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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
RecommendedJessye Norman (Jocaste), Thomas Moser (Oedipus), Alexandru Ionita (Shepherd), Michel Piccoli (narrator)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Colin Davis
The pace is unerringly right, the rhythms never monotonously mechanical, the score's phrasing and accents scrupulously realized...Jocastas notoriously tend to unsteadiness, but Jessye Norman... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Szymanowski: Violin Concertos 1 and 2 & Myths Op. 30
Baiba Skride (violin), Lauma Skride (piano)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
The First Concerto's opening here is vigorous and cleanly etched, with detailed recording...Skride's performance...is full of tonal variety, and fearless in the often vertiginous tessitura. She... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Concerto Choice
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Schumann: Violin Concertos & Phantasie
Baiba Skride (violin)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, John Storgårds
[the Concerto] has a slow movement of otherworldly beauty… Baiba Skride negotiates it admirably… her silky pianissimo playing in the Violin Concerto is a decided asset. It’s a valuable and enterprising... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2013, Editor's Choice
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621
Werner Hollweg (Tito), Carol Neblett (Vitellia), Catherine Malfitano (Servilia), Tatiana Troyanos (Sesto), Anne Howells (Annio), Kurt Rydl (Publio)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine
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Diapason d’Or, December 2017, Nouveauté
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Skride’s championship of a fellow Latvian [Eduard Erdmann] is welcome, but she is unpartisan and brings the same affection and sense of authority to his music as the rest of the programme. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Gre Brouwenstijn (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (alto), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) & Ludwig Weber (bass)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orfeo offers the best sound yet for this performance, even though the vocal soloists remain painfully spotlit. Furtwängler conducts with spacious grandeur and elemental drive. — More…
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Grieg’s Second Sonata sounds gorgeously, openly melancholic. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Chamber Choice
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
RecommendedMargaret Price (soprano) & Thomas Allen (baritone)
Chor und Orchestra des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Building a Library, September 2012, First Choice
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