Tag: English Chamber Orchestra
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21 Great Anthems & Choruses
Three out of three stars “[Hickox leads] fine digital collections sung with fervour and discipline… zestfully infectious… shaped beautifully… brass resonantly sonorous… fully in the demonstration bracket.” – Penguin Guide The title says it all! Alto Records presents twenty-one essential choral showpieces, performed by the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and some of the finest…
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Baroque Bohemia & Beyond VIII
The transition from the Baroque to the Classical era was largely led by Czech composers, many of whom were affiliated with the “Mannheim School”. Their tuneful and imaginative music paved the way for the chamber and orchestral music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The eighth volume of “Baroque Bohemia and Beyond” draws on outstanding high-definition…
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos
“Ledger has the advantage of fresh and detailed digital recording. He directs resilient, well-paced readings of all 6 concertos on modern instruments, lively, yet never over-forced. The slow movements in particular are most beautifully done, persuasively and without mannerism. Flutes rather than recorders are used in No.4.” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) “I suggested this as…
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music Suite
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Great Handel Choruses
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Guitarra!
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Classic Valentine – Music for Love
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Handel Favourites – Arrival of the Queen of Sheda, Water Music, and more – Mackerras, Szell, Menuhi,n Somary
(Fireworks) “The resulting sound is splendid, helped along by judicious editing the brass and percussion do often kindle a glorious blaze which is caught beautifully by the recording, an extravaganza which can scarcely fail to become a collectors’ piece.” (Concerto a due Cori) “chief praise to Mr. Mackerras for uncovering this splendid Concerto for two…
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The Golden Age of English Church Music
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The Golden Age of English Sacred Music
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Dag Wiren: Serenade For String
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Russian Favorites for Strings
