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Bentzon: Symphony No. 8; Symphonic Variations – Gothenburg-Aarhus Philharmonic, Douglas Bostock ‘Bentzon was astonishingly productive: 24 symphonies, 14 string quartets and 25 piano sonatas amongst much else. The first symphony dated from 1942; the last from 1994. Bentzon’s troubled Eighth Symphony is in four movements. The first runs to almost eighteen minutes. It instantly establishes, through a discreet drum-roll, a bleak landscape. There are Shostakovichian interjections and rolling asides. Side-drum interruptions link us tersely with Nielsen and there are resemblances to the mighty Carl… The symphony
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LSO LS 0719 Britten: War Requiem – Ian Bostridge, Simon Keenlyside, Sabina Cvilak, London Symphony Chorus, ...
Retrospective RT 4142 Billie Holiday: Billie’s Blues Billie Holliday is one of the tragic cult ...
Brian Elias: The House that Jack Built; A Talisman; Doubles – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn ...
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination – Hilliard Ensemble, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers This disc offers music ...
James Friskin: Quintet in C minor; Phantasie for String Quartet; Elegy for Viola and Piano; Phantasy – The Rasumovsky Quartet, Catherine ...
Brahms: Symphony No. 3; Elgar: Symphony No. 1 – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Sir Adrian Boult studied under Arthur ...
Debussy: Orchestral works – Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stéphane Denève Recognised internationally as a ...
Patrick Hawes: Lazarus Requiem – Thomas Walker, Elin Manahan Thomas, Rachael Lloyd, Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Exeter Cathedral ...
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The Pavane and Cantique de Jean Racine both breathe the calm of the Requiem. While they are enjoyable makeweights,...
it’s a thoughtful, supple reading marked by a wonderful sense of teamwork, with Richard Hosford’s fluid clarinet subt... BBC Music Magazine
Such force, such lustre! Joyce DiDonato’s mezzo-soprano is very impressive ... over the 66 minutes there’s enough qui... The Times
This disc is a triumph of majestic vocal ensemble, projecting the 25 madrigals from Thomas Morley's famous 1601 coll... Andrew Stewart - Classic FM Magazine
'for Preston’s playing alone this disc is an absolute must have.... Marc Rochester - International Record Review
Thomas Allen sings it magnificently’...
...Peter Hill has conveyed the range and contrast of this cycle, its astonishing palette of keyboard texture and colo... Gramophone
This [the Symphony] is beautifully done... However, the masterpiece on the disc is of course Isle of the Dead. Aided... International Record Review
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