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JS Bach: Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis
Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore) & Erich Höbarth (violin & conductor)
Camerata Bern
He plays idiomatically...with stylish decorations. Yet surprisingly he combines his modern oboe with Baroque period strings...Camerata Bern supports buoyantly and though with momentary minor... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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Levin fully understands the whole work's structure and his fingers to all that could be asked of them. He is alive, too, to the poetry of the atmospheric pieces and, with Ya-Fei Chuang, gives... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, Instrumental Choice
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the luminous playing of the opening of Berg's Sonata Op. 1 tells us this is a pianist of rare sensitivity...Varjon's probing approach reveals the finest shades of harmonic colouring and places... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Jean-Marie Leclair - Sonatas
John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (violoncello) & Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Holloway and his experienced continuo players relish the pleasing combination of Italian brilliance with French melodic grace. Of particular charm are the movements marked 'Aria': these singable... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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English Renaissance Music
A recital which contrasts the inspirational work of Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard
David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone) & Robert Macdonald (bass)
The Hilliard Ensemble
The ensemble is flawless and the sound reproduction crystalline. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2008, Editor's Choice
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Veracini - Sonatas
John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (cello) & Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Veracini was part of a European constellation of virtuoso violinist composers which included Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli and Pisendel during the first half of the 18th century. John Holloway... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2006, Editor's Choice
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John Holloway plays four sonatas from the set of eight Biber published in 1681 and also dedicated to the archbishop. First, however, comes a curiosity: an adaptation by Andreas Anton Schmelzer... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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Kanchieli's position as a powerful and individual voice is becoming more apparent with each vividly recorded issue in ECM's continuing series — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Chamber Choice
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Silvestrov presents compositional tour de force in this intriguing programme…this musical concoction somehow casts a magical spell, drawing you into the intimacy of Silvestrov’s musical language... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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…Saariaho's combination of instruments with live electronics comes up as fresh as ever… it's… the vibrant quality of the playing from Norway's premiere new music quartet - never ugly, even... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, Chamber Choice
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