Toccata Classics
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These are sensitive and at times impassioned performances from Liepāja’s orchestra under John Gibbons. —
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this disc, impressively realised by Winpenny, presents six pieces culminating in the grand Symphony for Organ...If the prolific Williamson had written nothing else, he would still be remembered... —
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Emánuel Moór: Music For Viola
Dirk Hegemann (viola), Dávid Báll (piano), Rosenstein String Quartet, Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, Mátyás Antal
The four Pièces lyriques for string quartet are highly civilised essays - a little like the string quartets by Smetana and even the one by Kreisler. They break no new ground but trade adeptly... —
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Brahms by Arrangement, Volume Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Mann
it is the sweeping muscularity of the piano quintet, a work that began life as a string quintet and then became a sonata for two pianos before reaching its final form, which rightly dominates... —
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Ferenc Farkas: Chamber Music, Volume Six
Stuller Quartet, Gyula Stuller (violin), Yukari Shimanuki (viola), Dénes Várjon (piano)
The members of the Stuller Quartet and Hungarian pianist Dénes Varjon, all perform their respective works most admirably and idiomatically, in a fashion that surely would have pleased the composer. —
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Krzysztof Meyer: Complete works for cello & piano
Evva Mizerska (cello) & Emma Abbate, Katarzyna Glensk (pianos)
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Shostakovich: Complete Music for Piano Duo and Piano Duet Volume 1
Includes First Recordings
Vicky Yannoula and Jakob Fichert (piano duo and piano duet)
Vicky Yannoula and Jakob Fichert are clearly devoting themselves to a not always thankful task. Their playing is on the whole well prepared and musical, and they succeed to a large extent in... —
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Lehtola’s playing and programme notes are outstanding, and the glassy chill of the Virtanen organ at Turku fits the music like a glove. —
