Chamber, Quartets, Piano Quartets, Saint-Saëns (composer)
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Saint-Seëns in full vigour and mastery - a wonderful pair of discs —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2005, Chamber Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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A delightful and thoughtful debut disc from the Orsino Ensemble...Supplemented by Pavel Kolesnikov’s insightful pianism, the Orsinos draw on its core quintet of leading wind players. The entire... —
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The first notes tell you that you are listening to a class act: the Schubert Ensemble have only had a few changes in the line-up in over 30 years, and there’s complete unanimity of intent. Intonation... —
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The Mozart Piano Quartet play both quartets with considerable élan, evoking the spirit of their namesake in Saint-Saëns's beautifully balanced, often gossamer textures. Where power is required,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Saint-Saëns: Music for Wind Instruments
Stéphane Lemelin (piano)
Canada’s National Arts Centre Wind Quintet
...performances that encapsulate the Gallic charm and finesse of the music. At the same time, the Oboe Sonata's mix of the pastoral and the perky is nicely established, as is the blend of warmth... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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Gautier Capuçon (cello), Deborah Nemtanu (violin), Franck Braley (piano), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Frank Braley (piano), Gabriela Montero (piano), Michel Dalberto (piano), Aude Capuçon (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Lida Chen (viola), Gerard Causse (viola), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Yuja Wang...
Capuçon gives me practically everything I could want in a performance of [the Kodály] – narrative sweep, vibrant colour and rhythmic vitality as well as a wealth of soulful expressive detail,... —
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…this is a delectable collection, played with great spirit and superbly recorded with the kind of clean detail one needs in this repertoire. —
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The performances could hardly be more finely attuned to the technical challenges, while the composer's own booklet-notes set the scene succinctly...As a 'feast for the senses', Whalley's music... —
