Toccata Classics
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Brahms by Arrangement Volume 1
Krysia Osostowicz (violin), James Boyd (viola) & Richard Lester (cello)
Zebra String Trio
Anssi Karttunen of the Zebra Trio has done a heroic job in attemptin to recreate the work in its original guise...Although there are some moment of speculative intonation, these vivid and clearly... —
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Hans Gál: Music for Cello and Piano
Alfia Nakipbekova (cello), Alfia Nakipbekova (cello) & Jakob Fichert (piano)
Intricate contrapuntal dialogue in the Cello Sonata pays obvious homage to Brahms and Reger. Dedicated playing from Alfia Nakipbekova and Jakob Fichert. —
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Korngold: Much Ado about Nothing: Complete Incidental Music
University of North Carolina School of the Arts & Drama Soloists and Symphony Orchestra, John Mauceri
The playing is very fine indeed...all in all this was a very worthwhile project that enhances our understanding of Korngold's burgeoning gifts as a composer for the stage - and ultimately the... —
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…the generous affability and rhythmic vivacity of the music is never in doubt. Nor are the excellent performances. —
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Lassus: Requiem a 5 & Motets
The Choir of Girton College Cambridge, Historic Brass of the Guildhall London, Gareth Wilson
What makes this disc so compelling is its plan with the Requiem being split up around the recording and divided by appropriate motets some of which are being played just on brass others sung... —
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While Cantores is not one of the top choirs I really like the sound they make. The vocal quality I would describe as airy. Intonation is reliable as is diction. They are largely Exeter graduates... —
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Affecting poetry and blood-stirring fire in confluence with folk voices and an over-arching simplicity. —
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Rob Keeley: Orchestral Music
Sarah Desbruslais (flute), James Turnbull (oboe), Michael Sluman (oboe), Patrick Flanaghan (cor anglais), Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mann
Paul Mann’s secure conducting and the excellent playing of the two orchestras helps make this disc an all-around superb affair. —
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Music For A Prince, Music By A Prince
Theodore Buchholz (cello), Paula Fan (piano), Edward Reid (trumpet), Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Jason Carder (trumpet)
