Nimbus
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Recorded near the start of her career, the Spanish soprano here sings art songs and folk songs in her own language, with impeccable technique, style and expressive power. Her piano accompanist... —
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Tippett: Ritual Dances
Rita Cullis (soprano), Margaret McDonald (mezzo-soprano), Mark Curtis (tenor), Matthew Best (bass), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto)
Chorus of Opera North, English Northern Philharmonia, Michael Tippett
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Performance of Frescobaldi demands a free, improvisatory style of performance, of which Richard Lester is obviously a master. He plays a perfectly chosen harpsichord with a particularly attractive,... —
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Bridge, Bax, Wilson and Walton: Piano Quartets
Cappa Ensemble: Bartosz Woroch (violin), Adam Newman (viola), Brian O’Kane (cello), Michael McHale (piano)
there are good reasons for having the Bridge, Bax and Walton together. While individual rivals may be slightly preferable in some respects, there’s never much in it and there’s the additional... —
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Fluent and expressive performance of music that is by turns forthright, playful, and of song-like beauty. —
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Beethoven: The Sonatas for violin & fortepiano Nos. 1-5
Volume 1
Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin) & David Breitman (fortepiano)
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it must be candidly noted that Bülow is no Liszt, and his compositions generally remain firmly in the realm of imitation rather than innovation. It is not bad imitation, for all that, and one... —
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Schumann Volume 1: Charlotte de Rothschild
An Intimate Recital
Charlotte de Rothschild (soprano) & Adrian Farmer (piano)
