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Special offer. Jörg Widmann: Elegie
Jörg Widmann (clarinet) & Heinz Holliger (piano), Jörg Widmann (clarinet)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Christoph Poppen
These concentrated miniatures of almost Webern-like brevity showcase Widmann's virtuosity as well as his comprehensive understanding of his instrument's capabilities. These qualities are projected... — More…
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Special offer. Toshio Hosokawa: Landscapes
Mayumi Miyata (shô)
Münchener Kammerorchester, Alexander Liebreich
Ethereal music centred on the textures of the shô, either expertly played by Mayumi Miyata, or evoked by the orchestra. — More…
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Holliger's Contrechamps, in particular, is a veritable compendium of clarinet effects, including several uncanny moments when the clarinet seems to play parallel chords...Reto Bieri makes all... — More…
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[Messiaen’s] distinctively pungent harmonies and ecstatic resolutions are all here, but in a span which takes us through a rich range of places and times of day, from nocturnal mystery to the... — More…
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Special offer. Helena Tulve: Arboles Lloran Por Lluvia
Arianna Savall (soprano, triple harp), Taniel Kirikal (countertenor), Charles Barbier (countertenor), Riivo Kallasmaa (oboe), Marco Ambrosini (nyckelharpa) & Helena Tulve (glasses, wind chimes)
NYYD Quartet, Ensemble Vox Clamantis, Ensemble Hortus Musicus & Estonian National Symphony...
Estonia continues to produce a wealth of composers out of all proportion to its size and population, and Helena Tulve (b.1972) is clearly one with whom to reckon. Four of the works on this portrait... — More…
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Special offer. Galina Ustvolskaya: Trio, Sonata, Duet
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Markus Hinterhäuser (piano), Reto Bieri (clarinet)
Ustvolskaya's choice of dissonance and evocative chords have a precision of aural imagination which seem to bloom in ECM's empty hall acoustic. — More…
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Special offer. Tüür: Crystallisatio
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
Architectonics VI (1992) sounds like one of those titles that are too good to resist, and it's to the credit of Erkki-Sven Tüür that he admits as much in the brief interview in the booklet to... — More…
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Special offer. Tüür - Exodus
Isabelle van Keulen (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Tüür's friend and fellow Estonian Paavo Järvi exerts absolute control over the CBSO, for whom one of the other works, Exodus, was commissioned. This is the team that gave the first performance... — More…
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Special offer. Rothko Chapel: Morton Feldman, Erik Satie, John Cage
Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sarah Rothenberg (piano/celeste), Steven Schick (percussion), Sonja Bruzauskas (mezzo-soprano), Lauren Snouffer (soprano)
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
[Rothko Chapel is] a passionate, reverent piece with elegiac playing here from violist Kim Kashkashian – she paints bolder strokes than many dare in Feldman, which is refreshing. The Houston... — More…
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