well on the cello. Even better, however, is Korngold’s once-movement Cello Concerto drawn from the score he wrote for the film Deception. It’s a gripping musical experience, benefitting from top-drawer thematic ideas and a real sense of direction.”
Performance **** Recording ****
“… Wallfisch plays the solo part [Ben-Haim] with total commitment, and the warmly recorded BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Borowicz offers sterling support… Bloch’s ‘Vidui’ and ‘Nigun’ from the Baal Shem Suite may be better known as violin pieces, but they work fabulously well on the cello. Even better, however, is Korngold’s once-movement Cello Concerto drawn from the score he wrote for the film Deception. It’s a gripping musical experience, benefitting from top-drawer thematic ideas and a real sense of direction.”
