SACD, Oehms (label)
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An intelligent, richly enjoyable performance of the Ravel Concerto — More…
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2005, Orchestral Choice
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The Hamburg Philharmonic, with whom Simone Young is recording all the symphonies, has a great Bruckner tradition, and thanks to the fine recording the results are often resplendent. — More…
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Everything we've come to expect from previous instalments reaches its apotheosis with these works. They may have been recorded in a studio...but there's still the same vividness and tendency... — More…
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Korstick’s ability to live through every note spills over into the Op.27 sonatas, where Beethoven’s ground-breaking desire to throw the emotional weight on to the finale registers to startling... — More…
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Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Christiane Oelze (soprano) & Michael Volle (baritone)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Markus Stenz
Volle's military narratives are crisp and direct, with splendid fanfaring from the Cologne players, rather than heavy-laden...there's plenty of point and with from both the spotlit orchestral... — More…
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North German Organ Masters Volume 5
Sweelinck: Organ Works
Joseph Kelemen (at the Van Hagerbeer Organ, Leiden)
interesting additions to the catalogue, because of the quality of the performances but also the character of the [organ] used here. — More…
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dimitri Kitajenko
The Gürzenich-Orchester Köln is plainly a fine ensemble: poised, cultured, eminently articulate. — More…
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