Alliance
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Feltsman's seriousness and poetic commitment are never in doubt...he is deeply sensitive to the Nocturnes' fluctuations, their quiet despair and sudden violence...this is Chopin with an edge...we... —
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Augusta Read Thomas: Selected Works for Orchestra
Christine Brandes (soprano), Baird Dodge (violin)
DePaul University Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Southern Methodist University Wind Ensemble, Cliff Colnot, Pierre Boulez, Oliver Knussen, Jack Delaney
The performances are as persuasive as expected given the involvement of such as Pierre Boulez and Oliver Knussen...One can only await Vol. 2 of this series with impatience. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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Contrary to their apparently whimsical simplicity, the nine chamber works on this engaging release are highly structured – and entirely abstract, regardless of personal-sounding titles…the music... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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What immediately strikes me about the Petrof Trio is the strength of their unity. They certainly play with conviction and character. The music is revealed naturally with clarity and crispness. —
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Watt's exceptional range of timbre is especially apparent in John McLeod's inventive Fantasy of themes from Britten's 'Gloriana', while the opening of Nocturnal is sublime...A little more fluidity... —
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Augusta Read Thomas: Of Being is a Bird
Nathan Giem (violin), Claire Booth (soprano), Nathan Cole (violin), Nicola Melville (piano)
Parker Quartet, Third Coast Percussion & Spektral Quartet, Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Irresistible forward drive, pausing only for moments of radiant beauty. —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, Chamber Choice
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The Art of Transcription
JS Bach Arrangements for String Trio by Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin), Yuri Zhislin (viola) & Luigi Piovano (cello)
It's over a quarter of a century since Dmitry Sitkovetsky made his string trio transcription of the Goldbergs, recorded here with Romantic gusto alongside the Sinfonias. —
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Special offer. Walton: Symphony No. 2 & Viola Concerto
Roberto Diaz (viola)
New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton
The Second Symphony is a wonderfully crafted work in which Waltonian electricity is not of such a high voltage as in the First. Nonetheless, William Boughton draws from the New Haven orchestra... —
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Schumann's Album for the Young was composed for his young daughters, and, scaling down his volatile, complex and Romantic nature, the composer produced music of a beguiling simplicity...[Feltsman]... —
