Hazard Chase artists feature in July issue of BBC Music Magazine
This month's review section of the BBC Music Magazine has been monopolised by Hazard Chase artists with all of them receiving great critical acclaim for their new releases.
Isabelle Faust's recording of the second Martinù Violin Concerto with Jirí Belohlávek and the Prague Philharmonia (Harmonia Mundi) is '...a near-ideal interpretation of the work. From her very first entry, Isabelle Faust shows a strong feeling for the work's dramatic ebb and flow, and in the supremely beautiful slow movement achieves heights of eloquence...'
Clarinettist Michael Collins' interpretation of Spohr Clarinet Concertos, recorded for Hyperion with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, receives a full five star rating for both performance and recording quality. '...Michael Collins (whom many contemporary composers have been lucky to have as an interpreter) repeats the success of his disc of numbers 1 and 2 with elegantly phrased melodies, immaculate passagework and wondrously even trills...'
"Stephen Layton's flair-ful recording" of Handel's Dettingen Te Deum, also available on Hyperion, displays the conductor's trademark commitment to authentic performance practice and '...fervently rethinks every detail. His tempos are faultless...'.
Martin Roscoe's recording of Nielsen's complete piano music gains five stars for performance '...Martin Roscoe is right inside this music and guides us through its marvels with great subtlety and authority...'. The disc includes the Symphonic Suite, A Dream about 'Silent Night', Festival Prelude for the New Century and Piano Music for Young and Old.
Finally, Hazard Chase guitarist Julian Bream receives five stars for his new disc The Essential Julian Bream. '...Selected by Bream himself, this excellent collection spans recordings from 1963 - 1991 and compositions from Sanz to Arnold, showcasing Bream's facility in many styles...' The disc is available on RCA Red Seal.
All quotes taken from the July issue of the BBC Music Magazine.
