Onyx
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…the playing here is predictably impressive. In particular, the outer movements of the two Mendelssohn trios sound refreshingly less frenetic than they often do, and the comparatively relaxed... —
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Apparition
Music by George Crumb & Henry Purcell
Christine Schäfer (soprano) & Eric Schneider (piano/amplified piano)
Given Christine Schäfer's wide-ranging repertoire, this mixing of 17th-century English and 20th-century American songs is no surprise. Her exemplary clarity of tone and diction, and her emotional... —
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Perhaps the distinguishing feature of this version is the accompaniment of Malcolm Martineau, who contrives to bring some new insight to every single song, without ever sounding mannered...Florian... —
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this is a unique sequence, showing that most of the earliest settings which sit alongside the more familiar numbers, usually linked by theme, are just as finely-wrought and no less typical of... —
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Brahms Serenade No. 1 & Beethoven Romances
Augustin Dumay (violin & conductor)
Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
A robust performance of Brahms's warm-hearted First Serenade. Beethoven's Romances make a satisfying counterpart, the solo parts lovingly played by Dumay. —
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The Kuss Quartet artfully exploits its disruptive mischief and innate asymmetry … Wit lights up this account, every joke perfectly timed, every nuance explored … Mojca Erdmann…is in her element... —
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The Liszt becomes a meditation on a chord; the second Ives piece twinkles, glows, and glowers; the Chopin pieces are given ravishingly delicate colouring, the Gershwin emerges as a silkily-delivered... —
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Handel: Chandos Te Deum and Chandos Anthem No. 8
London Handel Orchestra & Soloists, Adrian Butterfield
The London Handel Orchestra and Soloists, under the assured direction of Adrian Butterfield, offer lightly-articulated and texturally lucid performances, where Grace Davidson’s limpid A major... —
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ardent, tonally penetrating and skilfully structured. Ferrández is unfailingly elegant in the Schumann Cello Concerto...El cant dels ocells is the most revealing of Ferrández's individual voice,... —
