SACD, Falla (composer)
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Here’s an archetypal recital programme which every emerging violin virtuoso would dream of recording, though few recent contenders have done so with such unerring assurance and mastery as Johan... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Chamber Choice
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Halász avoids cliché, the more familiar repertoire tempered by the lesser known, and contrasts of style and substance. Halász’s playing is deeply expressive, finding a huge variety of tones.... — More…
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De Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana; El sombrero de tres picos
Mari Kodama (piano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Yamada’s nuanced approach suits Noches uncommonly well. Falla’s fine-grained shifts in colour and sonority are immaculately judged, textures clean yet sensual…Mari Kodama judiciously combines... — More…
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Rochat makes the most of the instrument's capabilities by showing what interpretative touches are possible when not limited by a vocalist's breath control. In many ways, this is Baroque performance... — More…
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Otto Klemperer conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra
Legendary Amsterdam Concerts 1947-1961
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
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Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat & Harpsichord Concerto & Dukas: La Péri
Igor Kipnis (harpsichord), New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
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If I were to sum up the special quality she brings then it would be her purity and directness. Take the Elgar title-piece, which comes without a hint of whimsy, coquettishness or vulnerability... — More…
