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Offer, Alison Balsom: Paris
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Alison Balsom (trumpet), with Miloš Karadaglić (guitar)
The Guy Barker Orchestra, Guy Barker
This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's... — More…
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Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (complete)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Few are better acquainted [with the Catalogue] than Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and this set is clearly a long-pondered act of love…Needless to say, Aimard possesses the necessary dazzling virtuosity,... — More…
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Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Lucas Debargue (piano), Janine Jansen (violin), Torlief Thedeen (cello)
Far from an ad hoc starry ensemble, this interpretation has had time to mature, while retaining freshness in execution. The increased hush found partway through Jansen and Thedéen’s extended... — More…
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Horizon 2: A Tribute To Olivier Messiaen
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam on 8, 9 November 2007 (Dukas/Van Keulen, Dalbavie, Messiaen, and 13, 14 June 2008 (Zuidam)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Benjamin & Ingo Metzmacher
These masterly performances under the baton of George Benjamin here provide the focus of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's inventive tribute to the composer, captured live at concerts during... — More…
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Offer, Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
Steven Osborne (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
any performance must keep sight of the romantic, sometimes disturbing, core of the work. This is clearly understood in this performance from Juanjo Mena and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra...the... — More…
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La France au Calvaire
Jeremy Filsell (organ)
Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse
La France au Calvaire is an astonishing work, setting, to quote the booklet note, 'a curious libretto' by René Herval who, like Dupré, was a native of Rouen. Appalled by the devastation wrought... — More…
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Offer, Duo Gazzana
Ravel, Franck, Ligeti, Messiaen
Natascia Gazzana (violin), Raffaella Gazzana (piano)
Here’s a masterclass in how to make [the Franck Sonata] sound fresh. First, Duo Gazzana…hasn’t settled for an obvious programme…It is a big work…and the Gazzanas have evidently thought exactly... — More…
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Pre-order, Offer, Oistrakh Anniversary Edition
David Oistrakh (violin)
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($55.50) $48.00
Due for release on 28th Sep 2018
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AKOKA: Reframing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
David Krakauer (clarinet), Matt Haimovitz (cello), Jonathan Crow (violin), Geoffrey Burleson (piano) & Socalled (electronics)
The Messiaen performance puts a human face on a disparate body. I hear the piece a little differently now, and love it a little more, and what more can a recording do? — More…
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Offer, Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
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Howard Shelley (piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes-martenot)
BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier
a number of excellent accounts exist. For me, the balance tips in favour of Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic for the light-hearted abandon that they bring to movements 5 and 10. — More…
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