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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... —
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Poulenc: Mélodies sur des poèmes des poètes divers
Holger Falk (baritone), Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)
Holger Falk’s vocal interpretations are superbly nuanced and avoid histrionic extremes, Alessandro Zuppardo’s accompaniments the summit of refinement and a continuously colourful equal partnership.... —
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Classica francese
Anette Maiburg (flute), Alexandra Cravero (vocals), Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), Karina Buschinger (violin), Wen Xiao Zheng (viola), Guido Schiefen (cello), Mathias Haus (vibraphone, xylophone)
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Machet die Tore weit
Christmas Choral Music
Kay Johannsen (organ)
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Rainer Johannes Homburg
I admire the choir's singing and its sense of style, and the unarranged pieces are done rather well. —
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The present instrument as heard on this disc clearly has great presence and character although it has to be admitted that as heard here the sounds it produces are by no means all pleasant. The... —
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Schütz: Musikalische Exequien & Motets
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Musica Fiata & Rainer Johannes Homburg, Roland Wilson
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