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Mahler: Symphonies 1-9
Sally Matthews [2, 8], Michelle de Young [2], Sarah Connolly [3, Sarah Fox [4], Ailish Tynan, Sarah Tynan, Anne-Marie Owens, Stefan Vinke, Mark Stone, Stephen Gadd [8]
Philharmonia Orchestra, Boys of the Eton College Chapel [8], BBC Symphony Chorus [2, Philharmonia Voices & Chorus [8] &...
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Among the sonatas, perhaps he’s most at home in the Dmajor D850, where he conveys the sweep of the unusually quick and energetic opening movement admirably. He’s very good in that early B major... —
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Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1-3
Sally Matthews (soprano) & Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, with BBC Symphony Chorus, with Philharmonia Voices & Tiffin Boys' Choir, Lorin Maazel
What a ride it’s been; a wilful First, a splendid Second and now an incandescent Third. Make no mistake, for all his faults - perceived or otherwise - this octogenarian conductor is a Mahlerian... —
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Barry: Selected Works
Mark Stone (baritone), Nicolas Hodges (piano), Lawrence Power (viola), Joshua Bloom, Jennifer France (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Ed Lyon (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass), Britten Sinfonia, Royal Holloway Choir, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Thomas Adès
The performances are dynamic, the juxtapositions of works illuminating in a sidelong way: this is the kind of rewarding work this ensemble’s East Anglian and London audiences have come to expect. —
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Those who share [Lorin Maazel's] apparent conviction that the only way to renew these familiar scores is to emphasise and push to extremes their every dynamic marking or tempo modification will... —
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The Piatti make every phrase sing, moulding their lines elegantly over Despax's sparkling, transparent streams of piano figuration. This is a performance of wonderful polish and verve. —
