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Special offer. Elgar: Falstaff, Orchestral Songs; Grania and Diarmid
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
The performances of the songs are ardent, warm and full of conviction. As ever Roderick Williams sounds completely on the composer’s side. But after Falstaff it’s all too clear that they really... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2018, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2018, Winner - Symphonique
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Elgar: Enigma Variations
& other orchestral works
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux (narrator), Yann Ghiro (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Exceptional Elgar. ‘Nimrod’ has the grandeur of a Bruckner slow movement. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Disc of the month
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Newby, who turns 30 this year, has the kind of powerful natural presence that also belongs to Bryn Terfel, and the timbre of his voice has come to resemble Terfel’s in its plummy warmth and... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Songs for Strings
Arrangements of Dowland, Purcell, Elgar and others
English Chamber Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Engish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Fraser
It’s all nicely played, but perhaps the best way to appreciate this album’s merits is by way of a track here and there, rather than as an end-to-end listen. — More…
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The Songs of Edward Elgar
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo soprano), Neil Mackie (tenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
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Johnson's full, lustrous tone and floating higher notes, decidedly unlike today's typical 'English' tenor, suit this repertoire well. With James Baillieu's strong if unobtrusive support, he... — More…
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Her Song - Orchestral Songs & Arias
Recorded: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 27-29 January 2009
Susan Gritton (soprano) & Cynthia Fleming (solo violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Throughout Gritton is musically purposeful… while Martyn Brabbins and the BBC players do a fine job. — More…
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Elgar - Songs and Piano Music
David Owen Norris (piano), The Works: Amanda Pitt (soprano), Mark Wilde (tenor) & Peter Savidge (baritone)
A veritable treasure-trove. — More…
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English Art Song
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Brian Rayner-Cooke (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano), John Carol Case (bass-baritone), Daphne Ibbott (piano), Thomas Allen (baritone), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), David Owen Norris (piano, baritone), Ian Partridge (tenor), Jennifer Partridge...
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Love’s Old Sweet Song
Songs from British composers, 1823-1945
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano) & James Baillieu (piano)
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