Accentus Music
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Martha Argerich & Mischa Maisky
Martha Argerich (piano) & Mischa Maisky (violoncello)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Neeme Järvi
There's plenty of contrast [in the Shchedrin]: the misalliance of the two soloists, who only really come together in the climbing apotheosis; the cello in extreme registers; the piano's toccata... — More…
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
Anna Prohaska (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor) & René Pape (bass)
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir & Swedish Radio Choir, Claudio Abbado
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Baiba Skride (violin)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
This Fifth might even be caricatured as vaguely retro...The Leipzig team works hard to invigorate old-school expressive intentions with precise, sometimes glorious playing...The concerto may... — More…
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Martin, F: Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke for contalto and orchestra
Okka von der Damerau (contralto)
Philharmonia Zurich, Fabio Luisi
CD
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With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to... — More…
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With first desk players of exceptional ability, the orchestra plays with exemplary polish and a fine sense of ensemble under their conductor Long Yu…Vengerov brings lustrous singing tone to... — More…
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The piece that fits well with the New World is the concert overture, Othello…Nelsons conveys the work’s turbulent passions, with marvellous control over dynamics and articulation…the sense of... — More…
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Arvo Pärt: Lamentate - Vinyl Edition
Onude Grazinyte (piano), Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Modestas Pitrenas
Vinyl Record
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Chopin: The Piano Concertos
Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Anyone who (like me) has found themselves resistant to Kissin's toy-soldier showmanship...needs to hear his brilliant account of the Concerto in F minor...In pianism of bel canto beauty, Kissin... — More…
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Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler
Magdalena Kožená & Christian Gerhaher
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Magdalena Kozena is an engaging performer; a sensitive one too, who tellingly alters her expressive demeanour...while Christian Gerhaher is rather more formal in his approach, they're a nicely... — More…
