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the Budapest-based Keller Quartet handle the individual demands of both composers thoughtfully. A cleaner, cooler, more controlled Barber I doubt you'll find: zero warbling vibrato, no emotive... —
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Tigran Mansurian: Quasi parlando
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) & Anja Lechner (cello), Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin), Anja Lechner (cello)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson
Armenia, in Mansurian's vision, is like the original cradle of sound. The seamless fusion of sacred and folk influences, not displayed as 'local colour' but wholly absorbed into the music's... —
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Duo Gazzana: Poulenc, Walton, Dallapiccola, Schnittke & Silvestrov
Duo Gazzana: Natascia Gazzana (violin), Raffaella Gazzana (piano)
A clever and largey engaging collection of 20th and 21st century works that look back to earlier times played by the Duo Gazzana with wit, poise and graceful affection. —
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Karaindrou: David
Kim Kashkashian (viola), Irini Karagianni (mezzo-soprano), Tassis Christoyannopoulos (baritone), Vangelis Christopoulos (oboe), Stella Gadedi (flute), Marie-Cécile Boulard (clarinet), Sonia Pisk (bassoon), Vangelis Skouras (french horn), Sokratis Anthis (trumpet), Maria Bildea (harp), Katerina Ktona...
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Karaindrou: The Suspended Step Of The Stork - Composed For The Film By Theo Angelopoulos
Nikos Spinoulas (french horn), Lefteris Chalkiadakis (director), Vangelis Christopoulos (oboe), Ada Rouva (harp), Andreas Tsekouras (accordion), Christos Sfetsas (cello), Dimitri Vraskos (violin)
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Lonquich's playing is at one with the thinking of both composers...while the piano sound is on a par with ECM's best...this disc is recommended to all devotees of the ambiguity which informs... —
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Heinz Holliger: Induuchlen
Sylvia Nopper (soprano), Kai Wessel (countertenor), Felix Renggli (flutes, piccolo), Elmar Schmid (clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), François Benda (clarinet), Jürg Dähler (violin, viola), Matthias Würsch (marimba, drums, cimbalom), Ursula Holliger (harp), Daniel Haefliger (cello), Olivier...
[Puneiga includes] two of this composer's most exquisitely poised settings. Sylvia Nopper is no less enticing in the typically exacting vocal part, with Holliger drawing a precise and fastidious... —
