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It has been a big month for many of our labels on The Classical Shop, not least the Hallé label which scooped the BBC Music magazine’s Recording of the Year Award on Tuesday 9 April for their landmark recording of Elgar’s oratorio The Apostles (HL 7534). Among the many other winners at the Awards we find, in the Instrumental Category, Vol. 2 in Janina Fialkowska’s series of works for piano by Chopin on ATMA Classique (TM 2666), and in the Chamber Category, BIS Records took home the award for Trio Zimmermann’s recording of Beethoven’s String Trios, Op. 9 Nos 1 – 3 (BI 1857).

The Early Opera Company and Christian Curnyn were the well-deserved winners in the Opera Category for their recording of Handel’s Alceste (CHAN 0788), and, last but not least, the Award for Technical Excellence in Recording went to Pentatone Classics for its recording of Wagner’s Parsifal (PT 6401), performed by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Marek Janowski, ‘unquestionably the finest modern version on disc’.

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Champs Hill HR 047

Ex-Mass – David Rees-Williams Trio

In the spirit of Yuletide, David Rees-Williams takes Christmas melodies and transforms them via his eclectic musical sensibility – a kind of musical alchemy.

The David Rees-Williams Trio, featuring David Rees-Williams, Neil Francis, and Phil Laslett, was formed in 1988. Based in Canterbury, it has performed at a variety of concerts and festivals over the years and now specialises in a programme that unites the best of classical and jazz.

These transformations include Stille Nacht, usually suggesting a peaceful snowy sc ...

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CHAN 10770

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British Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1

Ferguson: Sonata No. 2, Op. 10; Walton: Violin Sonata, Two ...

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Signum SIG 318

Around Britain – Matthew Barley

Matthew Barley adds to his reputation as one of the ...

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Chandos CHAN 10763

Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

We have now reached Volume 5 in ...

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Britten: The Canticles – Ben Johnson (tenor), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Christopher Ainslie ...

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Atterberg: Symphonies Nos 4 and 6 etc. – Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme ...

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Bach and Beethoven: Works for Violin and Piano – Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan ...

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Chandos CHAN 10768

Casella: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 – BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda

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LSO LS 5061

The Panufnik Legacies – London Symphony Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth

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These are among the most distinguished Ravel performances on...
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Thomas Allen is already on my desert island. The central performance of his March recital, a half-recited, half-sung ...
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Performances are excellent throughout, and the music becomes more absorbing on every playing. Fans of high-quality ch...
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This record is destined, I would guess, to become a classic....a quite delicious record...
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This is the first recording, and Dyson is lucky because it is outstanding. There are no comparisons to make, but can...
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There is not a bar ... that is not interesting, enjoyable and satisfying. All in all this is a great ‘retrospective’ ...
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