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BBC Music Mag Awards
Four releases are nominated
Grammy nomination
'Serenade to..' up for award
Presto Award winner!
Federico Colli wins Top 10 Recording of the Year
Diapason d'Or de l'Année
Chandos won two awards, including Sound Recording
ICMA nominations
Chandos has been nominated for two ICMA awards 2019!
Album launch
Congratulations to Ferio for a fantastic Rhinegold Live!
Musician in Residence
Ivan Ilic is new Musician in Residence at Ulster University
Lifetime Achievement
Neeme Järvi wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Finley's special release
Gerald Finley has released a single ahead of LNOTP 2018.
Album of the Week
New release Finzi album is the Guardian's Album of Week.
Gramophone Nomination
For Bergen Philharmonic's Grieg album, congratulations!
Doric String Quartet
Doric Quartet feature on the cover of the Strad
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100th anniversary of RAF
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Ilic: Reicha Rediscovered
All 4 episodes of the series are now available.
Allan Clayton: RPS winner
Allan wins RPS 2018 Singer award - congratulations!
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“This rousing, back-stiffening and celebratory recital features appropriately effusive and reflective pieces delivered with contrasting glee and gravitas… Kitchen’s impeccable playing – a virtuoso display of pomp and circumstance – is perfectly framed by characteristically vivid Delphian sound.” *****
“This rousing, back-stiffening and celebratory recital features appropriately effusive and reflective pieces delivered with contrasting glee and gravitas… Kitchen’s impeccable playing – a virtuoso display of pomp and circumstance – is perfectly framed by characteristically vivid Delphian sound.” *****
Recording of the Month
“…Technically brilliant and musically passionate and zestful”
Recording of the Month
“…Technically brilliant and musically passionate and zestful”
“…Given that the writing is not overtly flashy, Cicic’s easy, fluid perfection through their webs of double-stopped complexities merits mentioning…add tonal colour spanning the gamut from satisfyingly wiry to full and sweet, and it’s a full house of deliciousness, all of which is bolstered further by the varied palette of continuo colour on display from Cicic’s Illyria Consort colleagues…really, bravo to the whole”
“…Given that the writing is not overtly flashy, Cicic’s easy, fluid perfection through their webs of double-stopped complexities merits mentioning…add tonal colour spanning the gamut from satisfyingly wiry to full and sweet, and it’s a full house of deliciousness, all of which is bolstered further by the varied palette of continuo colour on display from Cicic’s Illyria Consort colleagues…really, bravo to the whole”
“… Although the Illyria Consort...are crisp and dynamic, this sparkling recording is a showcase for Croatian violinist Bojan Cicic...whose championing of Carbonelli is the real story here.”
“… Although the Illyria Consort...are crisp and dynamic, this sparkling recording is a showcase for Croatian violinist Bojan Cicic...whose championing of Carbonelli is the real story here.”
“… [Carbonelli's] music is stately, taut and elegant in the hands of Bojan Cicic (a UK-based Croatian violinist) and his excellent Illyria Consort. They sound effortlessly stylish in these six chamber sonatas – Cicic makes even the high-wire showy stuff sing with a lyricism that is shapely, aerated and totally unforced …” ****
“… [Carbonelli's] music is stately, taut and elegant in the hands of Bojan Cicic (a UK-based Croatian violinist) and his excellent Illyria Consort. They sound effortlessly stylish in these six chamber sonatas – Cicic makes even the high-wire showy stuff sing with a lyricism that is shapely, aerated and totally unforced …” ****
Winner 2017
Winner 2017
“These performances are eloquent, engaging and really nicely ornamented. It’s one of my favourite discoveries this week.”
“These performances are eloquent, engaging and really nicely ornamented. It’s one of my favourite discoveries this week.”
"...You are left in no doubt of the agony of the crucifixion in the vocal and horn climax of the opening chorus of Stabat Mater... intense and riveting."
"...You are left in no doubt of the agony of the crucifixion in the vocal and horn climax of the opening chorus of Stabat Mater... intense and riveting."
Editor’s Choice
“… An inspired and moving major work... by turns eerie, poignant and powerful.”
Editor’s Choice
“… An inspired and moving major work... by turns eerie, poignant and powerful.”
“… An enlightening and enriching release, which is also excellent in terms of recording and presentation.” *****
“… An enlightening and enriching release, which is also excellent in terms of recording and presentation.” *****
Finalist 2018
Finalist 2018
“There are some exquisite things here … Reich himself describes this as one of [Electric Counterpoint’s] greatest recordings. He’s right; and production-wise it’s near-perfect, with every strand clear. If you’re sufficiently antediluvian to still possess an amplifier and speakers, crank them up and encourage your neighbours to go out. This disc works on so many levels. Shibe’s playing is predictably excellent, and it’s fun to hear him electrified …”
“There are some exquisite things here … Reich himself describes this as one of [Electric Counterpoint’s] greatest recordings. He’s right; and production-wise it’s near-perfect, with every strand clear. If you’re sufficiently antediluvian to still possess an amplifier and speakers, crank them up and encourage your neighbours to go out. This disc works on so many levels. Shibe’s playing is predictably excellent, and it’s fun to hear him electrified …”
“The magic of this new-comer is in the combination of ancient and modern, old and new, acoustic and amplified sounds … Steve Reich seems to love this new recording of his piece and it’s easy to hear why: the sound, quality and clarity of the mix is excellent.” Andrew McGregor
“The magic of this new-comer is in the combination of ancient and modern, old and new, acoustic and amplified sounds … Steve Reich seems to love this new recording of his piece and it’s easy to hear why: the sound, quality and clarity of the mix is excellent.” Andrew McGregor
"...Sean Shibe is one of those bright young virtuosi who see programming as an act of creative challenge and responsibility rather than dull routine … arrangements of music from four early Scottish lute manuscripts are played with gorgeous sensitivity by Shibe [but] they are merely the start of an absorbing aural journey that treads gently into the 20th and 21st centuries” *****
"...Sean Shibe is one of those bright young virtuosi who see programming as an act of creative challenge and responsibility rather than dull routine … arrangements of music from four early Scottish lute manuscripts are played with gorgeous sensitivity by Shibe [but] they are merely the start of an absorbing aural journey that treads gently into the 20th and 21st centuries” *****
“I suspect his beautifully touched-in accounts of pieces from 17th-century Scottish manuscripts will get more living-room plays than Julia Wolfe’s LAD, an abrasive electric-guitar scream originally conceived for nine bagpipes. In between, he also supplies a definitive performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint.”
“I suspect his beautifully touched-in accounts of pieces from 17th-century Scottish manuscripts will get more living-room plays than Julia Wolfe’s LAD, an abrasive electric-guitar scream originally conceived for nine bagpipes. In between, he also supplies a definitive performance of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint.”
Nominee Solo Vocal Category
Nominee Solo Vocal Category
