Gävle Symphony Orchestra
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Special offer. Max Reger: Four Tone Poems after Böcklin; Romantic Suite
RecommendedGävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
Martín's baton certainly supplies Spanish sunshine and vivacity; though we must also factor in the lively opulence of Ondine's recording, the commitment and verve of the Gavle Symphony Orchestra... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025
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Linde: Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto
RecommendedKaren Gomyo (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Petter Sundkvist
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Stenhammar: Serenade in F Major
Karl-Magnus Fredriksson (baritone)
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Koivula
The performances, with Hannu Koivula conducting the Gävle Symphony, make up in atmosphere for what they occasionally lack in refinement, and the ballads are sensationally sung by Karl-Magnus... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 17
Eric Le Sage (piano), Gävle Symphony Orchestra, François Leleux
You can tell much about an interpretation from the opening bars of K491. There’s a polish to the legato strings, the wind answering in kind, and Le Sage’s entry is sensitive and beautifully... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Martin offers melting loveliness…in the Adagio, a beautifully balanced wind chorale glides across a sea of bass pizzicatos and Martin gives its Quasi menuetto character a loose, lolloping swing —
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Special offer. Melcher Melchers: Symphony in D minor; La Kermesse; Élégie
Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
Don’t go expecting a spare, Nordic soundworld, as his craft was honed mainly in Paris; do enjoy orchestral colour aplenty and a splendidly uplifting end to the Symphony in D minor. —
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The four concertante pieces on this imaginative disc were written between 1820 and 1833, primarily as vehicles to show off Hummel's virtuosity as the keyboard. Christopher Hinterhuber, who... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2008, Editor's Choice
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Kraggerud revels in [the Halvorsen's] exuberance and easy melody. His advocacy for the Nielsen is justly famed, Svendsen’s Romance an exquisite encore. —
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Bengtsson's Wagnerian late-romantic music here receives not only justice but convinced advocacy. As with all these Sterling enterprises Bo Hyttner's creative judgement is spot on —
