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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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[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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There is no doubting either Rogé's touch, with some spine-tingling textures in the final 'Scherzando' of En blanc et noir, and evocative eeriness in 'Pour l'Egyptienne' from the Epigraphes antiques. —
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Rogé makes this collection all the more memorable with his effortless interpretation of Debussy's style through his own sensitive tone and expression. Performing Debussy's preludes since the... —
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Brahms Works for Viola II
Maxim Rysanov (viola), with Boris Brovtsyn (violins), Julia Deyneka (viola), Kristine Blaumane (cello), with Mariana Osipova, with Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) & Ashley Wass (piano)
In the rhapsodic musings of the slow movement Rysanov becomes the idealised incarnation of the gypsy fiddler that Brahms surely had in mind when composing that uniquely florid part. The whole... —
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Welcome back to a pianist with an eye for rewardingly unusual programming and whose fingers, thankfully, sound in excellent shape. —
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Viktoria Mullova: The Peasant Girl
Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Julian Joseph (piano), Paul Clarvis (drums/percussion) & Sam Walton (percussion)
The programme, which initially looked bitty, adds up to a coherent sequence...All of the performance have energy and imagination, and even though Kodaly's Duo, passionately played by Mullova... —
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Rysanov illuminates [the Arpeggione] with warmth and grace…The Third Sonata benefits, again, from [his] buoyant lyricism and the rich timbre of his Guadagnini, glowing like ruby embers against... —
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astonishing sophistication —
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Special offer. Chen Reiss: The Nightingale and the Rose
Chen Reiss (soprano) & Charles Spencer (piano)
It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as... —
