Toccata Classics
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Special offer. Arnold Rosner: Orchestral Music
Peter Vinograde (piano), Peter Riegert (speaker)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Amos
A key addition to the Rosner discography —
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Martinu: Early Orchestral Works, Volume Two
Dorota Szczepańska (offstage soprano), Artur Gadzała (violin), Agnieszka Kopacka (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Ian Hobson
The core sound is unmistakeably Czech, with a tang of Suk in the blissed-out divisi strings...it is juvenilia but it is attractive juvenilia, with an enigmatic, wordless offstage melody for... —
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Emil Tabakov: Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2
Alexander Zemtsov (viola)
Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
The orchestral playing is vivid, and I welcome the wealth of orchestral detail revealed in the performances; it’s certainly an advantage having the composer conduct his own score. Paul Conway's... —
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Andrei Golovin: Orchestral Music
Alexander Rudin (cello & conductor), Alexander Rudin (cello) & Mikhail Bereznitsky (viola)
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Andrei Golovin, Anatoly Levin
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Tabakov is unquestionably skilled in building large symphonic structures and judicious in his use of the large orchestral forces at his disposal —
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Griller: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2
Emin Martirosian (piano)
Musica Viva Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Walker
The performance bear all the marks of superlative skills and elite sensitivity. As for the forward-reaching audio quality, this shows that the engineers have conspired with the musicians to... —
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Joonas Kokkonen: Requiem & Complete Works for Organ
Jan Lehtola (organ), Suvi Väyrynen (soprano), Joose Vähäsöyrinki (baritone)
Klemetti Institute Chamber Choir, Heikki Liimola
The superb singing of the Klementti Institute Chamber Choir, who sing with clarity and sensitivity, should not go unremarked. —
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An impressive second collection of works dedicated to the late Yodit Tekle, with David Matthews’s A June Song a highlight among many. —
