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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
RecommendedRecorded live in Carnegie Hall, New York City in October 2011
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
after hearing these explosive, invigorating and electrifying performances, we are reminded once again of the ferocious intensity that must have shell-shocked 19th-century Viennese audiences...Gardiner... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
it's not difficult to understand why Gardiner wanted this particular performance perpetuated: fine as the Archiv version is, the new one has an electricity of a kind that's hard to generate... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Finalist - Choral
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Choral Works
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Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
In the Second Symphony the period strings' lighter articulation gives Brahms's rhythms a sprightlier feel than in many modern sessions. …in Gesand der Geister Gardiner avoids any awkward episodic... —
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Recorded live at Royal Festival Hall, London, 5-8 October 2008
The Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
everything seems in focus: not just the tempo, but also the rhythmic drive and urgency seem absolutely right in the third and fourth movements...This performance gives a lively sense of what... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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Musically, the performances are first rate, with the slow introduction to Symphony No. 39 sounding grander and more solemn than it does in Charles Mackerras's widely-admired version with the... —
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8
Recorded in London, November 2013
Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
Many of [Beethoven's] markings seem improbably fast, and they have proved to be controversial, to say the least; but John Eliot Gardiner takes them seriously and there are some hair-raisingly... —
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Schubert: Symphony No. 5 and Brahms Serenade No. 2
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
This performance glories in the pungent qualities of Brahms’s orchestration and there is no denying the infectiousness they capture in the faster movements in particular. There is much to admire... —
