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this is a studiously well-curated programme (by Jeffrey Skidmore) of music for the Nativity, almost all from the baroque period. In our view It provides a superior and enjoyable listening experience...

Faer / Wurttemburg Chamber Orch Treasures Of The Baroque CD1. Kanon in D 2. Larghetto 3. Allegro 4. Larghetto 5. Allegro 6. Vivace - Grave 7. Allegro 8. Adagio 9. Vivace 10. Allegro 11. Pastorale:...

A most enjoyable recital, and one for which many listeners will be grateful. What is Impressive here is the pianist's integration of fragility and firmness, simplicity and complexity. Stott is at...

Faure / Westminster Cathedral Choir / Hill Requiem Op 48 CD1. Requiem, for 2 Solo Voices, Chorus, Organ ; Orchestra, Op. 48: Introit Et Kyrie 2. Requiem, for 2 Solo Voices, Chorus, Organ ; Orchestra,...

Fedoseyev,Vladimir / Ussr Tv & Radio Large Symp. Sviridov: The Snowstorm - Pushkin'S Garland CD

in 1952 Kathleen Ferrier made her last and perhaps greatest record... four arias each of Bach and Handel. The (engineers) ensured the utmost fidelity (Penguin Guide Rosette) "This is a recording that...

Ferrier,Kathleen Very Best Of Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Collection CD1. Interview with Kathleen Ferrier, Montreal - 1950 2. Blow the Wind Southerly 3. The Keel Row 4. Come You Not from Newcastle? 5...

These vignettes are touching... and spring from a love affair... most are full of strong poetic feeling and beauty of melodic line... 'An erotic diary for piano' (Gerald Abraham)... played with great...

altogether this is as tempting a Hummel collection as any we know... His G major (mandolin) Concerto here in even more agreeable form, as Op.73 Piano Concertino, and Martin Galling is even more...

Neither Georgian, a pupil of Rostropovich, nor Gililov had come my way before but I hope such persuasive musicians will soon do so again. Their sympathy for Brahms struck me as of the unforced,...

Chesnokov represents a late flowering of Russian Orthodox traditions in the years before the Revolution... composers sought to renew the style by returning it to it's roots in Medieval Slavic chant...

(9th) They capture not only the joyful irreverence but the sense of danger lurking beneath... solo wind playing is excellent throughout... brilliantly played and vividly recorded (CD Review) (15th)...