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Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor
Liza Ferschtman (violin)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Venzago
Liza Ferschtman plays with astonishing command, accuracy and firepower (there really isn't a flaw anywhere), and brings plenty of fiery passion to one lyrical passage after another...Venzago... — More…
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Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134, etc.
Isabelle van Keulen (violin & viola) & Ronald Brautigam (piano)
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Strauss, R: Elektra
Michaela Schuster (Klytämnestra), Evelyn Herlitzius (Elektra), Camilla Nylund (Chrysothemis), Hubert Delamboye (Aegisth) & Gerd Grochowski (Orest)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Toonkunst Choir Amsterdam, Marc Albrecht
If there's such a thing as an anti-Solti Elektra, this is it...[it] burns at its own distinctive temperature, with a strong sense of live-performance through-line and in a much more orchestrally... — More…
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Hartmann, K: Symphonies Nos. 1-8
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, James Gaffigan, Markus Stenz, Michael Schønwandt, Christoph Poppen, Osmo Vänskä, Ingo Metzmacher
This set is full of fine things. The Brazilian alto Kismara Pessatti is properly harrowing in the canata-like First Symphony...Stenz displays a subtle handling of the strings-only Fourth...Poppen... — More…
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Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier
Camilla Nylund (Die Feldmarschallin), Peter Rose (Baron Ochs), Paula Murrihy (Octavian), Hanna-Elisabeth Muller (Sophie)
Dutch National Opera Chorus, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
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Strauss, R: Arabella
Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella), Agneta Eichenholz (Zdenka), James Rutherford (Mandryka), Will Hartmann (Matteo), Marcel Reijans (Elemer), Susanne Elmark (Fiakermilli), Alfred Reiter (Count Waldner), Charlotte Margiono (Adelaide)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Jacquelyn Wagner here in this recording convinces fom the start. The clarity and diction of the middle soprano range impress…the Netherlands Philharmonic sounds infallibly gorgeous. The balances... — More…
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The Dutch church acoustic clouds [Rademakers'] quicker runs in Bach, whereas she tames the echo with a robust projection worthy of Slava himself in Britten, Schnittke and the rest. — More…
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