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LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 1 Op. 16 / Symphony No. 2 Op. 51 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductors) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "These are fine and handsomely recorded performances" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
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RAWSTHORNE
Overture Street Corner / Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Symphonic Studies Malcolm Binns (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard / London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite [ Lyrita / CD - released 11/Nov/2007 ] "It's not the only performance of course. You can find competing and newer recordings on Chandos and Naxos. All three are excellent and recommendable. But these performances are as fine as any and the Studies is a truly compelling... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tribute to David Oistrakh Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Nicholas Walker (piano) / Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) / Clifford Benson (piano) / Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] David Oistrakh, one of the most famous violin virtuosos of the last century, made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous works for violin. Among the many violin virtuosi of the younger generation whom he inspired is Lydia Mordkovitch, one... |
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KABALESKY / VOLKONSKY / KHANDOSHKIN / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
Russian works for violin and piano Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) with Julian Milford & Nicholas Walker (pianos) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Lydia Mordkovitch performs a personal selection of violin and viola works, chosen for their idiom which combines brilliant violin technique and strong expressivity and the theme of Russia. This album has been generously supported by the Royal Academy... |
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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Irish Rhapsody No.4 / Funeral March 'the Martyrdom' from Becket / Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Malcolm Binns (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] One of the most respected independent labels, Lyrita Recorded Edition, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2009, has concluded a comprehensive license deal with Wyastone Estate Limited. |
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MARK SIMPSON / W. A. MOZART
Simpson: Geysir / Mozart: Gran Partita Mark Simpson, Fraser Langton (clarinets), Nicholas Daniel, Emma Feilding (oboes), Amy Harman, Dom Tyler (bassoon), etc [ Orchid / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber |
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J. S. BACH
Bach :- Piano Concertos (recorded in 2013) Martha Argerich (piano) and friends, incls Nicholas Angelich, Frank Braley, Khatia Buniatishvili, David Fray, Stephen Kovacevich, etc [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 6/Jul/2015 ] Live HD recording: Salle Pleyel (Paris), 21 & 22 Oct. 2013 The great Martha Argerich and the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne leads a team of talented pianists from all around the world. These major figures and young soloists at the edge of a... |
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BERLIOZ / POULENC / SAINT-SAENS
Chung, Argerich, Angelich: Live at the Theatre Antique d'Orange Martha Argerich (piano), Nicholas Angelich (piano) & Myung-Whun Chung (piano & conductor), Christophe Henry (organ) [ Bel Air / DVD - released 8/Jul/2016 ] Martha Argerich and Nicholas Angelich alongside Myung-Whun Chung for a concert homage by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to its conductor in the magical setting of the Théâtre Antique in Orange. The concert begins with Berlioz's Roman... |
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FERNEYHOUGH
Shadowtime - a thought-opera Mats Scheidegger (guitar) / Nicholas Hodges (piano & speaker) / Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart / Nieuw Ensemble / Jurjen Hempel (conductor) [ NMC / 2 CD - released 14/May/2006 ] "Wonderful sounds,musical moves that tell, technical exigence turned to eloquence: I listened spellbound." Andrew Porter, Times Literary Supplement |
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ERROLLYN WALLEN
Photography Matthew Sharp (cello) Ensemble X, Nicholas Kok, The Continuum Ensemble, Philip Headlam, Tim Harries (bass guitar), Quartet X, Errollyn Wallen [ NMC / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] After reading Music at Goldsmiths', King's College London and King's College Cambridge she performed as a keyboard player with numerous bands, on the comedy circuit, ran a commercial recording studio and wrote the music and performed live as a... |
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HANDEL / BACH / GUILMANT / ELGAR / WAGNER / etc.
Four Hands / Four Feet (Recorded live at the Dunedin Town Hall) Max Kenworthy / Nicholas Grigsby (organ) [ Max / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "This is quite a winning disc even if the arrangements cannot be as nimble on their toes as the orchestral originals. In this they continue a noble 19th and 20th century calling that only bloodless purists will object to. As for the rest of you who... |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Violin Sonata / Mythes / Notturne and Tarantella Miriam Kramer (violin) / Nicholas Durcan (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] Composed in 1904, the emotionally turbulent Violin Sonata is one of several large-scale instrumental works that emerged during Szymanowski's first phase, in which the influences of Chopin and Scriabin are combined with those of the German late-Romantics. |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, 21 and 32 Nicholas Angelich (piano) [ Mirare / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Nicholas Angelich (piano) |
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BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor / Nine Hungarian Dances (for piano four hands) Nicholas Angelich (piano) / Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra / Paavo Jarvi, with Frank Braley (piano) [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "A delight to encounter precise, hand-in-glove ensemble-playing that manages not to sound pre-planned. " Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 |
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BAX / FISKE / HAMILTON / WOOD / RODNEY BENNETT
The Thurston Connection: English Music for Clarinet & Piano Nicholas Cox (clarinet), Ian Buckle (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] British music for the clarinet was hugely indebted to the elite interpreters who inspired this important repertoire. They included Frederick Thurston, who first performed three of the works on this recording. Bax's Sonata, much admired and imbued... |
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MADELEINE DRING
Dring: Complete Works for Oboe Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Adam Walker (flute), Amy Harman (bassoon), Antonio Oyarzabal (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] Madeline Dring was born into a musical and theatrical family, and gained an exhibition scholarship to the junior department of the Royal College of Music aged nine. Her focus changed from violin to piano and composition, which she studied with... |
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SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 3 / Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 84 / etc Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2002 ] Performance **** Sound Quality ***** BBC Music Magazine |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / JAMES MacMILLAN
Vaughan Williams / James MacMillan: Oboe Concertos Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2016 - Contemporary Winner |
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ARNOLD BAX / GERALD FINZI / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
British Oboe Quintets Nicholas Daniel (oboe, cor anglais); Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] The legendary British oboist Leon Goossens inspired all the composers represented on this recording, and they wrote all but one of the pieces for his oboe, on which he premièred the works by Delius, Bax, Bliss, and Finzi featured here. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Simple Symphony / Temporal Variations / Suite on English Folk Tunes Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / Philip Dukes (viola) / Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) / Northern Sinfonia / Steuart Bedford, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] "And so Naxos has unfolded yet more layers of this astonishing composer; an issue to cherish, and, at over seventy minutes, excellent value too." (MusicWeb, 15 February 2005) |