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Heavenly Bach - Arias & Cantatas of J.S. Bach
Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Steven Marquardt, Debra Nagy, Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell
Forsythe is a terrific soloist – pure-voiced but not bland, characterful but never mannered in her delivery. —
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Forgotten Voices - A Song Cycle for Voices and Strings
Kelly Hall-Tompkins, Jesse Blumberg, Ling Ling Huang, Andrew Gonzalez, Peter Seidenberg, Allison Charney, John-Paul Norpoth, Adrienne Danrich, Alexis Gerlach, Mark Risinger
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Romantic and Virtuoso Works for Organ - Volume 2
Jane Parker-Smith (Great Seifert Organ of St. Marien Basilika Kevelaer)
This is the kind of repertoire in which Jane Parker-Smith excels; big, gutsy, colourful, occasionally passionate, occasionally frothy, bristling with opportunities for virtuoso display but with... —
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In the Beginning
Frances Bourne (mezzo-soprano) & James Gilchrist (tenor)
Gloucester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Nethsingha
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Hans Gál: Violin Concerto, Violin Concertino & Triptych for Orchestra
World Premiere Recordings
Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin)
Northern Sinfonia, Kenneth Woods
Woods directs a highly polished account [of Triptych] but the orchestral playing throughout is most assured. Avie's sound is excellent but it is the music that compels attention. Strongly recommended. —
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Long Road Home
Bill Barnewitz (horn), Ursula Oppens (piano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo), Carol Anderson (piano), Jennifer Holloway (soprano), Anne-Carolyn Bird (soprano), Margaret Butler (oboe), Todd Levy (clarinet), Ted Soluri (bassoon), Eglise Gutierrez (soprano)
Bill Barnewitz's platonically beautiful reading of the long horn melody in the second movement was the signal event in a performance that took the high road to big emotional impact. —
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Hans Gál & Mozart: Piano Concertos
Sarah Beth Briggs (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Kenneth Woods, Bradley Creswick
Briggs gives a wonderfully balanced reading of music that seems familiar – in its classical poise and charm – and strange…Kenneth Woods and the Royal Northern Sinfonia accompany superbly…with... —
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Inbal Segev: 20 for 2020
Inbal Segev, Anna Polonsky, Timo Andres, Vivek Pandya, Mari Tanaka, Julien Labro, Vijay Iyer (piano), Ian Rosenbaum, Charlotte Mundy, Christopher Tyler Nickel, Camille El Bacha, Jennifer Frautschi, Conrad Tao, Oren Fader, Stewart Goodyear (piano), Caleb van der Swaagh, Brook Speltz, Karen Ouzounian,...
Segev is a secure advocate for the widest range of musical idioms..Finely recorded and with copious notes, this labour of love has an ambition matched by its achievement: one in which Segev’s... —
