Hi Res Download, Muhly (composer)
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Fretwork’s authority in this repertoire is beyond question. Their signature restraint, allowing the counterpoint to do the talking, offers a markedly different approach to Phantasm’s more thrusting,... — More…
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Stranger - Works For Tenor By Nico Muhly
RecommendedNicholas Phan, Brooklyn Rider, the Knights, Reginald Mobley, Lisa Kaplan, Colin Jacobsen, Eric Jacobsen
This personal and deeply-felt album from star tenor Nicholas Phan offers a powerful exploration of what ‘national identity’ might mean...Muhly’s crisply unsentimental settings afford due space... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022, World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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Phrases
Héloïse Werner (soprano), Amy Harman (bassoon), Lawrence Power (violin, viola), Calum Huggan (percussion), Colin Alexander (cello), Laura Snowden (guitar), Daniel Shao (flute)
Werner’s voice flits between natural directness and operatic expression...Most of these pieces rely on clear interplay between soprano and instrumentalist, brilliantly done yet sometimes with... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Kenny lacks neither extensive playing experience in chamber, orchestral or operatic contexts nor a brilliant musical imagination. She brings both to bear on these performances of ‘old and new... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Instrumental
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Labyrinths
Victoria Brawn, Guy Schalom, Trish Clowes (saxophone), Nicky Spence (tenor), Francesca Moore-Bridger, Jim Moray, David Le Page, David Gordon, Mark Ashford, Diane Clarke, Eleanor Turner, Sally Harrop
Orchestra of the Swan, Daniele Rosina
A wildly eclectic programme, which makes for an exciting listen. While some of the ensemble playing could be tighter, the solos are ethereal and thoughtful. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Spatial Audio
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Fretwork takes everything in its expertly burnished stride. Muhly’s provocative vigour is answered by the soulful musings of the Bryars, and a consort respray of Bull’s keyboard In Nomine in... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2020, Chamber Choice
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Coming soon. Gaïa
Gautier Capuçon (cello), Jérôme Ducros (piano), Ayanna Witter-Johnson (cello), Frank Braley (piano), Olivia Belli (piano), Abel Selaocoe (cello), Michael Canitrot, Sarah Rebecca (vocals)
Capucelli
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These 12 arrangements (by the ensemble) are of stylistic and historical diversity...Muhly’s Look for Me invests a US folk song with dark jazz; Janacek’s Zdenka Variations is an appealing discovery. — More…
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There’s one substantial work here, the highlight of the whole programme: Giles Swayne’s Riffraff (1983), composed for the organ of St Alban’s Cathedral, where it is recorded. Making arresting... — More…
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