5 December 2019

Stanford: A Song of Agincourt & other works
Studio Master: CDA68283  Temporarily out of stock  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Accomplished with brilliance. At one moment a triumph of feathery lyricism and at others impressionistic delicacy against doughty pride. A resoundingly confident contribution to the Stanford revival’ (MusicWeb International)
5 December 2019

Tippett: Symphonies Nos 3, 4 & B flat
Studio Master: CDA68231/2  2CDs Temporarily out of stock  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Last year I enthusiastically welcomed Brabbins’ recordings of the first two Tippett symphonies. Now he has completed the cycle, and the results are even finer. The third, one of Tippett’s greatest works, gets the best performance I have heard, with Rachel Nicholls particularly convincing in the tricky vocal finale. In the fourth symphony Brabbins at last finds a convincing rendering of the breath effect which opens and closes the work, and indeed of the display of orchestral virtuosity which constitutes the main part. As a bonus we get the first recording of Tippett’s unnumbered early symphony, performed a few times, then withdrawn but now available again’ (MusicWeb International)
1 December 2019

A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols - The Centenary Service
Studio Master: KGS0036-D  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘One senses throughout a judicious maintenance of familiar pillars … balanced with new elements such as the annual commissioned carol … and repertoire ranging from Medieval to composers from other traditions such as Arvo Pärt … the choir is generally in superb form, disciplined yet clearly relishing the music … superbly engineered, the recording vividly conjures the chapel’s unique acoustic’ (BBC Music Magazine)
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1 December 2019

Bach: The Cello Suites
Studio Master: CDA68261/2  2CDs  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Even in an overcrowded field, the cellist’s playing of Bach’s baroque dances commands attention for his musical insight and formidable technical bravura’ (The Sunday Times)
1 December 2019
The Guardian, Stephen Pritchard
Bach: The Six Partitas
Studio Master: CDA68271/2  2CDs  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Hewitt’s playing is characteristically limpid, technically faultless, deeply intelligent and infectiously joyous. Her decades of experience playing this repertoire gives it a special patina; it glows like old gold. Give yourself an early Christmas present; you’ll want to play this again and again.’ (The Guardian)
1 December 2019

Bach: The Six Partitas
Studio Master: CDA68271/2  2CDs  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘While Hewitt’s stylish integrity, superb finger independence and deep feeling for the music’s roots in dance remains a constant, there’s now a greater level of interplay between hands, with added variety of articulation and rhythmic flexibility’ (Gramophone)
1 December 2019

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp 109, 110 & 111
Studio Master: CDA68219  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘Steven Osborne proves that he is the ideal modern-day Beethovenian, utterly at one with the composer. He conjures the different worlds of each of the last three sonatas with imagination, daring and a tremendous sense of engagement that allow him to make this music entirely his own. Miss it if you dare’ (Gramophone)
1 December 2019

Chapman Campbell: Contemplations
Studio Master: SIGCD816  Download only  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘A short but sweet selection of piano solos performed by the young Scottish composer. Engaging, emotional and lyrical’ (BBC Music Magazine)

1 December 2019

Chopin: Impromptus, waltzes & mazurkas
Studio Master: CDA68273  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The combination of Kolesnikov's sensitive touch, a Yamaha CFX concert grand and Andrew Keener's production values gives us beautiful sounds in abundance … Kolesnikov is clearly a pianist and musician of exceptional talent’ (BBC Music Magazine)
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RECORDING
1 December 2019

Christmas
Studio Master: CDA68299  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘A delightful album by an all-male a cappella group is hard to come by—all too often they’re po-faced or schmaltzy; but this is neither. An elegant blend of old and new’ (BBC Music Magazine)

1 December 2019

Christmas
Studio Master: CDA68299  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘The close recording of the male-voice line-up of The Gesualdo Six on Christmas reveals the tightness of their ensemble in repertoire ranging from Praetorius to Cheryl Frances-Hoad. Tenor Joseph Wicks’ a cappella arrangement of Jonathan Harvey’s The Annnunciation and director Owain Park’s vibrant On the Infancy of our Saviour compliment well-chosen pieces, making for a delightful and informative listening experience—and a thoughtful stocking filler!’ (Choir & Organ)
1 December 2019
Organists' Review, Donald MacKenzie
Christmas at St George's Windsor
Studio Master: CDA68281  Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

‘St George's Chapel has a splendid choral tradition to uphold and it is evident that is safe under the direction of James Vivian and Luke Bond together with the Choristers and Lay Clerks. This CD is a joy and delight: it is all that a choral recording should be—there is splendid ensemble singing (tuning, dynamics, etc.), sympathetic accompaniments and the solos given by the Lay Clerks are spot on’ (Organists' Review)

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