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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Cello Recital (Incls Dohnanyi - Cello Sonata in Bb) Mark Kosower (cello) / Jee-Won Oh (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "Kosower proves a most impressive exponent of this late Romantic work - poetic, refined, with a wide range of tone colours at his disposal. Jee-Won Oh is an adept and virtuosic partner. Together they are a rhythmically and tonally estimable... |
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ROZSA
Three Hungarian Sketches / Cello Rhapsody Mark Kosower (cello) / MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra / Mariusz Smolij [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Mar/2011 ] "These are beautiful, energetic, colorful performances of music that is equally so. Miklós Rózsa's concert music sounds just like his film music, and all of it sounds Hungarian, whether it's called Ben-Hur or Three Hungarian Sketches." (9/9... |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra / Violin Concerto No. 3 / Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano Mark Lubotsky (violin) Ralf Gothoni, Irina Schnittke (pianos) / Virtuosi di Kuhmo / Ralf Gothoni (conductor) [ Ondine / CD - released 20/Sep/2006 ] "Schnittke's Concerto is a mesmerizing work. Ralf Gothoni played the fiendishly difficult keyboard part and conducted Finland's Tapiola Sinfonietta in a scorching, endlessly entertaining performance at the Kennedy Center." The Washington Post |
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Mark Moraghan
Moonlight's Back In Style [ Linn / CD - released 21/Sep/2009 ] |
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HANDEL
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Recorded in 2014) BLU-RAY Mark Morris Dance Group [ Bel Air Classiques / Harmonia Mundi Distibution Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 29/Nov/2015 ] "the set-piece dances are often architecturally symmetrical and always strikingly beautiful…anyone fond of Handel's masterpiece should see this" (Gramophone) |
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Mark O'keeffe
Knight Errant [ Delphian / CD - released 16/Apr/2007 ] |
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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: The Opera Collection [27 CD set incls 'Zoroastre', 'Castor & Pollux' & 'Hippolyte et Aricie'] Mark Padmore, Nathan Berg, Gawllw Mechaly, Anne Maria Panzarella, Mireille Delunsch, Zeger Vandersteene, Sophie Daneman, etc [ Erato / Warner Classics / 27 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2014 ] This budget-priced box brings together nine of Rameau's operas and music from four of his other stage works, all in performances led by seven conductors who played a leading role in the revival of interest in Rameau's music over the past 30 years. |
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J.S. BACH
St John Passion [complete oratorio] Mark Padmore, Peter Harvey, Joanne Lunn / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] "A splendid new account of the St. John Passion, which all devotees of Bach's vocal music should try to hear." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2011) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 Mark Padmore, Sally Matthews, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "You can really tell that Rattle loves this work. His approach is full of affection - listen to the care he lavishes on the stunning ending of Part Two - but also architectural breadth." (MusicWeb) |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Piano Quintet / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Alison Dods (violin) / The Schubert Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "Listening to this fine new release and revisiting the comparative versions of On Wenlock Edge - sheer indulgence! - I'm struck by the excellence of all of them...this new Chandos disc is an outstanding release and admirers of Vaughan Williams can... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Serenade for tenor, horn & strings / Nocturne (with Finzi - Dies Natalis) Mark Padmore (tenor) / Britten Sinfonia, Jacqueline Shave, with Stephen Bull, horn [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "..it's a wonderfully muscular performance, beautifully judged and shaded, set off by suitably rapturous string playing." The Guardian, 3rd May 2012 *** |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Ten Blake Songs Mark Padmore (tenor) / Britten Sinfonia (members), Jacqueline Shave [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Nov/2013 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014 |
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JONATHAN DOVE
Dove: In Damascus Mark Padmore (tenor), Charles Owen (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "The beauty of the piece, for tenor and string quartet, is its restraint. It doesn't sensationalise, get maudlin, moralise or politicise. The words are direct and the music respects that. The performance does, too: clear, focused playing from the Sac |
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JOHN DOWLAND
Dowland: Lute Songs (with Britten-Nocturnal) Mark Padmore (tenor) Elisabeth Kenny (lute) Craig Ogden (guitar) [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Jan/2008 ] "A terrific disc which demonstrates how flexibly Dowland's line can be treated in expressing the nuances of the texts." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2008) |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Dichterliebe op.48, Liederkreis op.24 Mark Padmore (tenor) Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "Padmore's sweetness of tone is capable of growth and intensification, and he is sensible to the subtleties of modulation. Kristian Bezuidenhout...feels and thinks with the singer, makes his points without exaggeration and misses nothing" Gramophone... |
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GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
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SCHUBERT
Die Schone Mullerin Mark Padmore (tenor) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "Besides being the most lyrically beautiful modern rendition of this oft-recorded cycle, the recording is a model of clear, natural presentation of voice and piano in a very complementary acoustic." (10/10 ClassicsToday) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Winterreise Mark Padmore (tenor) Paul Lewis (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Composed in 1827 and first performed privately for members of Schubert's circle, Winterreise initially received a mixed reception. Now acknowledged as the greatest song-cycle ever penned, the work (here played in the original keys) receives a... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Before Life & after Sonnets of J. Donne op.35 / Winter Words op.52 / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "The evocative performance by Padmore and Vignoles captures that sense of longing particularly well." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - September 2009 |
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Mark Ramsden & Steve Lodder
Above The Clouds [ Naxos Jazz / CD ] |