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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 'L'Égyptien'
Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Jean-Jacques Kantorow
It is no hardship to review yet another Saint-Saëns piano concerto recording when it is as good as this…Believe me, [Kantorow] is the real deal – a firebreathing virtuoso with a poetic charm... — More…
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This is pure pleasure...a collection of sparkling gems...The RSNO is on top form, with shimmering strings, colourful woodwind and swaggering brass, full of wit, colour and joie de vivre. The... — More…
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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Truls Mørk (cello), Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) & Alasdair Malloy (glass harmonica)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
[Mørk's] noble command is ideal in the darkly blazing, virtuosic second concerto. One of our great lyric instrumentalists, he gives a deeply-felt, but never over-dramatised performance, a piercing... — More…
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony & Poulenc: Organ Concerto
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Olivier Latry (organ)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
…it is a breathtaking achievement. There is passion, but precision, technically well-nigh faultless. — More…
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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. — More…
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Offer, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Widor
Christopher Jacobson (organ)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
It’s good to find Widor’s Toccata here no longer treated as a speed test but, as Widor wanted and as both his metronome remark and his recording testify, as a piece of music. The pairing of the... — More…
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Much of this repertory suits Sampson wonderfully well. Her silvery tone suggests fragility from the outset, while her restrained way with words admirably conveys the vagaries of desire, distress... — More…
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The Mozart Piano Quartet play both quartets with considerable élan, evoking the spirit of their namesake in Saint-Saëns's beautifully balanced, often gossamer textures. Where power is required,... — More…
