Hallé Orchestra
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Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
RecommendedRebecca Evans (The Angel Gabriel/The Blessed Virgin Mary), Alice Coote (Mary Magdalene/Narrator 2), Paul Groves (Narrator 1/John), Jacques Imbrailo (Jesus), David Kempster (Peter) & Brindley Sherratt (Judas)
Hallé & Hallé Youth Choir & Hallé Choir, Sir Mark Elder
It has all the tension and excitement of live performance, rising to incandescence in the closing pages, and Mark Elder has perfect control of the large forces and dramatic pacing. Brindley... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Recording of the Year & Choral Award Winner
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'
RecommendedKatherine Broderick (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Hallé, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Ad Solem, Sir Mark Elder
Mark Elder's Vaughan Williams cycle with The Halle is turning out to be the finest since the two by Adrian Boult - and the opening bars of this live recording of A Sea Symphony show why. The... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th September 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Dobrinka Tabakova: Orpheus' Comet, Earth Suite & Concertos
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Guy Johnston (cello), Hallé Orchestra, Delyana Lazarova
Complex but richly communicative, her compositions demonstrate this blend [of mind and heart' to a tee...Beautifully performed and recorded, this is a first-rate release, offering a timely showcase... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Concerto
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A Shropshire Lad
English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams (baritone), Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder
Williams is accompanied throughout by his own orchestral reimaginings; and he’s evidently an orchestrator with a fine ear and lively imagination...This is all exquisitely sung too. The melodic... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Shortlisted - Voice & Orchestra
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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
RecommendedPaul Groves (Gerontius), Alice Coote (Angel), Bryn Terfel (Priest/Angel of the Agony)
Halle, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Sir Mark Elder
Paul Groves's sophisticated, elegant tenor is not ideally the sort that should be essaying this role. With Bryn Terfel… sounding a little frayed, Alice Coote makes the biggest impact. It's... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, December 2017, Also Recommended
2 CDs
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[the Tallis Fantasia] is tight-reined, yet also singing and surging with no trace of anti-Romantic tendentiousness...But what makes this release so special is Elder and the Hallé's interpretation... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral
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Huw Watkins: Flute Concerto, Violin Concerto and Symphony
Adam Walker (flute), Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Hallé, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ryan Wigglesworth, Edward Gardner
Cast in the conventional three movements, [the Flute Concerto] dances through a musical landscape full of light and shade. Its invigorating sense of pace and momentum is beautifully caught by... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2018
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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These live performances of the composer’s two official symphonies date from 2018 and 2021. They show conductor, orchestra and music working together in perfect harmony. Obvious signs? Well,... — More…
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Elgar: Violin Concerto
RecommendedThomas Zehetmair (violin), Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Zehetmair...is able to marry impassioned purpose with appreciation of Elgar's complexity...Mark Elder's direction is stunning...there's a warm glow about the Hallé sound that adds an extra strand... — More…
Awards:
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Building a Library, January 2012, First Choice
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Concerto
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Elder's way with Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony is one of those interpretations that grows with repeated hearings. As expected from the current Halle vintage, it's finely played in every department,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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