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..... more than just a novelty; it’s an effort to bridge the musical expressions of east and west. If you want to expand your cultural horizon, this is a good chance to do so ..… — More…
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Fedorova has been playing Chopin’s Fantaisie for years, and it shows; her excellent performance proves to be the disc’s high point. The pianist’s well-integrated tempo relationships between sections... — More…
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Mozart/Jones: Violin Sonatas Fragment Completions
RecommendedRachel Podger (violin), Christopher Glynn (piano)
The fruits of Timothy Jones’s engagement with Mozart’s unfinished violin sonatas make pleasant listening…if you were listening with an innocent ear you probably wouldn’t suspect that you weren’t... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th March 2021
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Robert Dean Smith is a strong heroic-tenor; the awkward middle-to-upper range writing seems no problem or strain for him, though he’s not the most expressive of interpreters...Fischer’s mezzo,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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If you chanced on this recording you’d be very impressed, I hope. A superb orchestra and a deeply committed conductor...if this is the way you get to know this work, no injustice will be done. — More…
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Youth Symphony - Silvestrov: The Messenger
Anna Fedorova (piano). Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas
Fedorova brings a deal of this inward quality to Rachmaninov’s mighty Third – admittedly a work with an understated beginning. — More…
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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Amaryllis Dieltiens (soprano), Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano), Tim Mead (alto), Matthew White (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor - Evangelist), Julian Podger (tenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass) & Sebastian Noack (bass)
The Netherlands Bach Society with Kampen Boys Choir, Jos van...
He has two quartets of soloists which also provide Choirs 1 and 2, but adds eight more voices to the first choir so the double choruses are unbalanced, 12 singers pitted against four. It's astonishingly... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, Choral & Song Choice
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Vivaldi: Sacred works for soprano & concertos
RecommendedElin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Ashley Solomon (flute), Bojan Cicic (violin), Jennifer Morsches (cello)
Florilegium
[Manahan Thomas's] fresh sounding, youthful voice, agile technique and secure intonation are a delight and are qualities that well serve the sometimes theatrical demands of Vivaldi's virtuoso... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th February 2012
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Hitherto we have heard Rachel Podger only in early chamber works and as Andrew Manze's partner in Bach double concertos: here now, at last, is an opportunity to hear her on her own. And you couldn't... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2001, First Choice
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I love that Ning Feng and Zee Zee (also known as Zhang Zuo) create an intimate, homey atmosphere rather than seeming to play to the last row of a recital hall. — More…
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