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At his best Wosner is capable of freshly illuminating these sonatas, which allows me to give an unhesitating recommendation. If I had to generalize, Wosner’s playing doesn’t lean too far toward... —
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a realisation of unrivalled clarity and balance, closely observed by the microphones. When Karabits spoke to the audience prior to a performance at the Lighthouse Poole, he made much of the... —
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Beethoven: Duos for viola and violin, Trio, Cello Sonata No.5
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristine Blaumane (cello) & Jacob Katsnelson (piano)
In the Clarinet Trio, Rysanov has adapted the violin part (itself Beethoven's own alternative for the perkier wind instrument) for viola. No harm in that, especially when the playing is as polished... —
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Rubinstein & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos
Joseph Moog (piano)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz, Nicholas Milton
Moog makes easy sense of it all, his light, glittering touch deftly partnered by Nicholas Milton and his Ludwigshafen-based orchestra...it comes as no surpise that he chooses the more mercurial... —
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The Kuss's relatively low-key approach works well in the Schnittke but makes the Concertino seem discursive and dull...The Kuss seem more at home in Dubinsky's arrangements of Tchaikovsky...In... —
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he maintains a ferociously individual voice...But it is in the Kodaly that Ishizaka seems most at home...this dazzling recital can leave the listener in no doubt of the specialness of Ishizaka's... —
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Stradivarius in Rio
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis (percussion), Luis Guello (dr, perc), Carioca Freitas (guitar)
Occasionally there's a feeling as with so many crossover classical attempts that the whole thing is too tasteful and careful, but what wins out here is Mullova's sheer dancing virtuosity in... —
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Simon Trpčeski (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
[In No. 2] Trpčeski begins like a racehorse out of the starting gate...Still, overall he sounds less impetuous and more poised than Denis Matsuev in his recent recording...Petrenko is always... —
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[Midori's] veiled tone and impeccable intonation lure us into Bloch's world...Throughout [the Janacek] she isn't afraid to dig hard into the strings, but she also knows when to mine the seam... —
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Borrowed Time
Music by Dave Maric featuring Håkan Hardenberger
Colin Currie (percussion), Dave Maric (piano), Håkan Hardenberger (flugelhorn and trumpet), Sam Walton (percussion), Clive Driskill-Smith (organ)
…it's… reassuring to hear a disc like this which presents new music with such conviction. This detailed, thoughtful music, mature in conception, confident in execution and impeccably recorded,... —
