Ondine
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Rautavaara's First Symphony, written in 1955 in four movements, was recast in 1988 – not wholly convincingly – as a diptych. In 2003 Rautavaara added a new slow movement based on a song composed... —
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Special offer. Ligeti: Violin Concerto, Lontano, Atmosphères & San Francisco Polyphony
Benjamin Schmid (violin)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
As [Lintu] prises open Ligeti's mulched-up woodwind micropolyphony...time feels curiously suspended, the high-speed urgency of the music hurtling forwards slowly and unobtrusively...Ligeti's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Though Vogt has all the resources of a modern Steinway at his command, and isn’t afraid to use them, there is a filigree quality to the playing...The rapport between the soloist and this highly... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2018, Editor's Choice
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I get the impression that Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt want to drag the composer out of his book-lined study and seal the door. It’s beautiful playing, tonally and expressively, and very... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2016, Disc of the Month
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Special offer. Onute Narbutaite: Centones Meae Urbi
Gunta Gelgote, Nerijus Masevičius, Kaunas State Choir, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Robertas Šervenikas
Too dense to assimilate fully in even a handful of listenings, this is a fascinating sonic snapshot of a city at once real and imagined. —
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Special offer. R. Strauss: 3 Hymns & Opera arias
Soile Isokoski (soprano)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Okko Kamu
The main attraction of the programme is the Drei Hymnen, which do not come round in recordings very often...As each of her three Straussian heroines, she embodies a very touching, human vulnerability. —
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Scriabin’s Mazurkas have tended to be side-lined by his Preludes, Études and Sonatas, but they are little jewels, especially in Peter Jablonski’s hands. He’s helped by the warm, full tone of... —
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Special offer. Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1-3
RecommendedChristian Tetzlaff (violin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Lars Vogt (piano)
The Ondine recording team have caught the spirit of these performances well, with the piano a strong presence yet without swamping the more fragile solo strings. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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a powerful account of Biber's masterpiece, bringing nobility, exuberance, severity and a strong contemplative dimension as and when the music requires. There is also a lively depictive element... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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This is a coruscating performance from their first icy creeping entrance…I particularly love their evocation of the trio’s idyll as something infinitely distant, untouchable. —
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Record Review, 18th March 2017, Recording of the Week
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