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Peter Cigleris (clarinet), Deian Rowlands (harp), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Ben Palmer
Cigleris presents them with a rich, consistent tone and splendidly mellifluous phrasing...the BBC NOW and Palmer are attentive and well balanced, and the recorded sound is clear and warm. The... —
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In his particular vocal strengths, Towers is in fact closer to Senesino than any other countertenor I know. Senesino was famed for his muscle, dark timbre and jaw-dropping control of breath,... —
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Solo Piano Pieces
Anna Tsybuleva (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ruth Reinhardt
Anna Tsybuleva, a former winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition, and the conductor Ruth Reinhardt take a collegial approach: this is not combat but conversation between piano and... —
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Merūnas Vitulskis, John Molloy, Ben McAteer, Eddie Wade, Celine Byrne, David Bizic, Fearghal Curtis, Anna Devin, David Howes, Rory Dunne, Irish National Opera, Irish National Opera Chorus, Sergio Alapont
Vitulskis begins to sound like a young Pavarotti and by the time they sing their farewell duet in Act III Byrne has banished thoughts of other Mimìs…It’s Sergio Alapont in the pit who really... —
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The Crown: Heroic Arias For Senesino
Randall Scotting (countertenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings
Offstage something of a tyrant, on it Senesino was a complex artist, reshaping from one aria to the next the valiant-leader characters in which he excelled. Scotting builds on this legacy by... —
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This World's Globe
Celebrating Shakespeare
with the musicians and actors of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London
There could hardly be a better aural souvenir of a visit to the Globe, but the set also stands up on its own as a superbly-performed compilation of Elizabethan and Jacobean music, with a varied,... —
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How does Bax achieve such a powerful crescendo at the Bartók Dance Suite’s outset without the least banging?...As for Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance, you rarely hear the music soar from the ground... —
