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His playing is a powerhouse of unbridled vivacity, exciting and excitable in equal measure…BWV 1052 is the bullish bruiser of the set, and Corti isn’t the only one spraying testosterone in all... — More…
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedTomasz Konieczny (Der Wanderer/Wotan), Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Violeta Urmana (Brünnhilde), Anna Larsson (Erda), Matti Salminen (Fafner), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich), Christian Elsner (Mime), Sophie Klußmann (Stimme eines Waldvogels)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
This is a lively and enjoyable performance of what Wagner called his 'heroic comedy'...listen to the short but dense Prelude and you'll hear many things that you won't have heard on any other... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Aspromonte conveys the fluctuating sentiments of a male lover’s palpitating heart and agitated soul beguilingly in Mi palpita il cor, given here in its revised version for soprano prepared in... — More…
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Francesca Aspromonte: Prologue Music by Monteverdi, Caccini, Cavalli, Stradella & Scarlatti
Francesca Aspromonte (soprano)
Il pomo d’oro, Enrico Onofri
Aspromonte’s diamantine timbre, rich, expressive palette and outstanding care for words make her an ideal mistress of ceremonies. — More…
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Mozart: Mass in C Minor
Ana Maria Labin (soprano), Ambroisine Bré (mezzo-soprano), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (tenor), Norman Patzke (baritone), Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Minkowski deploys a period orchestra of 38 players, including three sonorous trombones, and a small chorus of just nine voices but supplemented by a well-balanced solo group of five, among whom... — More…
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Helmchen's programme explores the extremes of Schumann as a piano composer, at both his most inward and his most virtuoso. I have a suspicion that he's more at ease in the former. The most successful... — More…
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Janacek: Glagolitic Mass & Taras Bulba
Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Iris Vermillion (contralto), Stuart Neill (tenor), Arutjun Kotchinian (bass)
RundfunkSinfonieorchester & Chor Berlin, Marek Janowski
A lean, cleanly contoured Glagolitic, lacking the elemental charge and raw abandon of some versions. Taras Bulba is generally well played, if again short on real cutting edge and excitement. — More…
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The Sugar Plum Fairy sounds as delicate on piano as for the celesta or the original orchestration, and the delicious Pas de deux loses nothing in translation...An enjoyable way to encounter... — More…
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