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Leighton: Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 3 – Shelley, BBC NOW, Brabbins

This is the third volume in Chandos’ latest championing of the music of Kenneth Leighton, presenting two further premiere recordings. The previous volume, including Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia mistica), received tremendous critical acclaim, earning a Rosette in the latest Penguin Guide to Recorded Music. It was a Critic’s Choice in the December 2009 issue of Gramophone, Andrew Achenbach writing, ‘Chandos’ most valuable exploration of Kenneth Leighton’s large-scale output continues with this exhilarating coupling… Miss a ...

Mozart
Symphony No. 40, etc. – Apollo’s Fire, Jeanette Sorrell
Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra founded in ...

Wagner
Götterdämmerung – Soloists, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
‘The orchestra, reinforced for the ...

A Gluck Retrospective – Alison Tynan, Sophie Bevan, Anna Stéphany, Classical Opera Company, Ian Page
‘A remarkable evening ...

Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Music – Frances Walker
The transcriptions presented in this volume represent the most complete expression of Mr ...

Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9; Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 – Alessandra Ammara
‘You haven’t looked ...

Introducing Xiayin Wang
Xiayin (pronounced shy-inn) Wang is an emerging pianist who brings fresh interpretations to a wide range of ...

Haydn
String Quartets / Divertimento – The Fitzwilliam String Quartet
The Fitzwilliam String Quartet is one of Britain’s ...

French Romantic Flute Music inspired by Paul Taffanel – Kenneth Smith, Paul Rhodes
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth ...