Accentus Music
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Simona Saturova (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Christian Elsner (tenor) & Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
MDR Rundfunkchor, GewandhausChor, GewandhausKinderchor & Gewandhausorchester, Herbert Blomstedt
[Blomstedt] looks as vigorous and youthful as ever, conducting (without a score or a baton) Beethoven's Ninth with no detail spared — More…
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C P E Bach: The 1786 Charity Concert - A Revival
Christina Landshamer (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Lothar Odinius (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (bass)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann
Rademann captures the elusive aesthetic of music from the years between the Baroque and Classical styles...The camera work is nicely paced, sometimes musically sensitive, sometimes catching... — More…
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Mendelssohn & Beethoven: Violin Concertos
Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly
Znaider’s sweet, richly-coloured tone and painstaking commitment to these two much-played works shines through every bar…with gorgeous, burnished accompaniment from the Gewandhaus players — More…
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Memorial Concert for Claudio Abbado
Bruno Ganz, Isabelle Faust (violin)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Claudio Abbado
a sombre and moving document...the concert itself begins with the first movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony performed without a conductor, the empty podium standing as a conspicuous symbol... — More…
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The Nobel Prize Concert 2010
Joshua Bell (violin)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
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The Mumbai Concerts
Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Denis Matsuev (piano), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Mehta is ageing in fine style: the control and precision of his conducting remain phenomenal, yet there is none of the sports car gear-changing which, in earlier vintages, he often seemed unable... — More…
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Claudio Abbado conducts Brahms, Schoenberg & Beethoven
Mihoko Fujimura (alto)
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
This programme...was Claudio Abbado's final filmed recording. It shows him as fragile as he always was during his final years, and economical with gestures, but as wholly in command as ever...It's... — More…
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra & Chorus, Lü Jia
Principals and conductor have all had international experience…all find qualities in their roles that even the most practised of Figaro habitués will enjoy encountering – the Figaro, the roly-poly,... — More…
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The video direction of both performances is excellent; the pictures are very sharp. The sound quality is very good indeed. These are rewarding, very musical performances which I enjoyed very... — More…
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300th Anniversary of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
First Recording of Rediscovered Cantatas
Klaus Mertens (bass), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Gerhild Romberger (alto)
L'Arpa Festante München & Bachchor Mainz, Ralf Otto
The Mainz Bach Choir is in every sense a full participant and the instrumentalists of L'Arpa Festante acquit themselves with distinction. The soloists are evenly matched...The collective sense... — More…
