Nimbus
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Mozart Arias
Raúl Giménez (tenor)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Barry Wordsworth
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Vivaldi: Gloria
Patrizia Kwella, Elizabeth Priday, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Andrew Carwood
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, The Hanover Band, Stephen Darlington
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Ogden's playing oozes class, but always at the service of the music. He really does seem to be absolutely one of the very best of the new generation of guitarists, a real musician of style.... —
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Polish by birth and French by musical upbringing, this great artist was ideally qualified as a Chopin interpreter ... Of all the fine Chopin players of my experience he is the most individual,... —
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Brahms, Dvorak, Hindemith: Music for Viola & Piano
Wilfried Strehle (viola), Karina Wisniewska (piano), Wolfgang Boettcher (cello)
Wilfried Strehle is lead violist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a founder-member of the Brandis Quartet. He plays a warm-sounding 1560 Gasparo da Salo which, in the context of a fairly intimate... —
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I sometimes suspect Kevin Bowyer of being more interested in putting unusual repertoire on disc than in presenting coherent interpretations. Not so here. These performances clearly come from... —
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The twelve Responsories for the Matins of Christmas Day are stylistically more even, though delightfully varied in texture. Each begins and ends chorally, with a 'vers' in the middle for an... —