Resonus Classics
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JS Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier), Volume 1
Steven Devine (harpsichord)
His playing throughout is of such a high standard that it is difficult to pick out any particular pieces for comment. Very highly recommended. —
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The Excellency of Hand
English Viola da Gamba Duos
Robert Smith (viola da gamba) & Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
Smith and Pandolfo enjoy a terrific rapport, sharing an acute sensitivity to balance, ensemble, phrasing and nuance. Hearing them is like listening to an exquisitely choreographed pas de deux,... —
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Sweeter Than Roses
Songs by Henry Purcell
Anna Dennis (soprano)
Ensemble Sounds Baroque, Julian Perkins
Anna Dennis sings Purcell with chaste beauty, dignified and cool as marble. —
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Presteigne Premieres: New Music for String Orchestra
Amy Dickson (saxophone), Prestiegne Festival Orchestra, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Katherine Baker, Suzy Willison-Kawalec, Presteigne Festival Orchestra, George Vass
The playing of the Presteigne Festival Orchestra lacks nothing in commitment, directed by Vass with unfussy attention to detail. —
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20, Volume 2, Nos. 1, 4 & 6
String Quartets Op. 20 Nos.1, 4 & 6
Dudok Quartet
Overall, I’d say they’re exemplary, and especially delightful in their telling of Haydn’s impish jokes. The Dudoks will make you laugh out loud with their stuttering stops and starts, and every... —
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a cleverly assembled programme of largely anonymous contemporary songs. —
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Claudio Monteverdi, Josquin Des Prez, Jean Mouton, Cipriano de Rore, Salamone Rossi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Giovanni Rigatti
Sestina, Mark Chambers
The ‘master and pupil’ ethos runs through both the repertoire and Sestina’s modus operandi, and this gorgeous compilation of stylish interpretations is the classiest of calling-cards. —
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Tong deploys fine virtuosity in catching the lightness and wit of these sonatas, and he stresses Beethoven’s seemingly throw-away attitude to his teeming ideas as they tumble out. —
