SACD, Boccherini (composer)
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From the age of 25 Boccherini lived in Spain… and Spanish elements lend distinctive colours to his music. Bubbling high spirits from composer and performers alike produce a most entertaining... —
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Cello Rising
Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (baroque cello), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord) & Karl Nyhlin (baroque guitar)
Yamahiro Brinkmann demonstrates…that she’s more than capable of controlled, fluttering elegance when the notes are coming thick and fast —
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Special offer. Berio: Sinfonia & Calmo
Virpi Räisänen (mezzo-soprano)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
Any singer must exorcise the ghost of Cathy Berberian in this and other vocal works of Berio and...Virpi Räisänen has the measure of it...In Hannu Lintu's marvellous new recording I hear and... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Virtuosic performances and a compelling programme from the string orchestra plus guests; Matthew Hindson’s Maralinga is a powerful and evocative highlight. —
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Boccherini’s take on the Stabat mater is largely restrained and reflective, with little in the way of showpiece dramatics. Soprano Nuria Rial is an effortlessly elegant soloist. —
