Toccata Classics
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Prior: Velesslavitsa (Concerto for piano, two violins and cello)
Zhang Xiao Ming (piano), Michael Province & Simone Preston (violins) & Nathan Chan (cello)
Northern Sinfonia, Alexander Prior
...a thoroughly rewarding, accessible, tonal "concerto grosso" steeped in the Russian Romantic tradition and played with an assurance way beyond their years by Zhang, with violinists Simone... —
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Liszt - The Complete Symphonic Poems for Solo Piano Volume 1
transcribed by August Stradal
Risto-Matti Marin (piano)
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Schnittke - Discoveries
Oleh Krysa (violin), Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Drosostalitsa Moraiti (piano), Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo soprano)
Bolshoi Soloists' Ensemble, Alexander Lazarev
mesmerisingly bizarre...the sound and performances are thoroughly excellent. Not perhaps the first place to start with Schnittke, but certainly to be considered if you think you've already got... —
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Beethoven's supreme logic can perhaps be more clearly appreciated here...we can experience the dedicated and delightful musicianship that these players bring to this wonderful music...The performances... —
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Special offer. Gerard Schurmann: Music for Violin and Piano
Mikhail Korzhev (piano), with Alyssa Park (violin)
There’s plenty of gauze, dazzle and more especially swirl and thunder...
Outstanding performances are allied to finely judged recordings, and a predictably first class booklet note. The results... — -
Petr Eben: Chamber Music for Oboe
Marlen Vavříková (oboe), Radana Foltýnová (piano), Ivana Dohnalová (harp), Václav Vonášek (bassoon), Christopher Kantner (flute), John Varineau (clarinet), John Clapp (bassoon), Richard Britsch (horn)
this is a magnificent disc. If there are any ‘Eben virgins’ out there they should take the opportunity of getting to know his music... The musicians are all first class players while the star... —
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Never before recorded in its entirety, this is a major statement of intent in the face of adversity...A musicological expert on this music, Sten Lassmann is no less authoritative as an interpreter...Those... —
