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Special offer. First Light: Muhly & Glass
Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Nico Muhly (piano), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
this album’s sensitive pairing of the two composers’ work confirms their similarities but equally demonstrates how Muhly’s voice is very much his own…Kuusisto, a long-time collaborator of Muhly’s... —
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Special offer. Ravel & Gershwin: Piano Concertos
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
There’s terrific piano playing here, especially in the Gershwin, which comes over in all its wild, technicolour glory…Kozhukin also has the mighty measure of Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto, delivered... —
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Special offer. Schubert: Famous Pieces
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello), Alois Posch, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Martin Helmchen (piano), Julia Fischer (violin), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Saskia Giorgini (piano), Matt Haimovitz (cello), Francesco Piemontesi (piano),...
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Jurowski keeps a clear head and focuses bright sonorities without ever letting the Russian players harden their tone. In the Symphony his intensive approach to detail is always evident, especially... —
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Special offer. Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
Arabella Steinbacher (violin)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Charles Dutoit
Steinbacher and Charles Dutoit make an emphatic partnership but don't reveal anything in either work that we don't know already. Steinbacher's sweet tone and collegial manner are positives but... —
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Special offer. De Falla: Noches en los jardines de Espana; El sombrero de tres picos
Mari Kodama (piano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, Kazuki Yamada
Yamada’s nuanced approach suits Noches uncommonly well. Falla’s fine-grained shifts in colour and sonority are immaculately judged, textures clean yet sensual…Mari Kodama judiciously combines... —
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Special offer. Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 13 & 24
Martin Helmchen (piano)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordon Nikolic
It was a bold gesture on the part of the talented German pianist Martin Helmchen to make his recording debut with two of Mozart’s piano concertos, particularly when so many other performers... —
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Special offer. Schmidt: Symphony No. 4 & Orchestral Music from 'Notre Dame'
Christiaan Louwens (cello) & Ad Welleman (trumpet)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg
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Special offer. Bruckner: Mass No. 3 in F Minor, WAB 28
Lenneke Ruiten (soprano), Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Shawn Mathey (tenor), Franz Josef Selig (bass-baritone)
Swiss Romande Orchestra, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Marek Janowski
despite the heaviness of the scoring and big block textures of much of the choral writing, Janowski achieves a lightness and transparency throughout...The greatest plaudit here goes to the bass,... —
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