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Tchaikovsky & Sibelius Violin Concertos
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Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Batiashvili focuses on poetic intimacy in this deeply thoughtful performance. — More…
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The orchestra's sound under Vänskä has a kind of sharp-focus richness that's never cloying. — More…
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Sibelius: Tapiola, En Saga & 8 Songs
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Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Lintu has added nothing to the familiar score [Tapiola] – just heard things it seems others haven’t heard before. Best of all is the way he draws out singing lines almost throughout the piece…I’m... — More…
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Rouvali’s pacing, for the most part, feels instinctively ‘right’…The recording in Gothenburg’s wood-lined Concert Hall offers sonorous, yet clear lower textures, and if the high strings and trumpets... — More…
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It has a magic of its own which Andsnes casts equally, with his pure-source sound and range of colours, over early, middle and late Sibelius. The crystalline cascades of the Impromptu that launches... — More…
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Barton seems now to be the equal of any dramatic mezzo before the public. The great element which has enabled her rise to stardom is, of course, her voice-large, rich, fully controlled...These... — More…
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Kamu offers an [easy] sense of movement… intense quiet dynamics and clarity in perfect equilibrium with atmosphere. There's plenty of excitement too: the scherzo of the Second is truly vivacissimo…Three,... — More…
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From the clarinet solo that opens No 1 to the unforgettable C major scale launching No 7, intensity and idiomatic intelligence abound. No 7 is magnificent, and aptly follows No 6 (they’re related)... — More…
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Nelsons directs with his customary zest and watchful sensitivity, while securing uncommonly articulate results from his dedicated band…a memorably alive and intrepidly characterful conception... — More…
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Sibelius: In the Stream of Life
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Songs by Sibelius
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
a highly memorable disc. — More…
