James MacMillan
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Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
RecommendedNicholas Daniel (oboe & conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan
[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Contemporary Winner
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MacMillan: Symphony No. 3 & The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
RecommendedBBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, inspired by the brutal witch-hunts that took place in post-Reformation Scotland, has become of the composer's signature works since its enthusiastic reception... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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MacMillan: St. Luke Passion
RecommendedPeter Dicke (organ)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Choir & National Youth Choir, Markus Stenz
The music is good at portraying the extremes of almighty power. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th April 2015
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James MacMillan: Works for Chamber Orchestra with Soloists
Linus Roth (violin), Lars Wouters van den Oudeweijer (clarinet), Julius Berger (cello)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, James MacMillan
[From Ayrshire] is played here with burnished lyricism by the German violinist Linus Roth, who scorches the brief, 'fast-reel', second movement with virtuosity...MacMillan elicits a magnificent... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, Concerto Choice
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MacMillan - Visitatio Sepulchri & Sun-Dogs Netherlands Radio Choir & Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, James MacMillan, Celso Antunes
[Sun Dogs] is a tour de force of choral writing, in which Macmillan is always assured and in the layered execuition of which the Dutch professional choir excels, it sets texts by Michael Symmons... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Choral
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MacMillan: Symphony No. 2, etc. Graeme McNaught (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, James MacMillan
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Alpha & Omega: Choral Music by James MacMillan
Madeleine Mitchell (violin)
Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener & James MacMillan
Cappella Nova make James MacMillan's Missa Dunelmi sound much easier to sing than it is, and that's a compliment...Perhaps it helps having MacMillan himself directing: it's interesting his default... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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MacMillan: Veni, Veni Emmanuel, etc.
Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Ruth Crouch (violin), James MacMillan (piano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
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MacMillan's colours can be garish, his gestures histrionic, but his is an art of passion and commitment: these are the effects of a composer seeking to make you feel and react strongly as well... — More…
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Nicola Benedetti plays Mendelssohn, MacMillan & Mozart
Nicola Benedetti (violin)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, James MacMillan
Sparkling, poetic playing that confirms Benedetti's formidable talent. From Ayrshire, written for her by MacMillan… prompts Benedetti to some passionate playing, inspired by melodic lines geared... — More…
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