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Shostakovich - Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Yakov Kreizberg
From the very outset, there's a real sense of urgency about the performance, Müller-Schott's razor-sharp articulation in the outer movements managing to combine rhythmic incisiveness with highly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2008, Disc of the month
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Skride’s championship of a fellow Latvian [Eduard Erdmann] is welcome, but she is unpartisan and brings the same affection and sense of authority to his music as the rest of the programme. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Schmidt, F: Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln (The Book of the Seven Seals)
Sylvia Greenberg (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Thomas Moser (tenor), Robert Holl (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass), Martin Haselböck (organ)
Vienna State Opera Concert Choir & Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lothar Zagrosek
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
RecommendedJessye Norman (Jocaste), Thomas Moser (Oedipus), Alexandru Ionita (Shepherd), Michel Piccoli (narrator)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis
The pace is unerringly right, the rhythms never monotonously mechanical, the score's phrasing and accents scrupulously realized...Jocastas notoriously tend to unsteadiness, but Jessye Norman... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Milhaud: Violin Concerto No. 1 and 2, etc.
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Munich Radio Orchestra, Pinchas Steinberg
magnificently played, the soloist literally tossing off the fearful difficulties of the piece seemingly without a care in the world - the characterization is superb. The violin and orchestra... — More…
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Johan Botha: Wiener Staatsoper Live
1997 - 2014: Beethoven, Wagner, Strauss
Johan Botha (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram), Cheryl Studer (Elsa), James Rutherford (Sachs), Angela Denoke (Kundry), Marjana Lipovšek (Amme), Ricarda Merbeth (Daphne), Soile Isokoski (Ariadne), Valentina Nafornită (Najade), Rachel Frenkel (Dryade), Olga Bezsmertna (Echo), Daniela Fally (Zerbinetta)
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The recorded sound is produced to a consistently pleasing quality, and one does sense the special atmosphere of the live performance. Live at Wiener Staatsoper, this first-rate collection is... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2017
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs
RecommendedAnne Schwanewilms (soprano), with Jutta Böhnert (Sophie) & Regina Richter (Octavian)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
There’s some wonderful singing [in the Capriccio extract]...She’s also excellent as Arabella. At the start of the solo her singing is touching and with a hint of vulnerability to it. Later...she... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th July 2012
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The voice has body, especially in the upper middle register, and an exciting ring on top. — More…
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Opera, August 2008, Recording of the Month
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Schmidt: Piano Quintet & Clarinet Quintet
Rainer Keuschnig (left-hand piano) Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Josef Hell (violin), Peter Wächter (violin), Peter Pecha (viola), Gerhard Iberer (cello) & Leonard Wallisch (cello)
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