Toccata Classics
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Csányi-Wills: Songs with Orchestra
Ilona Domnich (soprano), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Nicky Spence (tenor), Chris McKay (horn)
Londamis Ensemble, Mark Eager
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Hans Gál: Chamber Music, Volume Three
Katalin Kertész (violin), Nichola Blakey (viola), Cressida Nash (cello), Sarah Beth Briggs (piano)
Katalin Kertész and Sarah Beth Briggs forge an outstandingly eloquent partnership. Throw in some top-notch production- values and a notably helpful booklet- essay by the composer’s daughter... —
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Teodorescu-Ciocanea: Piano Music
Tamara Smolyar (piano solo, piano primo), Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea (piano secondo)
This composer’s music for piano is like a swiftly alternating rippling between stampede through a china shop and a breathlessly delicate examination of the finest Meissen and Satsuma. It flickers... —
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Ernst: Complete Works, Volume Six
Sherban Lupu (violin), Yvonne Redman (soprano), Ian Hobson (piano)
For those who esteem Ernst as Paganini squared, the performances of the violin music by Sherban Lupu, neither heavy handed nor agglutinated, should be irresistible. And for those to whom an... —
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Fridrich Bruk: Orchestral Music, Volume Two
Arvydas Kazlauskas (baritone saxophone), Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Māris Kupčs
The playing and recording are again first class. The conductor Latvian Māris Kupčs displays an instinctive grasp of Bruk’s style and these readings exude tact and respect, qualities which quasi-programmatic... —
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Dodgson: Chamber Music, Vol. 4
Kate Howden (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Shiner (clarinet), Suling King (piano), Jonathan Farey (horn), Mana Shibata (oboe), Catriona McDermid (bassoon), Magnard Ensemble
