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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
The Times Album of Week
The Times name Donohoe's Busoni highlight of the week
BBC R3 Record of Week
Bruckner is Record Review's pick of the week!
Thais wins Juno Award!
Sir Andrew Davis disc wins Best Classical Album (Vocal)
BBC Orchestral Winner
Wilson & SoL's Respighi wins BBC Orchestral Award
BBC Chamber Winner
Little & Lane win BBC Chamber Award
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.
Sinfonia of London
Following John Wilson's reformation of the Sinfonia of London in 2018, the super-orchestra have released six albums to universal critical acclaim. As they make their BBC Proms debut on September 4th, we feature their discography to date with 25% discount on all titles.
Show Discography
Performance *** Recording ****
Performance *** Recording ****
Performance *** Recording ****
“…In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde… Anne Sofie von Otter has considerable fun with the Old Lady. Secondary roles are well delivered… The LSO is on resilient form …”
Performance *** Recording ****
“…In the title role, Leonardo Capalbo offers charm, delicacy and a touch of melancholy. Jane Archibald makes an amiable Cunegonde… Anne Sofie von Otter has considerable fun with the Old Lady. Secondary roles are well delivered… The LSO is on resilient form …”
Performance ***** Recording ****
“…The variety of styles presented in this short, single-act opera is mind-boggling – croquet rules are explained through Czerny’s technical piano studies, the Jabberwocky poem appears as Russian hymn, a French cabaret act and German marching song, and a pompous Humpty Dumpty samples to the tune from Ode to Joy. In another setting, under another composer, all this might seem bizarre, but such musical references are so beautifully integrated they enhance the referential nature of Carroll’s original narrative arc.”
Performance ***** Recording ****
“…The variety of styles presented in this short, single-act opera is mind-boggling – croquet rules are explained through Czerny’s technical piano studies, the Jabberwocky poem appears as Russian hymn, a French cabaret act and German marching song, and a pompous Humpty Dumpty samples to the tune from Ode to Joy. In another setting, under another composer, all this might seem bizarre, but such musical references are so beautifully integrated they enhance the referential nature of Carroll’s original narrative arc.”
Performance **** Recording ****
Performance **** Recording ****
Concerto Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…These are performances to treasure by a responsive band of musicians directed by a violinist whose expressive warmth and intuitive gestures afford immense pleasure.”
Concerto Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…These are performances to treasure by a responsive band of musicians directed by a violinist whose expressive warmth and intuitive gestures afford immense pleasure.”
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…This is up there with the best played and the best recorded.”
Performance ***** Recording *****
“…This is up there with the best played and the best recorded.”
Performance ***** Recording *****
“In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honek draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European String sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous and wonderfully blended colours from the woodwind and horns…”
Performance ***** Recording *****
“In this outstanding performance of Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, Manfred Honek draws a wonderfully rich, almost Central European String sound from the Pittsburgh Symphony, matched by equally mellifluous and wonderfully blended colours from the woodwind and horns…”
Orchestral Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“… Susanna Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations, held on a taut reign, with shifts of energy splendidly controlled and unshakable technical excellence worn nonchalantly …”
Orchestral Choice
Performance ***** Recording *****
“… Susanna Mälkki and her Helsinki Philharmonic offer performances that are at once satisfying, dazzling and individual. There’s a poise, indeed an elegance, to the basic good posture of these interpretations, held on a taut reign, with shifts of energy splendidly controlled and unshakable technical excellence worn nonchalantly …”
