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Theo and Gibley play their transcriptions with impeccable style and with a warm rapport for the music. Slow movements come off especially well and, in one or two instances… the sustaining power... —
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Meneses is a true virtuoso —
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From Jewish Life
Music for cello and orchestra by Bloch, Diamond, Schwarz & Bruch
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
Jonathan Aasgaard is principal cellist of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and focuses the inwardly musing aspect of Schelomo's narrative virtually to perfection. …an enthusiastic recommendation. —
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Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 25
Imogen Cooper (piano/director), Bradley Creswick (leader/co-director)
Northern Sinfonia
In K491, Imogen Cooper and the Northern Sinfonia do ample justice to the gravitas, intensity, drama, and poignancy of this great work. —
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…perhaps the most striking playing of all comes in the Brahms where Haefliger delivers an interpretation of formidable granitic strength that nonetheless manages to encapsulate the work's more... —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Marlis Petersen (soprano) & Janina Baechle (mezzo-soprano)
Wiener Kammerorchester & Wiener Singakademie, Gilbert Kaplan
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Les Amis: Debussy & Caplet
Elizabeth Hainen (harp), Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Roberto Diaz (viola)
IRIS Orchestra, Michael Stern
This is a particularly fine example of good programming and sensitive and thoughtful chamber musicianship...tracing a course from diaphanous to devilry, and all impeccably performed. —
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The Cypress Quartet play with taut rhythms and great tonal refinement, both as individuals and in a beautifully rounded ensemble sound. A reflective approach to the more lyrical moments of the... —
