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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet & Souvenir de Florence
with Ophélie Gaillard (cello) & Lise Berthaud (viola)
Novus Quartet
A Ukrainian folk song inspired the beautiful Andante cantabile of Tchaikovsky early String Quartet No. 1. It’s glorious music, played with clarity and refinement. —
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Chopin: Concertos for Piano & String Quintet
David Lively (piano), Thomas de Pierrefeu (double bass)
Quatuor Cambini-Paris
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Benjamin Godard: Intégrale des Sonates pour violon et piano
Complete Sonatas for violin and piano
Nicolas Dautricourt (violin) & Dana Ciocarlie (piano)
The performances are consistently strong. Nicolas Dautricourt permits himself to be flamboyant in the Fourth but is nicely restrained elsewhere, his phrasing immaculately shaded: a touch of... —
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Deshayes and conductor Raphaël Merlin have put together an intelligent recital showcasing Rossini’s melodic gift as well as show-stopping acrobatics…she plays an affecting Desdemona, a feisty... —
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Karine Deshayes: Après un rêve
Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Arnaud Thorette (violin), Antoine Pierlot (cello), Johan Farjot (piano)
Ensemble Contraste
It's nicely done, for the most part. Deshayes has a light-ish meozzo with an appealing shimmer in her upper registers and warm chest tones, used sparingly but to telling effect...The playing... —
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Both voice and instrument face a wide range, served well by both artists … admirably sung. —
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Ophélie Gaillard: Alvorada
Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Luiz de Aquino, Rudi Flores, Emmanuel Rossfelder (guitar), Sandrine Chatron (harp), Fabien Cyprien (trombone), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Gerardo Di Giusto, Fernando Maguna (piano), Cyril Garac (violin), Nicolas Genest (trumpet), Romain Lecuyer (bass), Juanjo Mosalini (bandonéon),...
Gaillard maintains her identity as a classical cellist but displays a happy adaptability to her 26 hand-picked collaborator, not with the reserve of an outsider but with the invention of a passionate... —
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