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Garth Knox - D’Amore
Music for Viola d’amore from 1600 to the present day
Garth Knox (viola d’amore) & Agnès Vesterman (violoncello)
This is quite simply an outstandingly magical disc. From the very first notes one is totally captivated by the fantastic richness of the sound produced by the combination of the viola d'amore... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2008, Disc of the Month
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Burian: String Quartet No. 4, etc.
RecommendedAndreas Reiner (violin), Simon Fordham (violin), Helmut Nicolai (viola), Anja Lechner (cello), Rosamunde Quartett
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Building a Library, January 2023, Also Recommended
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This extremely well-recorded performance finely conveys the music's searing struggle to cohere; and while some of the more austere episodes might strain the listener's concentration, they are... —
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2015, Winner - Musique Contemporaine
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as Lisa Smirnova's vivacious account of the Eight Great Suites reminds us, they're a treasure-trove of Handelian wit and humanity. Purists will certainly need to take them on Smirnova's terms,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Pärt: Lamentate
Alexei Lubimov (piano)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart & The Hilliard Ensemble, Andrey Boreyko
After a subterranean rumble, a sorrowful fanfare makes way for an ascent of the solo piano keyboard, and a shuddering orchestral climax that sets the tolling of alarm bells against a Mahlerian... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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JS Bach: Ich Hatte Viel Bekümmernis
Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore) & Erich Höbarth (violin & conductor)
Camerata Bern
He plays idiomatically...with stylish decorations. Yet surprisingly he combines his modern oboe with Baroque period strings...Camerata Bern supports buoyantly and though with momentary minor... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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John Holloway plays four sonatas from the set of eight Biber published in 1681 and also dedicated to the archbishop. First, however, comes a curiosity: an adaptation by Andreas Anton Schmelzer... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Editor's Choice
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These are superlative performances of these extremely familiar works...The give and take between Fellner and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra is uncanny, in that they seem to be questioning or... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Concerto
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English Renaissance Music
A recital which contrasts the inspirational work of Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard
David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone) & Robert Macdonald (bass)
The Hilliard Ensemble
The ensemble is flawless and the sound reproduction crystalline. —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2008, Editor's Choice
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Jean-Marie Leclair - Sonatas
John Holloway (violin), Jaap ter Linden (violoncello) & Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord)
Holloway and his experienced continuo players relish the pleasing combination of Italian brilliance with French melodic grace. Of particular charm are the movements marked 'Aria': these singable... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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