Vernon Handley
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This Bax symphony cycle comes under the baton of the composer's doughtiest champion, and superlatives are in order. Even seasoned Baxians will be startled by the propulsive vigour and sinewy... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto RecommendedJohn Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
The Cello Concerto was in many ways the composer's swansong… The beautifully slow movement is deeply searching and draws on an Elgarian quality, a poignant nobility. Yo-Yo Ma's wistfully introspective... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Introduction and Allegro RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Kennedy's first recording of the Elgar Concerto is aflame with a young man's passionate inspiration, though never lacking subtler nuance, while Handley simply breathed Elgar like no-one else. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Concerto
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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…some of the composer's most powerful orchestral writing receives utterly committed, full-blooded performance, the complex textures ideally balanced and superbly recorded. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Immediately the most recommendable versions in every case. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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If you know that feeling of expectancy, of vast potential energy, at the outset of a great symphony, you'll surely respond to the opening of Simpson's Ninth – and be wholly engrossed. You'll... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Contemporary
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Boughton: Symphony No. 3 & Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 1
Sarah Francis (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Elizabeth Maconchy: Selected works Manoug Parikian (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Barry Wordsworth
These works all testify to the strength of Elizabeth Maconchy's imagination...Handley directs superb, committed performances, vividly recorded, and Barry Wordsworth is equally impressive in... — More…
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Moeran: Orchestral Works
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar
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Vaughan Williams: Partita for double string orchestra, etc. RecommendedAlison Hargan (soprano), Ian Tracey (organ)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, October 2001, Choral Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2011, Collection Winner
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