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Special offer. Véronique Gens sings Berlioz & Ravel
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod
In her mid-forties, this voice has become richer and even more expressive, and he works on this disc suit her to perfection. She not only pronounces the words, she feels them...Her Nuits d'ete... —
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Special offer. Lindberg - Graffiti & Seht die Sonne
World Prèmiere Recordings
Helsinki Chamber Choir & Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo
...the truly individual moments are the most affecting - particularly the ethereal conclusion. In both works the orchestra under Sakari Oramo is a treasure trove of colour. —
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Special offer. Joseph Martin Kraus: Viola Concertos
World Première Recordings
David Aaron Carpenter (viola), with Riitta Pesola (cello)
Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen
Their Haydnesque scale and formal clarity suggest they're all early works. There's a passionately Strum und Drang quality to the bleak opening unisons, but Kraus was clearly a fine melodist;... —
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Special offer. Galina Grigorjeva: Nature Morte
Conrad Steinmann (flute)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Theatre of Voices & Yxus Quartet, Paul Hillier
This new album from the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir reinforces their position as one of the world's leading vocal ensembles…[Grigorjeva] follows in the long shadow of Rachmaninov, bracing... —
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Vogt's feeling for the over-arching whole is impressive. He's not above a little 'guiding' either - pianist that he is, sometimes drawing attention to detail in a way denied to Bach's harpsichord.... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vog t make a formidable team: technically right at the top of their game (Tetzlaff’s bow control is phenomenal), and yet at the same time always managing to convey... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Special offer. Žibuoklė Martinaitytė: Saudade
Gabrielius Alekna, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Giedrė Šlekytė
It’s high time she received wider international recognition. The four pieces here, dating from 2013-19, reveal a fascination with timbre and texture central to Martinaitytė’s creative purpose…Pianist... —
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Special offer. Kaija Saariaho: Touches - Complete Works for Piano and Harpischord
Tuija Hakkila (harpsichord), Anssi Karttunen (cello)
the late Finnish composer’s piano works are full of imagination and resourceful invention, and those shif ting sounds she was always searching for...Hakkila, who was friends with Saariaho for... —
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Special offer. Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie; Vier Lieder Op. 27
Louise Alder (soprano), Yoonshin Song (soloist), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
Collon's conducting paces the work's first half from pre-dawn darkness to the ascent of the mountain peak with a firm but pliable tightness that keeps the music moving along through its changing... —
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Special offer. André Tchaikowsky: Two Piano Concertos - Piano Sonata
Peter Jablonski (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
For all the gloom and agitation heard here, Tchaikowsky was incapable of not writing melodic motifs and the finale has a Shostakovich-like spikiness; this is very viable if not highly individual... —
