This is copy of the review by Robert Matthew-Walker, editor of “The Organ” magazine. He has given the CD 5 stars and made some extremely complimentary statements about the performance, production and recording… “Christopher Herrick is much to be applauded for the results he obtains from the William Hill instrument. In this, he is splendidly [...]
First review of Organ Fireworks 14 is found… http://www.classicalmusicsentinel.com/collections/collection-organ-fireworks14.html
“… Artur Pizarro is the young Portuguese virtuoso…. and, predictably, his Liszt debut recital on Collins is of exceptional quality… … Argerich’s Schumann too is among her… The sound when you bother to notice it, is excellent, though in warmth and detail it hardly rivals Collins Classics’ which is of demonstration quality throughout.” [Bryce Morrison, [...]
“… Bedford goes on to direct the ECO in a memorable performance of Britten’s masterly Frank Bridge Variations. Beautifully engineered, once again Bedford demonstrates an affinity not just with the nuts and bolts, but the extraordinary intensity of feeling…” “… After a number of very average and scrappily played versions of this piece, it is [...]
“The catalogue is already rich in fine versions of Mendelssohn’s Shakespeare music and a new contender has to be pretty impressive to cope with quality mid-price recordings like those of Klemperer, Kubelik and Litton. Walter Weller’s new disc on Collins is just that, with fine conducting and glorious sound.” “…This one scores first of all [...]
“The Vanbrugh Quartet performs both quartets with astonishing intensity and a clear feeling for the emotional background: every bar has been thought through and the terrifying technical demands of Janacek’s string writing emerges less as virtuosity than as an integral part of a narrative. The Vanbrughs have no qualms about telling the story in performances [...]
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