ECM
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The title El último aliento is taken from the final piece by Carlos Moscardini ( b1959) and roughly translates as ‘ the last breath’. With understated intensity it neatly summarises the whole,... —
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Ethereal music centred on the textures of the shô, either expertly played by Mayumi Miyata, or evoked by the orchestra. —
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Jörg Widmann: Elegie
Jörg Widmann (clarinet) & Heinz Holliger (piano), Jörg Widmann (clarinet)
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Christoph Poppen
These concentrated miniatures of almost Webern-like brevity showcase Widmann's virtuosity as well as his comprehensive understanding of his instrument's capabilities. These qualities are projected... —
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Miserere
The Hilliard Ensemble (conducted by Paul Hillier)
Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Dennis Russell Davis
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Hearing top-grade quartet violinists tackle these flavoured educational duos is a delight, though not an original one. (The Emerson's co-leaders Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer have already... —
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Gavin Bryars: Vita Nova
David James, Annemarie Dreyer, Ulrike Lachner, Rebecca Firth
Bryars Ensemble, Chamber Ensemble
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Listening to this disc is rather like entering a retreat. There's a rapt, contemplative atmosphere around these 28 miniatures written between 1959 and 1967 as an attempt to express St John of... —
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Kancheli: Morning & Evening Prayers and Abii ne viderem
Vasiko Tevdorashvii, Natalia Pschenitschnikova, Kim Kashkashian
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Hilliard Ensemble, Dennis Russell Davies
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