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Critics Circle Award
TTOTS is the joint winner for Outstanding Achievement!
Purchase Film
Dutilleux wins BBC Award!
SoL/Wilson win Orchestral award for third year running!
Presto Record of Year
English Music for Strings is Presto Music's 2021 Pick
Gramophone Awards
Peter Grimes named 'Record of the Year!'
Sinfonia of London debut!
SoL & John Wilson make stunning Proms debut
Recording with Sir Roger
Francesca Dego shares experiences in the Strad
Thais wins Juno Award!
Sir Andrew Davis disc wins Best Classical Album (Vocal)
The Prison wins a GRAMMY
Smyth premiere recording wins at March 2021 awards.
Barry Douglas Podcast
Father-son-duo Barry & Liam start new music podcast.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
As BBC Radio 3 celebrate the composer's anniversary, we're delighted to feature many of the classic albums on Chandos that did so much to bring his work to a wider audience.
25% discount on selected Chandos titles!
“This is a valuable and intelligently planned disc in that it offers acceptable performances of all three works inexpensively, the best by far being th least familiar – the Dances from the second of his three early (1919-21) once act operas, and the complete [23’25” (!)] Sancta Susanna (the third tryptich)…” ****[*]
“This is a valuable and intelligently planned disc in that it offers acceptable performances of all three works inexpensively, the best by far being th least familiar – the Dances from the second of his three early (1919-21) once act operas, and the complete [23’25” (!)] Sancta Susanna (the third tryptich)…” ****[*]
“… A great record, recommended without reservation. If further issues in this series maintain this standard, the final set will be very hard to beat.” *****
“… A great record, recommended without reservation. If further issues in this series maintain this standard, the final set will be very hard to beat.” *****
“… Dramatic and entertaining, Victoria and Merrie England is proof, if proof were needed, that Sullivan wrote some of his best music for the theatre. Furthermore it is stylishly played by the RTÉ Sinfonietta under Andrew Penny. Victoria and Merrie England is a worthy addition to the Sullivan canon of recordings.” *****
“… Dramatic and entertaining, Victoria and Merrie England is proof, if proof were needed, that Sullivan wrote some of his best music for the theatre. Furthermore it is stylishly played by the RTÉ Sinfonietta under Andrew Penny. Victoria and Merrie England is a worthy addition to the Sullivan canon of recordings.” *****
“… Nothing is simple with Gerald Barry’s musical language which is unique to him… this recording does the work theatrical justice simply because it is a theatrical score, full of surprises which delight the ear. André de Ridder conducts the Irish Chamber Orchestra with total control of the chaotic score …” *****
“… Nothing is simple with Gerald Barry’s musical language which is unique to him… this recording does the work theatrical justice simply because it is a theatrical score, full of surprises which delight the ear. André de Ridder conducts the Irish Chamber Orchestra with total control of the chaotic score …” *****
“… Tom Hicks has the measure of the Liszt Sonata … there is no doubt that Tom Hicks is a serious musician, possessor of a formidable technique and has the intellectual capacity to master a relatively wide range of repertoire, both well-known and unknown. He is supported by very fine recording quality …” *****
“… Tom Hicks has the measure of the Liszt Sonata … there is no doubt that Tom Hicks is a serious musician, possessor of a formidable technique and has the intellectual capacity to master a relatively wide range of repertoire, both well-known and unknown. He is supported by very fine recording quality …” *****
“… good playing from both artists … The recording quality is excellent …”
“… good playing from both artists … The recording quality is excellent …”
“… it would be difficult to imagine finer or more insightful interpretative performances than these… Antony Gray’s performances here are of a consistently high level…” *****
“… it would be difficult to imagine finer or more insightful interpretative performances than these… Antony Gray’s performances here are of a consistently high level…” *****
Interpretation ****** Sound ****** Repertoire *****
Interpretation ****** Sound ****** Repertoire *****
