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'Colin Davis leads a superb quartet of soloists and brings out all the humanity and tenderness of the music with his customary skill. The LSO Chorus responds brilliantly.' (Classic FM). 'Colin Davis...

This is a grandly scaled, nobly contoured reading, by turns monumental and ferociously dramatic. With biting choral attack, searing, spitting strings and scything trumpets, the Dies irae has a...

'Sir Colin Davis conducts the Requiem with a judicious mix of fire and meditative calm' (Gramophone) 'a strong set of soloists... Every note fills me with affection and wonder, and that's rare... his...

What makes Davis's Sibelius compelling is that he manages to have it both ways. He gives these fine players the encouragement to turn individual passages into moments of spine-tingling magic... But...

Financial Times' Disc of the Year; New York Times' CDs of the Year/ "Performance: * Recording: * 'Beuron, probably today's finest lyric tenor, gives the performance an essential idiomatic core in his...

The [4th Symphony] is especially interesting: not previously issued; furthermore, it may well be new to the Davis discography. Vaughan Williams' Fourth Symphony receives a terrific reading... first...

[Stamic Flute Conc.] "Stamic's music is eminently competent and likeable... Both soloist and her accompanists, Norway's leading chamber ensemble, are known from previous well-received recordings...

De Lalande / Ex Cathedra Baroque Orch / Skidmore Choral Music For Versailles CD1. Regina Coeli 2. Quia Quem Meruisti 3. Resurrexit 4. Ora Pro Nobis 5. De Profundis Clamavi 6. Fiant Aures 7. Si...

One of the very best pianists to have come out of Spain... Unlike many names who have offered themselves in this nationalist repertoire, she has an impeccably clean technique, considerable strength...

Strong in Mediterranean atmosphere,... La Mer has an underlying grip... concentrates on evocation at the opening and creates a real pianissimo, helped by the wide dynamic range of the recording.....

Debussy / Ravel / Borodin Quartet / Melos Ensemble String Quartets Introduction & Allegro Sonata For CD1. I. Anim? Et TR?S D?cid? 2. II. Assez Vif Et Bien Rythm? 3. III. Andantino, Doucement...

Debussy / Tirimo Complete Preludes CD1. Danseuses de Delphes 2. Voiles 3. Le Vent Dans la Plaine 4. Les Sons Et Les Parfums Tournent Dans L'air Du Soir 5. Les Collines D'anacapri 6. Des Pas Sur la...