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Vaughan Williams: Film Music, Vol 1 (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) Thrilling, evocative performances captured in the best Chandos sound. Especially important for presenting the full score of Scott of the Antarctic [IL]
Berg, Janáček & Hartmann: Violin Concertos (Apex)
(Déjà Review) One of the stronger Warner Apex CDs. By all means buy it to play straight through and enjoy the stimulation of the juxtaposition of the music of these three composers [CC]
Bantock: Orchestral Works (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Full-blooded, romantic readings of more exotic Bantock [IL]
Addison: Film Music (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) One of the very best of Chandos’s British film music series [IL]
Rota: La Strada Ballet Suite (Chandos)
(Déjà Review) A wonderful album straddling the worlds of the concert hall, the ballet stage and the silver screen [IL]
British Treasures (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Three gorgeously, lyrical, romantic British violin sonatas played with great affection [IL]
Rózsa: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (Tadlow Music)
(Déjà Review) A winning performance of a colourful, exciting and atmospheric score [IL]
Coates: London Again (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Sweet tuneful nostalgic delight – a must for Eric Coates admirers [IL]
Gormenghast (Sony Classical & BBC Studios)
(Déjà Review) One of the finest scores ever written for television [GSD]
Sir Arnold Bax: Symphony No. 6 (Naxos)
A thrilling, evocative reading of Bax’s finest symphonic accomplishment [IL]
Rota: Film Music (EMI Classics)
(Déjà Review) The seven-movement ballet suite for La strada is the most significant item here and is worth the price of this CD alone [IL]
The Score – Interviews with Film Composers (Silman-James Press)
(Déjà Review) This is a book that is well overdue. It is an inside look at the working life of the people who compose for films against ruthless deadlines and the dictates of production teams [IL]
Rimsky-Korsakov & Stravinsky: Scheherazade, Song of the Nightingale (Sony Classical)
(Déjà Review) Sumptuous, exciting and wonderfully sensuous [IL]
Atterberg: Piano Concerto (cpo)
(Déjà Review) A feast for unashamed romantics. Grand Romantic, heart-on-sleeve stuff, over the top music, delivered in bravura performances [IL]
Hahn: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto (Maguelone)
(Déjà Review) A truly enchanting album calculated to chase away the winter blues [IL]
Chaminade: Mots d’amour (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A tonic for the winter months [IL]
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker (Opus Arte)
(Déjà Review) Truly magical – the ideal family Christmas present [IL]
Alwyn: Film Music Vol. 2 (Chandos)
An excellent well-contrasted compilation of important British film music that needed to be rescued from oblivion [IL]
Chaminade: Piano Music, Vol 1 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A collection that will enchant all but the hardest-hearted [IL]
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (Orfeo)
(Déjà Review) Splendid performances that could hardly be bettered [IL]
Debussy: Night in Granada (Cala)
(Déjà Review) An important addition to the Debussy discography [IL]
Voríšek: Symphony, Mass (Cedille)
(Déjà Review) An album to savour [IL]
Piazzolla: Tangos (SOMM Recordings)
(Déjà Review) Piazzolla sans bandoneon but with added colour and played with fervour and sensitivity [IL]
Poulenc: Piano music (SOMM)
(Déjà Review) An album to cherish that will undoubtedly figure highly in my recital discs of the year [IL]
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