The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra continues to do what it does best, which just happens to be the title of its latest recorded release. Illuminate sheds new light on three works, two of them for Romantic string orchestra and the third a mid-20th-century setting of French surrealist poetry.
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The graceful portamenti are a particular pleasure, since, like all ARCO performances, attention has been paid to period practice…The Tchaikovsky – played by full string orchestra rather than in the more commonly heard version for sextet – has an attractive butter-smooth lilt…(and in the Britten, soprano Jacqueline Porter sings} in radiant counterpoint with ARCO’s gossamer strings.
Clive Paget, Limelight
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