CD, Grainger (composer)
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Hewitt’s spacious, uncluttered approach revels unashamedly in the pianism while still letting the original songs sing. The real treats are Hewitt’s own arrangements...In all, this beautifully... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Sometimes the best discoveries in music aren’t pieces that you’ve never heard before, but those you have, made new by remarkable interpretations…At the recital’s heart is a breath-catching performance... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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For all Adrian Bradbury’s richly seductive tone, stylistic sensitivity and evident affection for the music (not to mention pianist Andrew West ’s illuminating rapport), it’s with the Cyril Scott... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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You don’t have to be ravingly patriotic to enjoy this, but it helps. When the Jubilee flotilla travels down the Thames on June 3, the London Philharmonic will be on board. This CD gives a foretaste... — More…
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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Delius: Hassan - Complete Incidental Music
Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips
How seriously was it taken in its day? More to the point, how seriously can we take it now? After listening, I really can’t say...But the music itself, stylishly delivered by the Britten Sinfonia... — More…
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Mythes is all heightened sensuality and warmth, its heady atmosphere evoked through playing of extraordinary colour, detail and dexterity. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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This is perhaps one of the most riveting and satisfying anthologies of Grainger's music. Hamelin's superb control and artistry just about sweep the board if you're looking for a disc that not... — More…
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he delivers the opening Handel-Alkan and Handel-Liszt selections with appropriate spirit and sufficient virtuosic sweep, and channels Percy Grainger’s pianistic gusto in the latter’s transcription... — More…
