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Momentum [2]: Korngold, Richard Strauss
Liya Petrova (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Duncan Ward, Alexandre Kantorow (piano)
No superficial gloss here, which is not to say that she doesn’t make an attractive sound – sure-footed, intensely sweet in her higher register and unfolding the central Romance in long, rhapsodic... —
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Her style in Beethoven is beautifully balanced between strength, lyricism, and poised classical phrasing. In both sonatas you note in the Allegros how precisely she and the piano play the quickest... —
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Michel Corboz conducts Franck & Gounod
RecommendedSophie Graf (soprano), Valérie Bonnard (alto), Valerio Contaldo, Mathias Reusser (tenors), Fabrice Hayoz (baritone), Luc Aeschlimann (cello), Laura Ermaxora (harp) & Marcelo Giannini (organ)
Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Michel Corboz
Michel Corboz was born to conduct this kind of music...From his vocal and intstrumental soloists and his Lausanne Ensemble he draws performances of moving intensity, beautifully paced and wonderfully... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Pierre Hantaï… beings… with one of the composer's most intimate pieces, the D minor Sonata, K213… Hantaï discovers its poetry in unhurried and reflective playing of great beauty. In striking... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, Instrumental Choice
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Converting a reputation as a distinguished solo harpsichordist into one as an orchestral director is not an obvious path these days. Performances of Bach's Suites are usually led from the continuo... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2007, Orchestral Choice
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Honegger: Le Roi David
Christophe Balissat (le récitant), Athéna Poullos (la pythonisse), Lucie Chartin (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano) & Thomas Walker (tenor)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Daniel Reuss
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Record Review, 1st April 2017, Recording of the Week
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Guyot takes every Mozartian opportunity for wit and playfulness, gleefully dialoguing with himself in the finales...Papageno is already a cheeky presence. —
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Building a Library, March 2019, Recommended Recording
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