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Schleiermacher brings to it a clean, honest pianism well suited to it tonal and formal simplicity. He brings out the Debussy-like soundworld of Fêtes lointaines, and conjures up the street scenes... —
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In the first Quartet, the Meccore find precisely the right balance between faithfulness to the score and interpretative freedom…in the second, they achieve an ideal mix of precision and temperament. —
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Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring (2 versions)
Piano Duo Trenkner Speidel
Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Stefan Blunier
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Sina Kloke gives considered, clean and understated performances of George Enescu’s expressive Piano Suites Nos. 2 & 3. —
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Poulenc: Songs after Poems of Guillame Apollinaire
Holger Falk (baritone), Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
Right from the aplomb with which he negotiates an unintentionally ironic phrase seconds after the start - it translates as 'If by misfortune I had been German' - he has the agile lightness of... —
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The Viennese School – Teachers and Followers
Volume 2: Arnold Schönberg
Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)
The two short Schoenberg pieces placed first on this disc provide masterclasses in the presentation of purposeful yet poetically imaginative substance. —
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Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797
Serena Malfi (alto)
Schweizer Kammerchor & Musikkollegium Winterthur, Douglas Boyd
Boyd gets crisp and responsive playing from his Winterthur orchestra, founded on lean-toned strings, wth violins properly divided left and right...[Rhythms] are supple and buoyant, while first... —
