CD, Castelnuovo-Tedesco (composer)
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Lootens's expansive, mature take on Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Paganini homage, the multifaceted Capriccio diabolico, is not so much the programme's apotheosis as the casting of a musical eye back... —
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Though not all the works are memorable...this is a fascinating document...Overall more reflective than virtuosic, this disc allows Plowright to show off his superb command of texture and colour. —
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Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Piano Quintets
Alessandro Marangoni (piano), Quartetto Adorno (chamber ensemble)
My recommendation? Enjoy pianist Alessandro Marangoni and Quartetto Adorno's warmly inviting performances alongside a fine Chianti. —
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In each case the Quartetto Adorno make the most of the music’s tuneful glow and wide range of colours and textures, with Benedetta Bucci’s viola of ten relishing the spotlight. —
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Andrés Segovia’s alluring coupling of the Rodrigo Fantasia and Ponce Concerto with Enrique Jorda and the Symphony of the Air, alongside four bonus solo items, sounds resplendent in these expert... —
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Great Guitarists - Andrés Segovia
The 1946 New York and the 1949 London Recordings
Andrés Segovia (guitar)
New London Orchestra, Alec Sherman
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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... —
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The Pizzetti demands something other than beauty in performance, and Shaham and Erez are uncompromising and abrasive with it. The Castelnuovo-Tedesco sounds gorgeous from start to finish. —
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