RCO Live
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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (chief conductor)
There's plenty of character, and deft woodwind adept as fast-moving Parisian kids and squabbling chicks. —
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Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Maureen Forrester (alto), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys Choir Zanglust, Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam, Eduard van Beinum
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Berg - Lulu Suite & Drei Orchesterstücke
Recorded Live Concertgebouw Amsterdam 19, 20, 23 October 2005 (Lulu Suite) 27, 28, 29, 30 September 2006 (Drei Orchesterstücke)
Anat Efraty (soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Daniele Gatti
…conductors as well as listeners can be distracted by the high-gloss surfaces of Berg's orchestration, especially in the Lulu Suite, but Gatti always draws the ear inwards, past smoochy saxophone... —
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Horizon 1: Premieres 2007
Recorded 18 January 2007 (Matthews), 21 and 22 June 2007 (Eggert); 18 and 19 September 2007 (Verbeij and Glanert) all at Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Jörgen van Rijen (trombone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Markus Stenz
All four pieces… share an exuberant love of the possibilities of large forces and the Amsterdamers respond with a deal of warm-spirited élan - letting their hair down with very un-North European... —
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These are highly accomplished performances, the players blending beautifully —
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The performances here could hardly be faulted for their commitment, with the wide-ranging SACD sound and overall presentation up to the consistently high standard of earlier releases in this... —
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