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Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 & Choral Fantasia
Ronald Brautigam (piano), Hannah Holgersson (soprano), Marie Olhans (mezzo-soprano), Maria Sanner (alto), Mikael Stenbaek (tenor), Gunnar Birgersson (baritone) & Ove Pettersson (bass)
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, with Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Andrew Parrott
The opening of the concerto is excellent: Parrott gets appropriately spacious playing from the orchestra, while the bell-like tone of Brautigam's instrument - a Steinway Model D - helps to prevent... — More…
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This attractive disc of string quintets from the Gringolts Quartet and (real luxury-casting, this) cellist Christian Poltéra finds Taneyev at his most melodically engaging and Glazunov at his... — More…
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Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124, etc.
Arnaldo Cohen (piano)
São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, John Neschling
…the most impressive performance here is of the bizarre and remarkable Totentanz… Whether the work's extremes of lyrical solo reflection and collective eruptiveness can ever really be conjured... — More…
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C P E Bach - Complete Keyboard Concertos, Volume 17
Miklós Spányi (tangent piano & harpsichord)
Opus X Ensemble, Petri Tapio Mattson & Miklós Spányi
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…the centre of gravity of this recital is a magnificently eloquent and understanding performance of Shostakovich's Violin Sonata, which as the years pass comes to seem one of the greatest of... — More…
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Bach - Cantatas Volume 28
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Makoto Sakurada (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
The latest volume contains few disappointments. Tempos are well-judged, the 12-voice choir effective and the instrumental playing well nigh impeccable. — More…
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Playing a handsome-sounding copy of a mid-18th century Dulcken harpsichord, Spanyi is fastidiously responsive to Bach's chameleon changes of mood. — More…
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Saeverud: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Romanza, Barcarola & 50 Variations
Katrine Buvarp (violin)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Ole Kristian Ruud
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