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Playing on period instruments, Night Music favour for the most part brisk tempos and neat articulation. The real curiosity is Dittersdorf’s Duetto...Playing an eight-keyed flute, Steven Zohn’s... —
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Venice by Night
Simon Munday (trumpet), Peter Whelan (bassoon), Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
La Serenissima, Adrian Chandler
a delightful vignette of 18th-century Venetian nightlife...Lawson is, in turn, a gondola-borne singer...equally at home in the simplest syllabic songs, genlte cantabile and, at the end, a sparkling... —
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Among an abundance of recorded interpretations of the Vivaldi concertos, O’Connor’s captures something of the immediacy and visceral nature of these programmatic works. The album’s inclusion... —
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In the opening pages of Op 109 every detail of Beethoven’s score is observed yet is made to sound part of a free fantasy, the contrasting of tempos and dynamics all part of the flow. […] Hochman... —
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one readily perceives that Wolosoff’s eclectic bent arises from an authentic and sincere voice, rather than mere cleverness. This quality also informs his pianism. —
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Barkauskas: Jeux, Partita, Monologues, Duo concertante
Philippe Graffin & Nobuko Imai
Lituanian National Symphonly Orchestra, Robertas Servenikas
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Charles Owen is an affectionate and unassuming guide, disinclined to impose himself on music whose subtlety is easily destroyed by over-emphasis. —
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All are beautifully turned, and the wide chronological range is hardly a concern: the Dering comes across as slightly severe, the Rossi is more lively, while the sinfonias by Leonora Duarte... —
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At their best, Vincent Lardaret's interpretations find an unaffected poise and finesse that perfectly suit the work concerned. —
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Pienaar's rendition of them on a modern piano sounds perfectly natural. He also takes advantage of Le Roux's compositional flexibility to make some choice additions, elaborations and amendments.... —
