Brytyjski Hyperion przypomina kompletną edycję dzieł fortepianowych Gabriela Faure w wykonaniu Kathryn Stott. To 4-płytowa reedycja nagrań z lat 80. XX wieku. Nagrania te zostały wyróżnione nagrodami Editor's Choice i Critic's Choice przez pismo Gramophon, a także otrzymały "Rosette" przyznawane przez wydawnictwo Penguin Guide.
Primarily a renowned music critic and conductor and composer of ballets, Constant Lambert wrote very few choral works. Summer’s Last Will and Testament is an extensive cantata of stylistic diversity and emotional power. Completed in 1935, this setting of writings by the poet Thomas Nashe has strong claims to being one of its composer’s finest works. Despite attracting little attention at its premiere, Malcolm Arnold called it “one of the undiscovered treasures of the English choral repertoire”. This benchmark recording by the English Northern Philharmonia and David Lloyd-Jones is a first-class demonstration of orchestral and choral brilliance. RECORD OF THE YEAR, THE INDEPENDENT GRAMOPHONE CRITICS’ CHOICE PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE ‘A masterpiece buried for far too long’ (The Guardian) ‘One is very reluctant at the conclusion to disturb the silence by standing up and switching off the CD player’ (CDReview) ‘Nothing short of a triumph. With the bittersweet Aubade héroïque as makeweight, no disc makes a better case for Lambert’s importance’ (BBC Music Magazine)
English Lute Songs covers a variety of styles by composers such as Blow, Dowland, Campion, Lawes and Purcell; some for voice and lute and some for lute alone. It is a disc which aims to look beyond the standard repertoire for countertenor and lute and hopefully introduce listeners to some lesser known pieces which will delight and enthrall. Robin Blaze and Liz Kenny have performed these works together on the concert platform to great acclaim. CRITICS' CHOICE, BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE; CRITICS' CHOICE 2000, THE SUNDAY TIMES 'Robin Blaze has the special ingredients to transcend any latent prejudice [of countertenors], especially in a recital as wide-ranging and intelligently programmed as this. Blaze has the means to colour his texts, not just with superior diction, but timbral variation to keep the listener hearing each song afresh ...There are too many highlights to list ... superb. Another fine achievement from two of Britain's brightest and best.' (Gramophone) 'Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful 'By beauteous softness’, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … There’s a remarkable technical ease and innate literary intelligence about Blaze’s singing which together with the astounding beauty of his voice makes this one of the most outstanding recitals of its kind on disc' (BBC Music Magazine) 'Wonderfully performed … Among the new generation of countertenors, Robin Blaze is the genuine article. Blaze [has] poised intensity, unswerving intelligence and sensitivity to the sheer, melting beauty of his instrument' (BBC Music Magazine)
Reedycja nagrania z 2002 roku. Dwa utwory kameralistyczne kompozytorów represjonowanych przez hitlerowski reżym. Ich dział były w Rzeszy zakazane jako zbyt mało aryjskie. O ile o Schönbergu przypomniano sobie szybko, Korngold czekał na ponowne odkrycie do roku 1987. Płyta otrzymała wyróżnienie Critics Choice Gramophone.
Collection of interviews with American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The programme also includes contributions from critics and Dylan's musical collaborators from across his career.
GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE'Marvellous ... The Sixteen sing with superb rhythmic vitality and great power' (The Sunday Times) 'It is doubtful whether [Missa in illo tempore] could ever be given a more persuasive reading' (Gramophone)'Highly recommended' (Fanfare, USA).
Tracklista:1. Critic's Choice2. So Alone
Tracklista: CD 1 1. Tales Of Old Dartmoor 2. Dishonoured 3. The Ying Tong Song 4. Balham - Gateway To The South 5. Jakka And The Flying Saucers (An Interplanetary Tale In Two Parts) 6. Face To Face CD 2 1. The Scarlet Capsule 2. Tales Of Men's Shirts 3. Dance With Me Henry 4. The Critics 5. Any Old Iron 6. In A Free State
1. 19992. Little red corvette3. Delirious4. Let's pretend we're married5. D.M.S.R.6. Automatic7. Something in the water (does not compute)8. Free9. Lady cab driver10. All the critics love u in new york11. International lover
Neeme Järvi brings us Vol. 3 in his survey of orchestral works by the Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen. This series has received great reviews for its idiomatic performances by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the violinist Marianne Thorsen. Gramophone wrote of Vol. 2: ‘Järvi and his Norwegian forces are on scintillating form… to be treasured.’ Also on this disc are Two Icelandic Melodies, on tunes that were likely taken down by Svendsen on a journey to Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the summer of 1867, and the Violin Concerto (1870), which Svendsen himself saw as being new and original, several critics at the time agreeing with him. In this piece, the composer’s focus is on the contrast in timbre between soloist and orchestra, rather than the soloist’s virtuosic battle against it. His model for the work may well have been Berlioz’s Harold en Italie for orchestra and viola.