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Lines are admirably and unfussily clean with a notable absence of portamento, and his vocal range and dynamic control consistently impress...His way with words is characteristically subtle,... —
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CPE Bach, Graun & Hesse: Trios For Fortepiano & Viola Da Gamba
Lucile Boulanger (viola da gamba) & Arnaud de Pasquale (fortepiano)
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This album was obviously a labour of love, which comes across in both the performances and the presentation...It should appeal to anyone curious to discover more about the roots of the Armenian... —
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Robert de Visée & Théophile de Viau - La Conversation
Vincent Dumestre (théorbe), Eugène Green (recitation)
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There is a Romantic impulse, vaguely Brahmsian in parts of Jouvence...The ferocity of the Piano Quintet makes its point. —
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Anima Eterna perform Schubert’s ever-lovable Octet on instruments largely from the early 19th century. And these instruments are wild…There’s a graininess to the strings and a glorious hollowness... —
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Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana
Sarah Willis (horn), Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Wenzel Fuchs (clarinet), Stefan Schweigert (bassoon), Harold Madrigal Frías (soloist)
Havana Lyceum Orchestra, The Sarahbanda, José Antonio Méndez Padrón
Willis plays Mozart’s Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495, demonstrating her gift for characterful and radiant solo performance. The Havana Lyceum’s orchestral playing matches hers with their... —
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Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 6 & Flute Concerto No. 1
Ludvig Gudim, Josephine Olech, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Howard Griffiths
Gudim offers lustrous and sharp-focus tone (on a loaned Stradivarius violin), phenomenal precison of tuning and an ideal feeling for the music’s idiom, at once incisive and poised…[Olech's]... —
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Ensemble Les Surprises comprises eight performers, including the artistic director, who plays organ and harpsichord as needed. The brass players, critical participants in these works, crown... —
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This makes a superbly varied, captivatingly performed introduction to Scottish and Irish folk, displaying its rich array of moods and styles. Recommended. —
