Chandos
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Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 'the First of May'; Two Scherzos
BBC Philharmonic, Hallé Choir, John Storgårds
As in his previous Shostakovich recordings, Storgårds is extremely good at generating a cleanly articulated and pristine sound even in the work's most frenzied passages. —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Volume 7
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Bavouzet uses a modern concert grand, with the orchestra avoiding excessive vibrato but otherwise playing in today’s mellow-toned instrumental style. The superlative collective result shows... —
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Bavouzet is a convincing and enthusiastic advocate, sparkling in the Scherzo-Caprice, calmly noble at the opening of the Poeme symphonique and negotiating the abrupt turns of mood in the Fantasie-ballet... —
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13; Arvo Part: de Profundis
Estonian National Male Choir, Albert Dohmen (baritone), BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
John Storgårds has shown his affinity for the composer in every disc of this complete series of the Shostakovich symphonies (still in progress). Here, he does not strive after extremes or try... —
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A Bohemian in London
Violin Sonatas by Gottfried Finger
Duo Dorado: Hazel Brooks (violin), David Pollock (harpsichord/organ)
Brooks is a great enthusiast for Finger’s music, as is evident from her engaging and well written essay and amply confirmed in the expressive delicacy of her playing…David Pollock’s discreet... —
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Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol.1; Johannes Fischer: One Bar Wonder
Trio Gaspard (chamber ensemble)
The Trio Gaspard’s project to record the complete Haydn trios for Chandos gets off to a good start with five great works from the mid-1780s and mid-1790s...The Gaspard players like to keep the... —
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Special offer. Wagner: The Rhinegold
Norman Bailey (Wotan), Derek Hammond-Stroud (Alberich), Emile Belcourt (Loge), Katherine Pring (Fricka), Robert Lloyd (Fasolt), Clifford Grant (Fafner), Gregory Dempsey (Mime), Lois McDonnall (Freia), Anne Collins (Erda); English National Opera, Reginald Goodall
In Rhinegold the main honours are carried off by Emile Belcourt's plausible, witty and articulate Loge, Hammond-Stroud's imposing, strongly sung Alberich, Robert Lloyd's sympathetic Fasolt and... —
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Peter Donohoe may, by his own admission, have come to this repertoire relatively late, but informed by his experience as a player of Debussy and Ravel, these fine renditions are convincingly... —
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Robert Müller-Hartmann: Chamber Works
Erika Raum, Kevin Ahfat (piano), Thomas Wiebe, Marie Bérard, ARC Ensemble (chamber ensemble)
As always, the ARC Ensemble’s committed performances make the best possible case for re-evaluating this neglected composer. —
