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Ethel Smyth: Der Wald RecommendedNatalya Romaniw (Röschen), Claire Barnett-Jones (Iolanthe), Robert Murray (Heinrich), Andrew Shore (A Peddler), Morgan Pearse (Count Rudolf), Matthew Brook (Peter), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, John Andrews
Der Wald may not be such an outstanding piece [as The Wreckers], but it is well worth getting to know. While Harry Brewster’s somewhat naïve libretto holds it back, Smyth’s score shows an impressive... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023, World Premiere Recording (Rediscovery)
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Smyth: The Prison RecommendedSarah Brailey, Dashon Burton, Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly
Smyth was much influenced by neo-Platonism and appended a line from Plotinus to The Prison, suggesting that music was a means to releasing the divine in us, Soloists and chorus convey that very... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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Dame Ethel Smyth: Mass in D & Overture to 'The Wreckers' RecommendedBBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sakari Oramo
Oramo rises to the work’s ambition with a fiercely committed, highly persuasive reading that indulges generosity of scale and imagination while pinpointing the Mass’s many felicities of detail.... — More…
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Record Review, 5th October 2019, Disc of the Week
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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