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Brahms: Serenade No. 1 & Variations on a Theme by Haydn
The Hague Philharmonic, Jan Willem de Vriend
De Vriend emphasises the music’s rusticity while maintaining a tight grip on orchestral detail – an odd balance of exuberance and sobriety that, at its best, evokes a peasant scene by Bruegel.... — More…
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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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the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra is now on of the oldest period orchestras around, and something of the severe 'stripping off the varnish' fundamentalism of 1970s historical performance practice... — More…
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Purcell: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
Johannette Zomer (soprano)
La Sfera Armoniosa, Mike Fentross
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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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Afscheid Van Een Springlevend Orkest
Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Simone Kermes, Groot Omroepkoor, Florian Boesch, Alice Coote, Alice Cooten, Henriette Bonden-Hansen
Frans Brüggen, Michael Schønwandt, Michael Gläser, Jaap van Zweden, Philippe Herreweghe, James MacMillan
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Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
the use of modern strings and woodwind is by no means a disadvantage because there are some salient aspects of these performances that are closer to historically informed practice than those... — More…
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