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Mozart & Beethoven: Sonatas for pianoforte & violin
Rémy Cardinale (piano) & Hélène Schmitt (violin)
This promises much and delivers amply. Fans of Hélène Schmitt will not be in the least disappointed: her performance here is magnificent and consistently exciting. Her approach is extremely... —
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Schumann - Piano Works & Chamber Music X
Gordan Nikolitch (violin 1), Lise Bertaud (viola), François Salque (cello) & Eric Le Sage (piano), with Daishin Kashimoto (violin 2)
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There are three stars on this beautiful harpsichord disc: Elisabeth Joyé, whose playing is a model of graceful musicianship; Jacques Duphly, a composer… shown here to be an artist of sweet expressiveness... —
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Rameau - Opera Transcriptions
Yves Rechsteiner (Cintegabelle organ) & Henri-Charles Caget (percussion)
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Fauré: Piano Trio & Works for Cello & Piano
Eric Le Sage (piano), François Salque (cello) & Paul Meyer (clarinet), François Salque (cello)
Meyer's soft-grained playing is unconvincing; Salque is eloquent; Le Sage's articulation crisp. —
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Purcell: How pleasant ‘tis to Love!
Nicolas Achten (baritone, harp, keyboards)
Scherzi Musicali, Reinoud Van Mechelen
it is the domestic atmosphere in which many of [the works] would have become known then, rather than a memory of their original theatrical or court contexts. that this disc seeks to celebrate...these... —
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Pungent, shapely, and to-the-point, Cafe Zimmermann give gutsy accounts of popular concertos. —
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Fauré: Duos & Trios with Piano
Eric Le Sage (piano), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Pierre Colombet (violin) & Raphael Merlin (cello), Francois Salque (cello)
the presence of Emmanuel Pahud is luxury casting, somehow making the most familiar sound fresh...the highlight of the disc is surely the late Piano Trio. In its grave Andantino the two string... —
