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Louis Spohr: The Complete Works For Clarinet & Orchestra
Christoffer Sundqvist (clarinet), NDR Radiophilharmonie, Simon Gaudenz
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Johann Kuhnau: Complete Sacred Works, Vol. 5
Isabel Schicketanz (soprano), Heidi Maria Taubert (soprano), David Erler (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor), Friedemann Klos (bass), Camerata Lipsiensis, Gregor Meyer
If you’ve not yet been tempted to try out Kuhnau, here is an excellent place to begin; strongly recommended, and looking forward to the remaining volumes. —
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Johann Gottlieb Naumann: Songs & Piano Quartets
Marie Luise Werneburg (soprano), Sebastian Knebel, Anne Freitag, Margret Baumgartl, Alma Stolte
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Johann Strauss: Waldmeister
Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz, Chor des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz, Michael Brandstätter
To be honest, while there is skill and a fair bit of musical charm in the piece, this is not one of Strauss's finest scores, though the performance is decent enough from all points of view,... —
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Beethoven The Six Piano Concertos
Gottlieb Wallisch (fortepiano), Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck
Wallisch proves an exceptional Beethoven interpreter, his playing wonderfully nuanced and thought-through … His rapport with Haselböck and the orchestra is tangible throughout and these insightful... —
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Special offer. Telemann: Damon
Georg, Monoyios, Lunen, Biegel, Schwarz, Schopper, Gebhardt & Smits
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider
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Special offer. Respighi: Marie Victoire
Takesha Meshé Kizart, Markus Brueck, Simon Pauly, Stephen Bronk, German Villar & Joern Schuemann
Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Michail Jurowski
Michail Jurowski marshals his forces with conviction, and Takesha Meshe Kizart seizes all the opportunies of the title-role to sing with velvet-toned warmth. —
