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BRITTEN The Canticles
Ben Johnson | Benedict Nelson | Christopher Ainslie | James Baillieu | Lucy Wakeford | Martin Owen
The focus of this complete set of the Canticles is tenor Ben Johnson, a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 06/2013
Sonatenabend
The pianist tells us in his introductory note that he has performed this programme many times in concert, ‘built around...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2015
GALLAGHER Symphony No 2
JoAnn Falletta | London Symphony Orchestra
Born in Brooklyn in 1947, Jack Gallagher studied composition, counterpoint and orchestration with Elie Siegmeister (1909 91). In his booklet-note...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 06/2015
MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 21
Christian Zacharias | Jan Lisiecki | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Jan Lisiecki’s Chopin concerto recording with Howard Shelley received justified plaudits in 2010 and he now joins another pianist-conductor for...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 09/2012
Fuse Ensemble: The Music of Gina Biver
Gina Biver is a musical force of nature: electroacoustic composer, producer, electric guitarist and director of the Washington DC-based Fuse...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2018
Songs of Peace and Praise: Choral Music from Queens College
Harold Rosenbaum | James John | New York Virtuoso Singers | Queens College Choir and Vocal Ensemble
The title of this elegant new disc tells much about the nature of the repertoire. The subtitle is less specific:...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2018
GÓRECKI Symphony No 4
Andrey Boreyko | London Philharmonic Orchestra
Over 30 years may separate Górecki’s Third and Fourth Symphonies but it would be misleading to attribute such a long...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 02/2016
The Call
Alison Martin | Andrew Nethsingha | Edward Picton-Tubervill | St John's College Choir, Cambridge
Anybody with deep affection for the more noble anthems of the Anglican tradition will need no excuse to grab a...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/2015
LOCKLAIR Symphony No 2
Kirk Trevor | Michael Roháč | Peter Mikula | Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
A native of North Carolina, Dan Locklair (b1949) celebrates his 70th birthday this year, and celebratory is the word that...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW2019
A Black Birch in Winter: American and Estonian Choral Music
David Puderbaugh | Voces Musicales Chamber Choir
Voces Musicales are an Estonian chamber choir founded in 1999. Their only other disc currently available in Presto Classical’s database...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 01/2020
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