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MACMILLAN Magnificat. Tyst. Nunc Dimittis. O
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra | Netherlands Radio Choir
The disc opens with a morose Advent antiphon simply titled O which, we are told, is derived from the sound...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 07/2013
MACMILLAN Seraph ARUTIUNIAN Trumpet Concerto
Alison Balsom | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Lawrence Renes | Scottish Ensemble
After the epic confrontation of James MacMillan’s earlier concerto, its successor deftly combines trumpet and strings in music that ranges...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 02/2012
Pascal Gallois: Solo
Few bassoonists could hope to match Pascal Gallois when it comes to his extending of an all too limited repertoire....
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 09/2015
Rossini Choral Works
This is a shrewd pairing of generally impressive recordings of Rossini’s two great – but very different – choral works....
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/1996
Boulez Piano Sonatas Nos 1 - 3
Boulez’s piano sonatas boast a number of complete recordings, each with something distinctive to offer. Equally, I was struck while...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2005
MacMillan Choral Works
Britten Sinfonia | James Vivian | Polyphony | Stephen Layton
Seven Last Words was commissioned by the BBC in 1993 for Holy Week 1994, when it was broadcast in seven...
Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 9/2005
MACMILLAN One Equal Music
Alexandra Caldon | Elysian Singers of London | Sam Laughton
Large-scale choral works by James MacMillan, such as his early Seven Last Words from the Cross or the more recent...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 08/2019
Ravel: Orchestral & Vocal Works
Claudio Abbado | London Symphony Orchestra | Margaret Price | Salvatore Accardo
The playing of the orchestral items here is nothing short of sensational. The LSO has always responded to its former...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1989
GOURZI Music for Piano and String Quartet
Ensemble Coriolis | Lorenda Ramou
Although currently little known in the UK, the Greek composer Konstantia Gourzi (b1962) is well established in Germany as a...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 01/2015
Maria Bachmann Kiss On Wood
James Saporito | Jon Klibonoff | Maria Bachmann
Maria Bachmann's second Catalyst recital is even more ambitious than her first (''Fratres'', 12/93) and yet it exhibits the same...
Reviewed in issue 5/1995
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