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His Liszt is remarkable. The F minor Transcendental Study's brand of miraculous virtuosity, at once tumultuous and limpid, is marvellously captured. — More…
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Building a Library, September 2010, First Choice
4 CDs
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Brahms: Symphonies
Overtures, Haydn Variations and Hungarian Dances
Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
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Villa-Lobos - Complete Choros & Bachianas Brasileiras
Fabio Zanon (guitar), Cristina Ortiz (piano), Jean Louis Steuerman (piano), Donna Brown (soprano), Nigel Shore (cor anglais) & Anders Miolin (guitar)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Choir of the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, John Neschling,...
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
7 CDs
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Igor Stravinsky, Bartók & Martinů
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Bamberger Symphoniker, Jakub Hrůša
With Jakub Hrůša and his super-attentive Bamberg orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann trumps the self-confident projection of his younger self...Stravinsky’s framing movements seem defter now,... — More…
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Haydn: Acide e Galatea - Festa Teatrale (opera fragment, Hob.XXVIII:1)
Bernard Richter, Acide, Raffaella Milanesi, Galatea, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Glauce, Iván Paley, Polifemo & Nettuno, Adrineh Simonian & Tetide
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss
Long a champion of Haydn rarities, Manfred Huss directs his trim period band with style, zest and a sharp ear for instrumental colour. Outstanding among the young cast are Raffaella Milanesi's... — More…
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The excellent Sitkovetsky Trio play [the Dvorak] beautifully. Their account of the Smetana trio is also superb: the two strings, which sound slightly backward in the Dvorak recording, sing out... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo...
the trio of ‘penitent women’, dynamically careful, is a real beauty…The amateur choruses catch the fervour of the event, and a seraphic trumpet distinguishes the final massive optimism. — More…
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This is a superb collection of extremely fine performances, and should be part of everyone’s collection: no need to try, just buy! — More…
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
Martin Fröst (basset clarinet & clarinet)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Veratvo String Quartet, Peter Oundjian
Better recorded performances of these towering masterpieces may exist, but I have never heard them. In their technical proficiency, style consciousness and broad, yet never exaggerated emotional... — More…
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