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I couldn’t imagine a more dignified or sublimely expressed account of the C minor’s Prelude than Kashkashian’s…Her handling of the oft-excerpted Sarabande has a winning sense of stillness about... — More…
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The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow — More…
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These aren’t warm interpretations; they repel as readily as they attract. But they’re thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful. And anyway, perhaps one shouldn’t draw too close to the... — More…
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Offer, Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament
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Tui Hirv (soprano) & Rainer Vilu (baritone)
Latvian Radio Choir, Vox Clamantis, Riga Sinfonietta, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste
Adam's Lament serves as a summary of Pärt's evolution since he abandoned Modernist tendencies...The Radio Choir and Vox Clamantis affectingly convey anguished hopes for redemption while maintaining... — More…
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Offer, Kurtág: Complete Works for Ensemble and Choir
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Netherlands Radio Choir (chorus), Natalia Zagorinskaya (soprano), Gerrie de Vries (mezzo-soprano), Yves Saelens (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Elliott Simpson (guitar), Tamara Stefanovich (piano), Csaba Király (pianino, spoken word)
Asko | Schoenberg Ensemble,...
The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance... — More…
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Schiff's passion for this music, and his ability to communicate it, is apparent in every bar...The two instruments he plays each have a lean tone and the interpretation of the Diabellis doesn't... — More…
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Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works
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Gidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kremerata Baltica
Kremer and his associates deliver incisive, committed performances...a fascinating piece, performed here with great brilliance. — More…
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The NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, led by Tōnu Kaljuste, propel [the First Symphony] onward, drawing a shape from the swirling sonic mass…The Fourth (2008) owes as much to silence as it does to sound... — More…
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CPE Bach: Tangere
Alexei Lubimov (tangent piano)
If CPE’s music represents a synthesis of old and new, the piano exhibits similar qualities with a palette that can resemble a fortepiano squaring up to a clavichord with attitude…Lubimov owns... — More…
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Offer, Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century
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The Crossing & PRISM Saxophone Quartet, Donald Nally
The Fifth Century is signature Bryars but no less affecting for its familiar soundworld...The text is fascinating...but it is equally possible to allow the words to wash over you entirely and... — More…
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