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2020-05-11 11:24:26
The winners of the 2020 BBC Music Magazine Awards
[…] Kelemen, Vilde Frang (violins), Katalin Kokas (viola), Nicolas Altstaedt (violoncello), Alexander Lonquich (piano)Alpha Classics ALPHA 458 Choral Award Gabriel JacksonThe Passion of our Lord Jesus ChristEmma Tring (soprano), Guy Cutting (tenor); Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia/Benjamin NicholasDelphian DCD34222 Vocal Award Janácek The Diary of One Who Disappeared; Nursery rhymes; Moravian folk poetry in songsNicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano); Václava Housková (mezzo) et al; Victoria Samek (clarinet)Hyperion CDA 68282 Instrumental Award Andrey GugninShostakovich 24 Preludes, Op. 34; Piano Sonatas Nos 1 & 2Andrey Gugnin (piano)Hyperion CDA68267 Premiere Award Edmund FinnisThe Air, TurningEloisa-Fleur Thorn (violin), Mark Simpson (clarinet), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Benjamin Bellman (violin)BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Contemporary Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Ilan Volkov, Richard Baker, Andrew GourlayNMC NMCD249 DVD Award BarberVanessaEmma Bell, Virginie Verrez, Edgaras […]
2020-01-16 18:00:00
[…] Lyriques; Flemish Radio Choir/Christophe RoussetBru Zane BZ 1037 173.48 mins (3 discs) Vocal HandelItalian CantatasSabine Devieilhe (soprano), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano); Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle HaïmErato 9029563362 96:10 mins (2 discs) Si J’ai AiméSongs by Saint-Saëns, Bordes, Berlioz, Dubois, Massenet et alSandrine Piau (soprano); Le Concert de la Loge/Julien ChauvinAlpha Classics ALPHA 445 59.25 mins JanáčekThe Diary of One Who Disappeared; Ríkadla; Moravian Folk Poetry in SongsNicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano); Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), VOICE, Victoria Samek (clarinet)Hyperion CDA 68282 62.21 mins Choral Bach CantatasH Bach: Ich danke dir Gott; JM Bach: Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ; Herr, der König freuet sich; JC Bach: Die Furcht des Herren; Herr, wende dich und sei mir gnädig; Es erhub sich ein streit; JS Bach Christ Lag in Todesbanden, BWV4Vox Luminis/Lionel MeunierRicercar RIC 401 66.30 mins HandelBrockes-Passion HWV 48Elizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes (sopranos), Rachael Lloyd (mezzo-soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Robert Murray, Gwilym […]
2019-09-10 09:00:50
‘This excellently recorded performance is strikingly direct. The ebb and flow of the drama is brilliantly captured’ This week’s free download is Then Farewell from Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared, performed by Nicky Spence (tenor), Václava Housková (mezzo-soprano), Victoria Samek (clarinet), VOICE and Julius Drake (piano). It was recorded on Hyperion and was given five stars in the September issue of BBC Music Magazine. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS: If you'd like to enjoy our free weekly download simply log in or sign up to our website. Once you've done that, return to this page and you'll be able to see a 'Download […]
2018-03-22 15:30:08
Pecková/Samek/Schoenberg CO/Altrichter(Supraphon) Petr Alrichter’s recording of Riehn’s chamber version of Mahler’s almost impossibly taxing song-symphony is well worth the listen Where once it was a curiosity more than anything else, Rainer Riehn’s chamber-ensemble arrangement of Mahler’s great song-symphony, first performed in 1983, seems to appear on disc almost as regularly as the original version nowadays. In 1921, Schoenberg had begun the task of scaling down Mahler’s score so it could be performed at his Society for Private Music Performances in Vienna, but when the society collapsed the same year, he abandoned the project, having reorchestrated only part of the opening movement. Sixty years later, Riehn took over where his great predecessor had left off, making minor adjustments but mostly keeping the same lineup of 15 players. The cut-down version inevitably inhabits a very different sound world from the original, even though Riehn is at pains to preserve as many of its […]
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